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Old 04-09-2012, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackTalon View Post
I'm actually more of a messenger on this. The club has had a policy, and we are tasked with enforcing it. I volunteered to help run Tech, and by doing so assumed responsibility for making sure drivers comply with the requirements.

But with that said, being in Red Group really does not mean that you are some sort of a God. Has your car never broken? Have you never done anything that resulted in it breaking? And besides it being a safety concern, it fuchs up everyone else in the run group when a car breaks on the track. And sometimes those same people bitch when there are only three run groups a day instead of four, as they loose too much time when a car breaks or there is a big off

I will say this about PCAP's Red Group -- it does largely police itself. There is a tolerance there for behavior/ actions that would get a driver in a lot more trouble in lower run groups. But that is largely because the other drivers are experienced enough to react well in those brief emergency situations.

Sorry you feel like this is a personal attack on you, because for it is not. In fact, the issue came up in the Green Group. But your recent videos had a few people asking offline about the safety considerations. Don't worry though, I told them as a highly-skilled Red Group driver you will never run off the track, spin, etc.
I am not taking any of this personally. I am talking about the policies of suction cups, decision making, tech rules, tech inspection, being responsible adults and the GODS of RED run group (lol). I am suggesting that the limited resources (time and energy of tech peeps required for the supervision/inspection) be concentrated (and thorough) on the beginners where it is needed most.
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