Originally Posted by
Djballen
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Plz watch this vid from the Manufactures Cup. Watch when the leaders come up to lap trafic how they move over and let them by. At one point you will see someone stop to let them by. If a pro driver will do this why souldn't us lower class guys do the same.
Three reasons for the courtesy shown in the vid: (my take on it anyway)
1. It’s a BIG race. Not a weekend spent at the hobby shop having a good time.
2. The announcer.
3. Driver courtesy. It’s a big race. Top two drivers are in a heated battle for FIRST place. It is close to the finish. Enuff of a battle that fractions of a second might determine the outcome. Courtesy might be shown at mid point of the race, but not like this. Could you imagine the thread that would get started if one of the lapped cars had determined the outcome.
4. Lets throw in a forth. Nobody wanted to be the bonehead that messed up the race for the top two because of some freak accident.
At local races the person doing the lapping should be good enuff to get around the person being lapped for the second, third, forth, etc. time. After all they did it the first time. Not saying that courtesy should not be shown by the person getting lapped.........it should, but the person doing the lapping should not blatantly run thru them. Unless they are blocking on purpose, in that case all bets are off.
Ed M.