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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:27 am 
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To me, spotters have done more harm than good from a racing standpoint.


such as? give examples.


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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:23 pm 
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Ah, Warren my ol' friend... I couldn't even get past the 2nd quote in your reply. I'm just not in the mood to hear complaints from the SK Modified teams this week. Maybe some other time or maybe somebody else can chime in for ya, but I said my peace... I'm done with it.

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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
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shadow-13x wrote:
Sicklajoie wrote:
To me, spotters have done more harm than good from a racing standpoint.


such as? give examples.

Nothing specific, but spotters that drive the cars instead of the drivers themselves. Clearing them when they're not clear. Drivers throwing blocks at the hint of word "looking inside".
I think they're useful from a safety standpoint, but at the same time drivers rely on their spotters so much that they don't look ahead as much for trouble and look at their radiator caps instead.


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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:40 pm 
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sid wrote:
Ah, Warren my ol' friend... I couldn't even get past the 2nd quote in your reply. I'm just not in the mood to hear complaints from the SK Modified teams this week. Maybe some other time or maybe somebody else can chime in for ya, but I said my peace... I'm done with it.

See ya Saturday
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So now you need the mood to strike you to throw around some big woops and who cares? :P I was just giving you some points on how both sides aren't exactly innocent here. I don't care if you respond or even agree. Alot of teams went against their better judgement to put on a show the week before. Don't repay them with big woops and who cares when something goes wrong.

Shadow you're doing your job well. The whole new spotters box moved all of us to where we sould be. It's something some other spotters and I brought up every year and this should be a huge fix to the racing program. I don't see anything more you or the track could do, everyone racing now needs to do their job. This should be working. I know alot of us have been spotting from the stands for the heats and features for years now and use this system at other tracks also so it's nothing new for many of us. I don't know if it's the new view or what. I just know there isn't alot of looking ahead/spotters just looking at their cars for laps at a time or at least it seems that way.

Sick, radios bring alot of strategy into the picture. I agree they are used wrong at times but other times it falls into strategy. I'm guilty of what some may call driving the car from the stands at times. It's not meant in any malicious way, it's meant to give the best options I can see that time. It may be picking the right line to stay in while seeing a car in the pack that is or will be holding a line up or simply protecting the bottom for a lap or two until we can get clear by 4 and back to the outside if we want to try it.


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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:46 pm 
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I cant believe you and I agree on something.

The spotters stand has been improved since the last time we were all there. There has been an upgrade.


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 Post subject: Re: Whats with the single file restarts
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:28 pm 
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I and we agree on alot of things. I'm also guilty of only pointing out the things I see wrong instead of pointing out the many things that are going right.


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