Originally Posted by smdubovsky (Post 448130)

You don't get it because you don't race. Its a good rule. Grass is a racing surface and you can very much complete a pass w/ 2 in the dirt (though usually only successful on the inside.) If you aren't setup to make a good clean sound pass, then you:
1) better be able (and prepared!) to do it w/ two wheels in the dirt.
or
2) don't attempt it.
It sounds like a harsh rule but it reduces people attempting low percentage passes. So it actually makes racing safer.

3/4 rule does not apply w/ walls. Thats covered in the rules.

Originally Posted by junkyard_sal (Post 448216)

BMWCCA has a strict no contact policy and at the drivers meeting they remind you that you must report all contact. The reality is that no one reports incidental contact.

In the case Rob has posted here it could go either way and would probably end at the same spot that NASA landed. The end result for Rob's car would have been the same also. Spec e30s can run with BMWCCA but the stricter rules regarding contact (And the fact that tires are free in BMWCCA) often deter a number of spec e30 entrants.

Originally Posted by 9toofaresser (Post 448430)

I was over at HyperDrives instructing at Jefferson on Saturday (don't ask why I did that shit) when my friend Matt was involved in a 5-car incident on Turn #3 on Main. An S2000 dropped oil and took out 5 cars including some other S2000s. The video was horrifying as one car flipped and went OVER the top of the camera car. Thankfully, all the drivers walked away unscathed. The cars did not.