02-09-2004, 12:28 PM
Reminds me of the time I almost got run over by a stock car at Hyper-Fest in Charlotte...
I wouldn't be surprised if this was a combination of a few ignorant things we've seen over the years.
1. Amateur stock car racing series. For the SCCS that ran with NASA all they had to do to get a license to race this 500 hp stock cars was fill out a form and send $100. Um...bad idea. Perhaps this guy wasn't exactly well trained either.
2. Catching the pack on a yellow. In most series there's no real speed limit for full course caution but you're supposed to slow the F down. Apparently this guy didn't do that.
3. Corner workers not watching each other's backs. Nuff said.
4. Corner workers without flags. From what I've seen at ovals they don't have corner stations with flaggers that at the very least can show exactly where an incident is. Of course, on an oval you can see everything in advance so there's not much excuse to say, "Oh I didn't know where the accident was..."
5. Red Mist.
6. The dude should've been looking waaaayyyy ahead. Especially if its a full course yellow.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was a combination of a few ignorant things we've seen over the years.
1. Amateur stock car racing series. For the SCCS that ran with NASA all they had to do to get a license to race this 500 hp stock cars was fill out a form and send $100. Um...bad idea. Perhaps this guy wasn't exactly well trained either.
2. Catching the pack on a yellow. In most series there's no real speed limit for full course caution but you're supposed to slow the F down. Apparently this guy didn't do that.
3. Corner workers not watching each other's backs. Nuff said.
4. Corner workers without flags. From what I've seen at ovals they don't have corner stations with flaggers that at the very least can show exactly where an incident is. Of course, on an oval you can see everything in advance so there's not much excuse to say, "Oh I didn't know where the accident was..."
5. Red Mist.
6. The dude should've been looking waaaayyyy ahead. Especially if its a full course yellow.