That happens in Vintage Racing too. there's no bumping, but when you
need to get past somebody who's marginally slower the technique is
identical--take their line away. the big difference is what happens
afterwards if it doesn't work out and the bozo wanders into your door
(or the place a door would be).
Of course in SCCA I also tend to guard that inside line a bit more.
In vintage racing that's called "blocking" in SCCA it's called
racing. I raced Rabbits in the SCCA long enough to perfect both the
inside bump and the outside squash. they look a lot alike. the only
difference is whether you are the passer or the passee. and whether
the other cars runs off the track on the inside or outside of the
corner. I try not to do that in vintage racing.
On Jul 13, 2006, at 9:40 AM, riverside wrote:
> The conversation about passing zones
> is amusing in that it illustrates a difference
> between vintage racing and SCCA racing.
> In SCCA racing, you would not be held up by
> a car going thru the corners slow. You would
> just stick your nose underneath the blue flag
> ignoring miscreant and dare him to defend his line.
> Bill Boemler told me I could pass any damn place
> I wanted to - just steal the other guy's line. Making the
> pass stick was often alot iffier (refer to the section
> on daring the other guy to defend his line) unless contact
> really messed him (and not you) up.
>
> art de armond
>
>
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