Update: NASA Racing Group A Race Crash at Infineon/Sears

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Old 11-13-2008, 09:37 PM
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Default Update: NASA Racing Group A Race Crash at Infineon/Sears

in the last 10 seconds, you can see the car go through the dirt, then launch in the air....

not very clear, but if you watch it a couple times, you get the idea....

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guy driving the car in video has very bad lines
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it's the car that passed him (car in vid) @ 5:30...
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2nd that big time.. Almost took out that intergra too.. Is that a lotus being passed by civics?
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3rd. I've done 100+ laps there and I can't believe that guy has a racing license.
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that line to the inside of 4....WOW.....
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It looks like he's driving defensively/blocking, at least I hope so.
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Default Agreed, def a blocking line or he has a car to the side, you can hear their engines, but...

...running a blocking line every lap is just letting slower cars catch up to you and letting the leaders get away from you. Or, that could be just my circle track mentality...never have run an actual fender to fender race in the turns.
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Default you shouldn't be blocking in every corner in the first three laps.....

these sprint races are at least 11-14 laps. I'd only block in the last lap or two and only if I was defending a leading position....

YMMV.
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Unless the race is 5 laps long


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