they got the wrong car... assuming the camera car didnt get a penalty at all...
Stephen
they got the wrong car... assuming the camera car didnt get a penalty at all...
Stephen
Don't obsess about it. The ruling may have been a bit harsh but not completely crazy. To the judge of the start, you pulled out of line a bit while the camera car pulled out an egregious amount. You appear to have been suckered to go a bit out of line.
Result? Both were black flagged
Both cars were black flagged
It was a lot of fun driving through the field and passing the ITA leaders for the win
Race video is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLSholGq-s4
A big thank you to Dave Gran for talking me through the whole race on the radio
Abhi
Abhi Ghatak
1995 ITA Miata by Kessler Engineering
2012 NERRC ITA Champion
2013 NERRC ITA Champion
Dude, you won the race, what'er you bitchin' about??
Hard to tell when the flag dropped. Looked clean to me. The white Porsche should have been brought in too because of how far he was hanging back.........
Do you remember when Mickey went from 8 rows back to first when there was a wave off at LRP? They brought like 6 of us in after............ Yeah, I would have been bull shit if they black flagged us.
But great job for the win!!
Jeff L
ITA Miata
2010 NARRC Champion
2007 NERRC Championship, 2nd place
2008 NARRC Championship, 2nd place
2009 NARRC Championship, 2nd place
While watching the start, I was thinking what the F was that car behind you doing??? Nice of him to provide video even though it made him look bad.
I think the protest and ruling was important. Not specifically for that race, but for future races. Unless obvious, save the penalty for after the race when they even say it was subjective.
Abhi did awesome! Funny, while watching him I felt the nerves kick in and kept thinking "go, go, go!!!!". I honestly never would have guessed being on that side of the radios would be so much fun. I did wonder if Abhi had turned off the radio as I'm like "you need to go faster through turn one" or "block that Fn ITS car who was holding you up!!"
Eh. That wouldn't go over so well with me. I think many of us race each other the way we're raced against. That would totally change how I raced against someone in the future and not in a positive way. Maybe just me...crafty move
Last edited by gran racing; 07-23-2014 at 09:08 AM.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
"If you go to the outside, you can hold it...cause we have a really good set of matched tires on it! Those tires are matched perfect and staggered special...While we're still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG2OcW_Hwkg
Last edited by Greg Amy; 07-23-2014 at 09:13 AM.
No more than this is a jumped start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJU_TNRPgs
Ok I am ready for it, flame on boys.......
Bookmarks