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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: For those waiting breathlessly for news of my racing weekend.
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:10:37 -0700
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On 2024-09-15 16:18, -hh wrote:
> On 9/15/24 1:28 AM, Alan wrote:
>> Well... ...it came to an abrupt end at about 1:25pm today,
>>
>> Our race had only just started, and at turn 3 of lap 1, the car 
>> immediately ahead of me spun, and while I was able to get my speed off 
>> to the point where all we did was bump tires...
>>
>> ...there was nothing I could do about the Formula Vee following me...
>>
>> ...who hit might right rear tire hard enough to fold up and/or break 
>> every piece of the right year suspension...
>>
>> ...and who ended up half on top of my car with his left front tire 
>> immediately beside my head.
>>
>> I haven't seen the video from his car yet (we have to have video 
>> cameras now), nor have I heard from the steward of the meeting about 
>> his conversation with the Vee driver, but to my mind, this was just a 
>> racing incident.
>>
>> Conditions were marginal--there had been rain for qualifying but it 
>> was drying out, but all three of the fast(ish) FF driver determined 
>> that we would all go out on the same tires, and the very last-minute 
>> choice was to run on slicks. 15 minutes before our race, it looked 
>> like the better call would be rain tires, but then the sun came out, 
>> and with other race groups before us dissipating the water on the 
>> track,  we call changed to dry tires.
>>
>> And this change proved too much for Martin's traction in turn 3.
>>
>> With me running close behind him, he spun 1/4 of the way around, and 
>> there was just no way I could have tightened my line to go to his 
>> left. So I moved as much to the right as I dared (with a wall 
>> preventing a complete off-track avoidance, and hoped for the best. And 
>> I nearly pulled it off.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the FV running behind me had opted for wet tires, and 
>> so had better grip in the mid-corner phase, and (despite not having 
>> seen the video or heard the report) I don't think there was any way he 
>> could have tightened his line enough to avoid me.
>>
>> The end result was this:
>>
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9CbWveqC2PS5R3yR0vahcfqMSQ7cV4d/ 
>> view? usp=share_link>
>>
>> Bottom of the line: bad luck.
> 
> Dang, that's an Ouchie.
> 
> Nevertheless beats my weekend project, which started with removing some 
> landscaping plants to gain access to replace a failing concrete skim 
> coat.  Naturally, there's also some other scope creep discoveries 
> involved...
Scope creep in one's house is often bad news. I hope it's not too bad.

To make matters worse, the same FV driver was involved in an incident 
with Dave McKay that was even worse; resulting in the rear and front 
suspension of Dave's Lola being absolutely destroyed.

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CX7HmLymYCg_q9obYjWTQdk6GGXyTCYG/view?usp=share_link>

Apparently, as Dave was coming up to pass, the FV driver committed one 
of the cardinal sins:

Having received the blue flag that a faster car was coming up behind 
him, he moved of his line to "help" let the faster car by, but by doing 
so, he had to guess where Dave was intending to go; guessed wrong, 
putting Dave into the grass on driver's left, where he spun, and hit the 
wall driver's right at something like 65-75mph.

Sadly, in addition to the incidents with me and Dave, this particular 
driver has at least once had his license pulled.