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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I very much prefer organizations that require point-bys, even when open passing is allowed in the advanced group. Again, this video highlights exactly why I prefer that. Like the guy says time and time again, this is not a race. It just makes it safer and more enjoyable for everyone involved if there is a bit more communication between drivers on the track. That, and it very much discourages these "racing" passes. Leave those for an actual race, please.
I remember years ago our local PCA "advanced" group kept getting red flagged and our sessions cut short. It was pretty frustrating. There were a few guys in the group that were very clearly racing, and the course marshals recognized it as such. It got to the point one day where the track master threatened to shut down advanced for the rest of the day and give our time to the intermediate and beginner groups. These guys were not just endangering each other, but the rest of the cars out there with them as well. While they managed this in spite of the point-by rule, it did serve to keep at least a bit of a lid on it, when they were passing the rest of us who weren't in their little "race". Racing passes belong in races, corporative passing makes HDPE days safer.
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even while actually racing you would probably not go for that pass. in order to make that pass sucessful hed have to have been at his side pre-turn in. and he wasn't. at that point its the miatas apex, and he wont/cant really see you if you try for that pass.
with the obvious speed differential between the two drivers/cars, even under racing conditions, he should have just found a nice corner exit, and out dragged him off an apex. even in a club race, that pass was super risky, and i personally wouldnt put my car in that position.