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- bassmangrammy - 07-09-2005
btw...this video was orginally from King RAT and it's like 4 0r 5 years old...greg shaffer was actually in that race
- BLINGMW - 07-09-2005
yeah, it looked old to me too, but at the end, doesn't it say 2004 or something? :?: Wonder what race that was, I've never seen a field like that. I'm assuming IT?
- Feersty - 07-11-2005
Does anyone recognize the worker that held him back?
- Mike - 07-11-2005
Feersty Wrote:Does anyone recognize the worker that held him back?
scca dingbat. jesus h.
- Dragon - 07-11-2005
Myuki Wrote:I guess cause there are so many cars, the grid workers can't be expected to keep track of all of the positions, so like you said, go NOW, or don'tNo matter how many cars there are in a field the grid workers are expected to keep track of all the positions. The more cars you have, the more workers you have to cover the field. We are the ones that put them in their grid spot so we should be paying attention to all drivers. There's a few things to consider though.
1) We're all human, we make mistakes.
2) Per the rules of most race sanctions, drivers are expected to know their position before reporting to grid, so the driver should have corrected the worker upon being placed in the wrong position, not waiting till they were releasing to try and correct it.
3) As was already said, you hesitate/stall/whatever, you start at the back
4) When you're releasing that many cars you don't have time to listen to a driver who's trying to argue, he/she had plenty of time before engines were started and cars were moving to explain anything.
Basically it was a screw up on both the grid worker's and the driver's part. They put him in the wrong spot and he didn't bother to correct them prior to a moment when you don't have time to question you just have time to act.
He's very lucky that he didn't hit any cars on that pace lap, and I too am surprised that he wasn't black flagged in the first couple laps of the race to be penalized for that. I agree with the sanctioning body of not granting him his license after that performance though.
- Feersty - 07-12-2005
That was amazing him passing all those cars. They didn't even seem to get in his way either. lol.
- ScottyB - 07-12-2005
Feersty Wrote:That was amazing him passing all those cars. They didn't even seem to get in his way either. lol.
well....they weren't racing or anything, just setting up for the green, so i don't think anyone cared to get in his way.