I don't disagree with the points that Rick makes BUT the
big difference at Road America is that if you are more than
a few rows back you can't see the start flag position
because of the brow of the hill. Add that to the natural
tendency to accelerate at close quarters in any rolling
start and it's almost impossible to avoid some degree of
"Ooops". This just happened to be a big one. A really big
one.
Derek
--- Rick Yocum <rickyocum@earthlink.net> wrote:
> There are so many issues here that could be addressed
> that
> directly/indirectly
> contributed to this melee' it would take a book to
> address all of them.
>
> ...and the main thing is to remember we are VINTAGE
> RACING. It isn't the
> end of the world if you drop a spot or two on the start.
> If everyone shows
> proper restraint, we'll get through the first couple of
> turns intact and
> then the pace can pick up. Remember, the folks watching
> you race are there
> to see the cars, not to see you race. You tear up the
> cars and there's
> nothing left to bring them back.
>
> Sure, I like the rush of racing, but not at the expense
> of fellow
> competitors...or my equipment. I did the SCCA thing for
> years, then moved
> on to vintage. There are more than a few in vintage that
> should move on to
> SCCA, get it out of their system, then come back.
>
> Rick
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