Middle finger (Page 1 of 5)

Meh, it's just a finger.

I only communicate in that fashion to Red Preludes. But they easily deserve it each time.

I've probably given the finger, or some other such similar form of communication, a couple of times over the past 8 years of Lemons.  One I can remember in particular was when I gave somebody a point by, left them room, took my foot off the throttle, and they still managed to hit me as they passed me.

If you honestly don't know what you did to piss them off, then it was probably something stupid, like not recognizing that you were holding them up for a lap or three.  I think the proper thing to do is wait for the track to go cold, give tempers (at east his) time to cool down as well, then go find them at the end of the day and have a polite conversation.  Most Lemons racers I know that have had some kind of 'altercation' on the track have ended up sharing a beer at the end of the day and making a new friend.

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This exactly. I've thrown the finger maybe twice and I got it once, that I've seen. It's a thing- I will always remember LFMAO watching a video of Scrubby getting chopped off by a GTO at Sonoma. Finger popped up like a jack in the box. ZING!

wow... thanks for the quick replies!

I'm not necessarily offended by it.. but just not used to it in wheel to wheel racing. Our two cars seemed to be very similar in the corners with his having an edge in the straits.  If I did block him never did it intentionally, just driving the racing line (I know there is no racing line in Lemons).   

If I flipped off everyone that blocked, turn down, or didn't move out of the way I would only have one hand on the wheel all the time. 

I look at is as "its just racing"  and in Lemons you can NEVER tell the skill level on the car.  I don't assume anyone will let me by and if they cut me off or do something erratic I just take note for next time I see them. 

Its just a FUN race.. I guess others take it WAY more seriously than I do.

Yes. They do. Something that surprised me a bit when I first started but I've grown to love. Stupid cars, serious racing.

Maybe he was channeling Lewis Hamilton... http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/lewis-ham … 1784218195

Means pass over the top if you can?

I've used it. Guy repeatedly would turn into me once my bumper got to his front wheel and try to push me off track. I'm all for racing but waiting to push people off track at the point they are supposed to be giving room repeatedly is not cool. I tried to go have an adult conversation with him about his tactics. He was no where to be found. What was the kicker was I donated brake cooling ducting, ducts, and tubes to bolt to their backing plates because they were melting down brakes the day before. I gave it to them so they could race that day. I let the team know what he was doing.

It should be used sparingly so it keeps its meaning.

Interesting observations here. 

You talk about just driving the racing line.  If you are driving on that, you are making your car big and wide especially if you are 'leaving room' from the track edges.  Someone who is a little faster than you might need a little help from you to make the pass easy and without drama.  IE if they caught up to you, they are faster, let them pass, you are not in the same race.  If you continue to drive the 'racing line' with cars queueing behind you,  well... 

If you say that the cars are very similar in the corners - was that when you were in front?  It can seem that way if they have to slow down in the corners for you. 

In fact, let me theorize something - they were faster than you in the corners.  They were able to carry more speed out of the corner and that would make them appear to be faster than you on the straights.  So what would happen is that they would get a good run off one corner, catch you on the straight, but then you would take the 'racing line' away from them on the next corner and make them slow down to your speed (making it appear you were even).  Lather, rinse, repeat for a few corners/laps and I'd get frustrated too.  So, once they passed you - how fast did they pull away?

You have video, post it.  It's all theory until we can see some data.

That Volvo was leading the entire race until late Sunday with a mechanical problem. If I see those guys or many others like cerveza, eyesore, blows, discount, etc, in my mirror I consider that a blue flag.

I got one once for basically blocking a guy to keep him from passing under yellow.  It didn't work of course, and by all outward appearances it looked to the corner workers and tow crew that he was flipping them off whilst passing a line of cars and strafing the tow truck. 

Funny, I didn't see that car back on track for the rest of my stint.

Funny that a certain red Prelude came up twice in this discussion...last year I found myself apologizing to the aforementioned team for spinning in front of them and thanking them for not collecting me. This year I had to take evasive maneuvers on more than one occasion to avoid them running into me when I was trying to "skinny up" and let them pass. After a couple of those I started getting real tired of the near misses and just decided to get 3 cars wide whenever I saw them in my rearview, that way when they rear end me it will absolutely be their fault and no room for interpretation. Never actually gave them a middle finger point by though, maybe next race I'll have the opportunity try that one out. I am told that they are salt of the earth in the paddock, apparently the red paint off gasses red mist in front of them whenever they are on track.