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Originally Posted by michics
I'm not familiar with the type of track day events on the west coast or the reason for 12 crashes at one event. But we've never seen this kind of carnage at our midwest events and this includes Road America. But I think your point is it highlights the need for safety equipment and I agree.
As far as track events are races , I'd agree as far as the equipment wear and tear are concerned. But as a whole if you approach it as a race where you have to pass everyone on the track and are complaining that a slower car does not move over for you then I'd say your at the wrong place. Go do wheel to wheel instead.
Our midwest event structure will put super fast cars on the track with slow 4 cylinder cars of various makes. So everyone must drive accordingly. It is about the enjoyment factor not about who is the fastest.
Just my 2 cents worth.  |
There are ALWAYS slower cars on track -- don't care where you're running or with whom you are running. Every club has different passing rules -- point by requirements - or where the passing zones are. I don't see where anyone is complaining about that .
My point was two fold --- you will be on track with people that are going 10/10th's and you need to know that and be aware of where they are - and who they are..... The rest is about being proactive for your own safety. A wreck is no joke and something relatively simple can be catastrophic - such as a simple spin and getting t-boned --- or a high speed off where you're sideways and roll --- and I've seen plenty of brake failures or suspension failures...
There's a red NASCAR that runs with our group - that when I'm entering Turn 1 at Thunderhill and I glimpse that red coming on to the straight at Turn 15 -- I move over in Turn 2 because I know he's going to be on my ass before I exit.... That's just a given on track. The drivers that are on parade laps and are totally unaware (experience!) are the danger out there - their lines suck - they have no clue that faster cars are coming on them like freight trains. If a driver has to get the "faster traffic" flag - then that tells me they're clueless.