At this event yesterday at Road Atlanta, a penalty was imposed on a Ferrari passing a Porsche. The Ferrari was right on the bumper of the Porsche approaching the turn, and pulled inside the Porsche at about the turn-in point. He overlapped him by about half a car length when they made contact as the Porsche drove his line to the apex. Both cars sustained enough damage to require immediate repairs. The Ferrari was given a stop-and-go penalty. Although I thought he was pretty aggressive, it looked like "just racing" to me.

1) Would this pass be legal/illegal under the GCR? Please explain why or why not.
2) How do YOU decide whether to make a pass like this, given the increased likelihood of MTM contact?
3) Do you have difficulty seeing that the passer is there if you're the passee?

If the Ferrari was in the wrong I'll have to look up the pro spec-Miata driver that bashed in the side of my car on test day and retract my apology.

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Marty Doane
ITS RX7 #13
CenDiv WMR