[DeTomaso] NPC - Lesson on how to pass?

Sat Jan 22 10:58:40 EST 2011

Perhaps if you were in the car on the left as he squeezed between you and
the wall you would understand better,
one tiny mistake takes you both out, if you are playing on a budget and your
car is totaled, your hobby is over for a while.

Clearly he had the ability and skill to pass at will, so waiting another 10
seconds to pass in a safer location
would not have been too much to ask.

This was the FIRST LAP, you had what one presumes to be many more laps to
accomplish the same thing, there
was no reason to take so many chances so early.

As a Car Owner, I would admire his skill and fire his ass.
As a Fellow Competitor I would look for opportunities to nail him if I
could.

If I were a dumb ass redneck , drunken, idiot fan who goes to races to watch
wrecks, I'd find him afterwards and say,

"Hey Man, that there was some awesome driv'n, you sure are something, Wanna
Beer?"

IF I was the driver of that car, that night as I lay there touching myself (
because no woman worth having would
be with such a self centered moron ), the words of the redneck would
reverberate in my head.

Michael Shortt

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:

> One only has to scroll down to the driver of the car responding to the
> comment at the top. As Gray says, it was a reverse grid start and he says
> he
> had 12 Exiges starting behind him. That means he qualified/finished 13th
> out
> of 28 cars last time. The drivers in front of him drive no less aggressive
> or close than him so I guess he's just following suit.
>
> Tomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>  [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Gray Gregory
> Sent: den 22 januari 2011 15:25
> To: michael at michaelshortt.com; spkorb at gmail.com
> Cc: arkoch at earthlink.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Lesson on how to pass?
>
>
> He didn't touch anybody so I don't see the why you think he has no regard
> for his property or yours? and why would you assume the guy is an asshole?
> My first thought when I saw this was he must have had a problem or penalty
> in qualifying, but when I read the comments below I learned that this was
> an
> inverse grid race. That explains why he was able to pass with more and more
> ease as he made his way towards the front It also tells me there were
> likely
> others behind him doing the same thing so he might have been battling to
> stay ahead of his competition not showing off.
>
> Gray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:25 PM
> To: spkorb at gmail.com
> Cc: arkoch at earthlink.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Lesson on how to pass?
>
> There is no doubt the dude can drive,
>
> The point I was making was that SOME drivers have no regard for their own
> property ( because they can afford to replace it easily ) or your property
> ( because they are assholes ) and forget that first and foremost, sportscar
> racing in by and large a gentleman's sport.  Some of us who have actually
> done it and did it successfully, did so on a budget.
> There is no bigger trophy for passing everybody on the first lap.
>
> My own "Come to Jesus" moment occurred at Moroso Motorsports Park in FL,
> while being a dick and showing everybody how good I was, I drove like an
> idiot so that I could lap the entire field,
> only to spin out after lapping the second place car with one lap to go -
>  because I used up my tires.  I recovered in time to finish 3rd overall,
> first in class.
>
> The first place trophy was the same size for winning by 1" as it would have
> been for lapping the entire field.
>
> Races are won on the last lap in the final 12", everything before that
> point
> just tells the world and your competitors what kind of person that you are,
> had I an opportunity to decide to tap  the dude in the video to save myself
> or to simply drive off the track and re-enter and fall back, based on his
> "balls-out", reckless behavior in the first lap of that race, I'd choose to
> tap his ass right off the track, because he showed his  lack of respect for
> me and others.
> As they say, what goes around, comes around.
>
> It's different if you're rich or have sponsors who don't mind having their
> brand represented by a dick ( M & M's for example ),  put yourself in the
> position of privateers like
> A J Foyt, Robbie Gordon and others.  They show up to race, work on their
> own
> cars and some prima dona with some body else's money F/U their race and in
> many cases their livihood.
> Even Sarah Fisher deserves a break, she's there. How much fun would the
> Indy
> 500 be if there were only 12 cars from Andretti, Penske and Ganassi?
>
> It's OK to beat everybody, just do it with a little class and regard for
> their safety and equipment.
>
> Michael Shortt
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you promote me to a faster run group?
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7iUKaPlBl8
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Dick Koch <arkoch at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Lesson on how to pass?
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0RLwKFrtCM
> > >
> > > To get a little background on the race, read the comments.
> > >
> > > Any additional comments from the forum peanut gallery? style, guts,
> > > nutso, brass balls, lucky? I would vote for all the above.
> > >
> > > Dick Koch - Atlanta
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