[Jeff Higgins]

I've been doing track days for about 15 years with various organizations. Each and every one I have ever participated in requires a "point-by" from the driver of the car being overtaken, as a way of acknowledging that he has, in fact, seen you and is allowing you to pass. Beginning and intermediate groups are typically allowed to pass on straightaways only, on the left hand side of the car. Advanced groups typically have open passing anywhere on the track, but still require a point-by to do so.

Watching this incident reaffirms, for me, just why we do that. The blame is shared between these drivers - neither one is anyone I would want to share a track with in the absence of this "point-by" practice. NASA's rule is ludicrous - just how is the passing driver to know, for sure, if the other driver sees him? In the absence of the point-by, there is simply no way of knowing.