[DeTomaso] NPC - Lesson on how to pass?

Sat Jan 22 21:27:49 EST 2011

+1? In a reverse grid start you know that each car in front of you is progressively "slower" that you, with the "slowest" car on pole. My experience has been that everyone is also more tuned in to their mirrors, as they know?the faster guys are going to be all over them. Both of these facts would have worked in his favor. Still, it was pretty ballsy to try to make it all up on the first lap.
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Daryl

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From: Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>
To: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>; detomaso <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 9:31 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Lesson on how to pass?

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 

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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 

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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. 
> > 
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