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1/24/20, 12:39 PM |
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As a driver who has been in this situation as a lapped car I like this rule, it allows me more freedom to race for position with the other lappers and not be a factor for the lead lap cars.
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1/24/20, 1:12 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 8 Race Count Last Year: 43 Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 477 |
I don't think you were asking me, but I'll go.
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And as I argue, the leader is getting his rewards by being given clean track, setting the pace, and deciding where the race restarts (within some reason of the rules). Having lapped traffic added into that mix was too much of an advantage in the general case. IMO |
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1/24/20, 1:28 PM |
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1/24/20, 3:06 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 19 Race Count Last Year: 22 Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,259 |
Hey guys, under the current rules, once the green waves for the restart and the field comes back around don't the lapped cars get shown the move over flag anyway? Even before that, most of the lapped cars aren't going to be trying to hold up the lead lap cars. That's just asking for a visit in the pits later from a disgruntled 5th-place finisher who thinks it's your fault (maybe with good cause) that he didn't pull off that 4-car slide job for the win...
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Why no weight increase for the midgets? They raised it for sprint and silver crown.
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1/24/20, 4:02 PM |
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1/24/20, 4:34 PM |
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I can see both sides of this. Yes, if leader has to pass lappers, 2nd should too... BUT, moving lappers to the back clears the field for leader but not 2nd.
Moving lappers back promotes better competition between 1st & 2nd? I can't decide.... no perfect solution, unless cars are placed exactly where they were at time of accident, which obviously isn't gonna happen |
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1/24/20, 6:17 PM | #28 | ||
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as we all know,usac knows best.so this thread is pointless.
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1/24/20, 8:13 PM |
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Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 2,297 |
As someone mentioned, lapped cars are part of racing. Having the fastest car is what racing is all about. Why punish a team for having a fast car by taking the lappers out. Getting into traffic and finding your way though it is not easy and it shouldn't be negated. As a fan I suppose it may make things more interesting but really it isn't fair. Smells almost as bad as participation trophies.
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1/24/20, 9:13 PM |
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A lot of things are not fair. Letting the 2nd place car or any car in the race start on the tail tank of a car that had a straight away lead is not fair. As stated making a car who had a good battle going with another back marker start almost a lap behind the those they ware battling with taking away their chance to advance the rest of the race is not fair. Moving the car the leader was struggling to get around letting 2nd and 3rd to catch up him 3/4th of a lap out of his way is not fair. Maybe with things going as they are trending in our sport we should make the decisions like these based on what is best for the future of the sport. Someone will always loose an advantage no matter what is decided, maybe the one that puts more "casual" and rabid race fans in the stands is the fairest decision for all in the long run.
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