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Originally Posted by astrochex
This was what, Kirkwoods second year at Indy? Still not much race experience.
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I agree. Many times a backmarker comes into an accident full bore from way back. Makes you wonder what they are really doing. in NASCAR it happens almost every week. Sometimes there is no place to go, sometimes they get lucky and sometimes I think the spotter is asleep.
What I have NEVER understood is getting through an accident and gassing the car. Where the hell do they think they are going? Yellow is out, field is frozen and it wouldn't matter what they did, they will be lined up as they were when the yellow flashed.
With today's GPS tracking and transponders, there is no guessing. There is nothing to gain by going an inch faster. I've seen this a hundred times at least. It's like, "I'm clear of this mess and I'm getting the hell out of here." Nope.
I will let Kirkwood off knowing he was traveling a football field every second. He did downshift one gear before impact. It's like he didn't even feel the left rear being ripped off. However,
the car in front of him had (Ferrucci) already slowed down and KW was coming up on him in a big way. In fact, KW was going to rear end him, but his car was turned just before he got to him.
Out of the groove already, he was going to eat it one way or another.