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Your kidding right? Because I was.
You just told me that I was completely wrong, but that you couldn't take the time to explain it - as if maybe I wouldn't/couldn't understand.
Then you stated that this is your home track, you know it very well, offered to help folks that don't know it well, but that anything less than a traditional practice session would not work for you. (edit - actually you never did say it was a home track, just that you had more than a decade of experience there, which probably lets you know it better than I do my home track)
I tried to inject a little levity, while pointing out that there are a lot of people that could benefit from a controlled passing session too.
Glad to see your sense of humor is fully functional :P . (in the interest of full disclosure - yes I jest yet again - no worries, have a :birra: and let that stressful day melt away).
To the point of the conversation, I still agree that a full practice session is ideal, but I don't see track time as black and white; usefull or useless - it is a bit more of a continuoum. If I can't pass in corners, I can still vary entry and exit lines all by my lonesome. It is NOT the same as executing a real pass, but it is a lot better than useless. I can also use track sessions to gauge fuel useage, try unorthodox lines in an attempt to ulock the secrets of what I have always been told is a very technical track. I guess I am just more of a glass half full guy today :026: [/b]
If I would know you I wouldn't have reacted the way I did, thinking you were joking. But putting words in someones mouth is distasteful. Telling me I was a Jedi Master @ M-O was nothing short of a insult of the umteen magitude. I'm just another racer like so many other racers that have a lot of time @ Mid-O, mostly on the old course with the concrete patches. My home tracks are Nelson Ledges & Beaver Run, not M-O. I didn't think I had to go into detail why "if someone is trying to setup a car for racing" a drivers school was not the place for it. If you have no experience there, a drivers school will be better than nothing, if your an experienced racer this would probably not suite you. As for helping people @ M-O sure why not, if I can. I have had some very good racers help me over the years the likes of EFR just to name one. When I go to an unfimiliar track, the 1st thing I try and do is search out the experienced drivers and either try and follow or ask them questions after a practice session. You know how I feel Chris, lets drop it.