i was watching some of the video's you uploaded, specifically the Chris Foley incident (Runoffs_ChrisFoley_QualifyingIncident.wmv)... i saw the first bump didn't seem to be anyones fault, but what was with the main accident, wtf was the guy doing swerving back and forth in the miata(?)???
well i did a ton of searches and still cant find any threads about it. i must be doing something wrong with this forums search functions because it rarely works for me.
any dates, keywords, etc to point me in the right direction?
I think http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=5263is the one you're looking for.
Edited due to stupidity.........
ah...well i saw that thread, but didnt think that was all it since there was one post about the incident... i guess andy's "$hit hit the fan" comment got me thinking there was a big hoop-la. chris sure seemed to take it a lot better than i would have if someone was being a dumbass and wrecked my car!
Miata driver is a f-in TOOL ! Banned would be the least I would have done to him
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=38929&hl=lime++rock++miata
i dont race so maybe i'm missing something, but I dont understand what kind of argument the guy could have had. He was swerving across the whole track with cars stacked up behind him. the only time i have ever seen this is behind the pace car, when passing is illegal.
stupid stupid guy
So whatever can of this? In this kind of racing do you have to pay for your own damage or does the person that is at faul pay for the damage? I have heard in historics that the one that causes it pays. Is this true? I'm glad I stick to AX, but track racing looks like fun until you see this.
On the track, the owner of the car that is damaged pays to fix the damage. Or fixes it themselves. Vintage racing, too.
If someone wants to be a "good guy", they may offer to help (financially, or more often putting in time helping). But it is not expected, and certainly not mandated!
One of many reasons that W2W is a whole 'nother level than "track days", which are a whole 'nother level than autoX.
--DD
That really sucks. That means that in the historics you could have a guy that is driving a 12k dollar car put a 1M dollar car in the wall because he doesn't like him. At PRI two or three years ago I saw something very similar to that happen. WHen the guys got out of the car I thought they were going to throw down. The guy that got hit was pissed. The one that was at fault wasn't even being as stupid as the guy in the Miata was, but he was still being stupid.
Lol,
those were the good old days. I'm finally getting around to fixing the car after more than 2 years of letting it just sit in the garage.
I have to take at least part of the blame for rear ending the Midget since I was already quite agitated by the time we left the pit lane. The Miata was going so slow that I could stay in first gear in pit lane and only upshifted because I got tired of holding the engine at 5k rpm in first.
Earlier in the season my wife said I was going to end up being hit by that guy and she was right. Somehow everything came together for final qualifying so that I was in a rush to go fast on the out lap and he was determined to take a full lap to warm up (without considering his responsibility to the other drivers). Apparently we were on an inevitable collision course.
My crew and friends did a fantastic job of fixing the damage before the race but I was hit from behind in the second turn of the first lap and retired without even completing a lap.
2005 was the oddest season for me, filled with extreme highs and lows. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and was disappointed at nearly every turn as a result. The only good event was Lime Rock in July where I debuted my RAT built engine and won the race.
The Miata driver and his dad got the message and moved back to Showroom Stock.
Attached image(s)
i guess what stunned me the most was that DURING a race, someone would be that stupid to swerve from side to side without thinking about anyone else on the track... or themselves for that matter.
amazing. cant believe you kept your cool that much Chris!
Yep unless I get suddenly RICH I am staying with track days and auto X....too much love in my car and it would break my heart to be in a situation like you were in Chris. I would have ended up in JAIL as a result of my reaction, you are a better man than I (or possibly a grownup...:-)
Chris,
what happened to the miata guy? Did he end up being banned or did he smarten up?
I'm with you degreeoff, Racer Chris is a better man than I..... :-/
Until I hit the lotto or become a huge business success, I'm staying off the road courses.
Powered by Invision Power Board (http://www.invisionboard.com)
© Invision Power Services (http://www.invisionpower.com)