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Maybe the right and honorable judges can provide the details that go with these pictures:
All I can guess is that someone blamed their tires for their bad driving, and so the tires were forced to go sit and watch how good tires behave.
That is absolutely AWESOME!!!
I can answer this. They blamed their tires for their poor driving and we believed them.
So, we made the tires go sit and watch how it's properly done for 60 minutes.
A set of guilty Azenis!
On an MR2 no less.
Those things usually perform about as well as a Z or SHO.
The tire on the left is the really guilty one so the three on the right made him watch by himself.
You should have had a few of their Falkens come talk to our Falkens. Ours were getting straight-A's all weekend.
A set of guilty Azenis!
On an MR2 no less.
Those things usually perform about as well as a Z or SHO.
Hey.. I resemble that remark
Brilliant! that's got to go down as one of the best penalties yet
Definitely the funniest penalty...
This settles it. We're switching to a different tire.
Too risky!
KT
60 minutes? Oof. That's a long time to spend not racing on race day. What was their transgression?
This settles it. We're switching to a different tire.
Too risky!KT
Oh Jeebus .. Mulry's worst fears .. another "what's the best tire" post!
60 minutes? Oof. That's a long time to spend not racing on race day. What was their transgression?
Totally unable to keep the car pointed in a straight line
well, that's obviously the tires' fault.
although i don't know why you let the gas pedal get off scot-free; he certainly shared some culpability.
Gas pedal... Hell, it's the entire suspensions fault for not controlling the tires. The struts/springs & shocks should have to sit out too.
GnomeFabTech wrote:60 minutes? Oof. That's a long time to spend not racing on race day. What was their transgression?
Totally unable to keep the car pointed in a straight line
Jeez, I'd better stop driving Fieros...
I can answer this. They blamed their tires for their poor driving and we believed them.
So, we made the tires go sit and watch how it's properly done for 60 minutes.
That's friggin' brilliant! Considering it is by far the most common tire in Lemons, their defense makes complete sense. It explains why none of us can drive in a straight line!
We had many teams blame their tires for their bad driving, so it was time to teach those tires a lesson!
Just wait until the next team blames their brakes.
i have to admit the driver who lost it on the back stright on sunday was hauling some serious ass, probably making some awesome lap times in the MR2.
clearly its the falken azensis's fault...excellent penalty!!
60 minutes is a VERY long time...but I'll venture a guess that this wasn't their 1-2-3 trip to the penalty box
Judge Jonny wrote:GnomeFabTech wrote:60 minutes? Oof. That's a long time to spend not racing on race day. What was their transgression?
Totally unable to keep the car pointed in a straight line
Jeez, I'd better stop driving Fieros...
Jonny didn't say "Totally unable to keep the car from randomly bursting into flames," so you should be fine.
Sideways and backwards provides plenty of cooling air to the engine...
Looking at this video I can see some dirt on the track.. hence loosing traction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vYesj1tTA
But one would think that after you slide in a spot due to debris you would remember that spot and slow down, not going off the track.
But Dam there was so much room, Make CMP look like we were racing in a parking garage.
If you could see it in that video, you could see it in real life, hence it shouldn't be a surprise. That goes double for the tires, since they're so close to the ground, they should really see it coming.
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