So true......I learned early on that if you drive a .1-.2s slower but stay off the wall you will end up with a better stint time then if you go all out and collect a wall a few times. I find it hard to get away with a true hit on the armco that does not add at least 2 seconds to the lap and many times it is significantly more than that.
Cheers,
Jim
In the HFAY races, the number of laps I am behind the leader is almost always the number of crashes that required using reverse during the race. When the laps are in the low 5 second range, a crash = a lap. Even worse because traffic is usually coming back around right when you need to back up.