bshorey wrote:BrianZ wrote:El_Macho wrote:Lo! It is I, the nefarious Volvo-driving bird-flipper. Curious that the original poster doesn't want to call anyone out or make it about any one team, but meanwhile posts a screenshot of me driving the only Volvo wagon with a dog in the back of it at T-Hill. So let's address this instance specifically: as discussed by another poster, we were running either first or second overall in the Volvo at that point. OP, operating #199 blue "petty crash" Subaru and not in the race, perhaps afflicted with the Cavalier effect, decided he would not let me pass. He very aggressively -- moreso than ANY other car out there -- moved to block me whenever he could. Not race me. Block me. So when I finally got around him, I showed him he's #1 and with good reason. To illustrate the point more clearly: merely four corners after that screenshot, in turn 5, he made contact with the left rear of the Volvo while overdriving his car trying to keep up and "race" me. I've got both front and rear video that I'll sync and upload at some point soon (I'm traveling presently w/o the files) so you can see what I'm talking about.
As to issuing and receiving the bird generally: no one should be surprised that they get flipped off when they're aggressively blocking a faster car.
Like I told you in our private conversation, I never moved to block you. unless I was passing a slower car I was on the racing line..
like I said from the beginning, I had no intent from calling any driver out. I never asked to know who the driver was. I just was curious if this was ok. Now you have take this personally, that was never my intent. Like I said in our emails I am sorry if you felt I was blocking you. I was not doing it maliciously.
Ah, but if you're taking the racing (more likely, time trial?) line, and somebody is trying to get by you, then that could very well come across as a block to the guy trying to get by you.
The video will be interesting to see. What might seem to be perfectly normal to you may look completely different to the guy behind you.
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Excellent point...something I try to figure out at each race....who are the fast cars, who keeps passing me, who am I actually racing, who do I keep catching up to, who drives erratically, who shows up unexpectedly in my rear all the time, which cars need a lot of room, etc. And even then, teams have drivers of various skill levels and driving styles.
Like they say, in traffic- lane driving, alone- line driving.
I struggle at races with driving fast in a line, but at the same time, giving faster cars the opportunity to pass. And, in fact, some cars need very little room to just blow right by me, but some cars are about the same as mine, and can barely pass me on the straights....but as noted previously, if they caught up to me, they are likely either faster or better drivers....passing is fun, but it is a pain in the behind when there are a bunch of fast cars up my ass....
MarioKart Driving School: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #28)
Loudon, NH 2014 - Millville, NJ, Lightening 2019 (RIP)
New and improved: 1987 Honda Prelude Si (Opus #11) Pittsburgh, PA 2021 - ??
and finally won something, Class C Win: Loudon, NH 2022
