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Not all the time!!!
Youz Guyz are just jealous that you’re not as charming, intelligent, good looking, dynamic, fun and most of all modest 8)
don’t make me pull out my new avatar on you already…
@cgordon wrote:
The kart looks pretty ugly on first glance, but I think it’s repairable.
A manthong and it’s back in shape. I know, don’t thank me but I want to see it svelte once again… 8)
Charles:
I’ve got some fiberglass and epoxy. We could make a cast for ya so you can race in GJ.
Glad to hear your okay. Hope to see you soon in the kart.
PS… see, you should have gone to Indy… 8)
Be careful, I might have to have a manthong entry. And it won’t be pretty…
Did anyone ruin spindles, etc by the jump? Just wondering…
I tee’d it up as high as I could!
Monaco’s another story…
here’s another…
Waiting for Highlander to break out the single malt because he actually finished and had more time in his heat race alone than his last race combined…
@Rick Schmidt wrote:
It could have been Jansen starting in the back (because A.J
Foyt forgot to tell him (personally) to be on grid for qualifying) laying back 10 spots to get a run at it, resulting in passing 6-8 karts before turn 1. It could be Mike under fire right now if one of those 6 – 8 karts would have pulled out to pass! Right?First of all AJ would have taken me back to the woodshed (again) and slapped me upside the head and said, “pull your head out your butt son!”
Second, nowhere in the rules does it say I can’t lay back for the start. I told the next to last qualifier what my intent was and nowhere in the rules does it say “you can’t do that”. It does, however, say there is NO passing until the green light is shown. I passed when the light was shown and not sooner. That’s called head’s up driving.
Had I gotten more agressive and tried to pass more karts into the first corner and caused a melee (because I couldn’t stop in time) then that’s headupbutt driving. There’s a HUGE difference. Slotting into the traffic and positioned for the remaining corners and laps is what it’s about. Again, NO RACE WAS EVER WON IN THE FIRST CORNER OR FIRST LAPHeadupbutt is when you miss your qualifying session. I hurt no one but myself doing that but I had enough sense and driving acumen to know it would & could be overcome in the heat race by KNOWING when to be aggressive and finishing. 8)
Easy.
Keep the class together, learn how to drive the first lap.
Problem solved.Like another karter says: to finish first first you must finish
my 2 cents worth of common sense
@RBI wrote:
I have seen tracks and series make the newer drivers wear an X on their helmet and rear number plate to show the faster drivers who they are. Maybe this will help. I know when I come up on a driver with an X on him I take it very easy to get around him. Maybe someone should implement that rule for first year drivers or drivers that qualify over 2 seconds slower then the majority of the field. I know some people would think they are being pointed out for being slow but it would truly be for your safety.
I’ve been saying this for two years now. Who do I pass corks to so it doesn’t go in one ear and out the other. I’ll even supply the red duct tape to make the “x’s” ….
Or the letter “k” for the knuckleheads…
Off Roader, err Graeme:
Get the plastic one for the brake side of the kart. Hersch had one and I think it’s cheap insurance for your rotor side…
That was some funny commentary! And yes, curb hopping isn’t healthy for your sprockets.
Get yourself a frame/sproket protector for the occasional off road excursion. BTW… have you talked to Keesling about off road tires?
@Doug Welch wrote:
For example, a slow driver often is not consitant in their drving line. Often they are early or late at turn in or they slow more than needed. Yet they come off the corners at full throttle. The line they use in the corner disruptes the momentum for the faster driver turning the pass attempt into little more than a drag race. Given the relativly equal nature of the engines, this can be very difficult. It is not uncommon for the faster driver to bump the slower guy at both entrance or exit. It is not intentional, but it happens..
Doug and Jim are right (and so is Angie in a previous post) I think the staff are doing an EXCELLENT job and kudos to you all! They have to look at things happening at real time and that’s tough.
I can’t speak for others but I for one DO think the “what if” situations before I put my visor down when I’m in my seat. It prepares me for some of the crazy moves I made and the crazy driving styles of others; Last corner apex pass and an evasive move not to bump the slower kart in front; more momentum coming off turn 1 and “timing” the pass from the jump to the next corner etc. It’s not easy especially when you have a mix of engines and tires and driving ability.
I’m glad people come up and apologize for an overly optimistic move. That’s called professionalism. If your not that’s called arrogance and you’ll always be an idiot and you’ll not have my respect. Period.
Again, we have to consider the success we coloradoans are having here. 120+ for a club race? Many race series can only IMAGINE and WISH numbers like we have. And with that rapid success comes growing pains, plain and simple.
Let me reiterate and put another way my thoughts: Being aggressive is what a racer does. Knowing when to be aggressive is what a Senna, Schumacher, Villeneuve and Bill Elliott do. When you’re causing wrecks and wrecking yourself then your an idiot like Paul Tracy. Plain and simple. Aggressive talent and Aggressive idiot are NOT synonomous.
Why is it the Shifter class (with equal amount of entries and varied engine combinations) and the DD2/4 Stroke class can get around the first corner unscathed? Did they bump a bit, did they rub sidepods? Yes, but they know when to back off because they’re more intelligent drivers.
We should just call the TaG Masters class, “the idiots the specators love to watch for 20 laps.”
