(11-12-2018, 05:36 PM)ScottyB Wrote: i think novice/retiree drivers in purpose built cars are the most dangerous combo, even worse than noobs in overpowered stock cars. there's just too much size/speed/commotion inside the cockpit of those cars for people like that to deal with anything else outside of their sphere of concentration of just keeping the thing on the road.
sucks and i hope they slap him with a penalty. for a while there you guys looked like you could have put the cruise control on and just draped your arm out the window to catch a breeze.
I mean yes, I'm sure things can be more busy in different cars but if you can't handle it and be track aware then you are not qualified for TT, not even HPDE3 if I'm being honest.
Scott Blair said "wow, that's pretty bad". He will be talking to him and his father in the orange truck which is a little faster but still causes similar issues for faster cars.... His father isn't nearly as bad, imo. I've been behind and around the orange one but didn't have too much of a problem in comparison!
I'm not the fastest, but shit I'm sure as hell track aware of all other cars. I'm pushing myself to get better at flaggers. I never miss a flag but I could for sure practice seeing them sometimes even sooner. Sometimes in a session I get in a zone and have to tell myself to look ahead a couple of turns for flaggers as I realize I'm not. I usually always am looking at the flaggers one turn ahead. IMO, awareness is 100% more important than any type of speed. It's a rampant problem that seems to be getting worse as time goes on.
Edit: I will say when I did HPDE3 in Great Lakes I did not have a single problem. Their drivers are what I would expect out of HPDE3 drivers. Fully aware of everything. It really is not hard to predict and see either a) how fast a car is approaching b) what type of car it is c) what your strengths are and how you can easily let them by without causing any disruption or how you can push and leave them in the dust in certain places. I will say Great Lakes region is doing HPDE3 right! Mid-Atlantic is starting to come around and I think the event at PittRace in July with Great Lakes significantly helped that