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Message text written by "Navid Kahangi"
"So, what happens if the said driver, after he/she gets red-flagged, turns
around and goes upstream and corrects the DNF? :)
--Navid
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Being red flagged and DNF'ing are two different subjects.
When you're red flagged you are supposed to stop and then proceed
slowly on the course under direction of the course worker who is supposed
to direct you. Does it always work EXACTLY that way? Hey we're dealing with
people here.
If you are red flagged and you turn around and go "upstream"
thereby causing a VERY dangerous siutation with a potential head-on
collision with the following car, at minimum you'd be disqualified. At most
the chairman will tell you to leave for being stupid and go do your stupid
stuff some place else. It's the same thing we tell folks who go too fast in
the pits or who spin donuts in the pits, as happened at our final regular
season event in August. (That guy wasn't a member and had spent the
afternoon enjoying rides with entrants as a passenger which some of our
members believe is the way to get more people into the sport. That can be a
future discussion subject!)
And if said driver gets really snotty about it (his dumbness) we
cancel his SCCA membership.
--John Kelly
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