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So I have to know who the retard is...

Discussion in 'General' started by d-wire, Aug 28, 2012.

  1. NateDawg122

    NateDawg122 Active Member

    x2. Good thing I saw the change on the sighting lap. Like you said I went from braking at the 2 to not even making it to the 1.
     
  2. gixxersmitty

    gixxersmitty Well-Known Member

    I lowsided in the bowl in that race. Thought my brakes were fubared and got in too hot. Had been using the same marker all weekend. If there was an announcement made I didnt hear it because I was pitted next to the fence at the end of the pits where there arent any speakers. The radio station didnt work and the speaker system sucks. That should be taken into account when things are changed, especially the brake markers.
     
    Last edited: Aug 29, 2012
  3. gapman789

    gapman789 Well-Known Member

    Damn. Thank gawd nobody was seriously hurt or killed, over somebody playing musical brake markers.
     
  4. I was waiting on this thread. :D When I heard the announcement I kept waiting for a "naw, I'm just kidding".
     
  5. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    It was announced repeatedly and mentioned at the riders meeting. Sorry if you didn't listen to either one but the information was definitely out there.
     
  6. Daniel06

    Daniel06 Well-Known Member

    I didn't realize so many people crashed there during the races. You guys running 58's & 9's don't have much room for error. I had been using the first marker, once I realized that shit wasn't gonna happen I adjusted. By the end of the race I could get to the first marker before I closed and got on the binders. But she'd be assed out going in. Needed 1 more cone there if you're going to place them that deep.

    Same problem w/ turn 1 @ road Atl @ cycle jam. Or was it just me being a puss then?
     
  7. Daniel06

    Daniel06 Well-Known Member

    Opinions vary I know.
     
  8. TakeItApart

    TakeItApart Oops!

    Ha! I never used the cones at Road Atlanta into one. I found a mark on the wall to the outside to use. I figured that if there was a new mark by the time I came around, that the red flag would've been out. Of course I'd never been there before, so what I used may be irrelevant.
     
  9. Daniel06

    Daniel06 Well-Known Member

    ^^^ Nah, I was using a mark on the wall as well. :)
     
  10. highsidephoto

    highsidephoto Well-Known Member

    I saw him go off the banking like Evel Knievel. Makes sense now.
     
  11. crazywolf450r

    crazywolf450r Well-Known Member

    Did anyone hear it announced at the riders meeting? Pretty sure we would have rioted if it was.
     
  12. automan

    automan It's all about the drive!

    I did not.
     
  13. I heard it over the P.A. as we were getting ready to go race, but i didnt hear it during the riders meeting.
     
  14. crazywolf450r

    crazywolf450r Well-Known Member

    Same here.
     
  15. motojoe_23

    motojoe_23 The Nephew

    Was after lunch on pa as far as I heard
     
  16. Daniel06

    Daniel06 Well-Known Member

    ^^^^^^ Same here
     
  17. John LegionST

    John LegionST Well-Known Member

    Kind of glad I had a mechanical and did not race now.

    IMO it was a very bad idea to move them at all, announcement or not...
     
  18. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Like I told Sean at the track, I don't disagree with that at all - and as I said here, it won't happen again.
     
  19. nikk777

    nikk777 Well-Known Member

    PA announcement only because I remember commenting about how stupid that was. Nothing was said at the riders meeting about it...
     
  20. RoadRacerX

    RoadRacerX Jesus Freak

    Moving brake markers should be like the bezel of a diver watch. Only move backwards, never forward. Glad no one was seriously injured.
     

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