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Originally Posted by thstone
Since racing in January was rained out (for me), I did a one-hour karting race last Saturday and then got sick again (3rd illness since Jan 1st!) I had planned to race tomorrow with the Alfa Romeo Club at Willow Springs but its going to be a weekend at home resting up so I can make it to Buttonwillow in two weeks.
In lieu of racing video from tomorrow, here is a race video from December's Willow Spring event with the POC.
In this race, the officials throw a yellow at the start but two cars behind me still go at the flag (even though its yellow) and come up fast through the field. We re-group and try again.
We get the green on the second try, but at Turn 1 another car passes me on the outside and I'm the filling in the middle resulting in minor contact with the car on the outside. We race on and everything was ok.
After the race, the officials reviewed the video and determined that the contact was a "racing incident" with too many cars trying to occupy the same space and neither of us was penalized for the contact. However, the same car was black flagged for being out of line at the start and had to go into the pits for a stop and go penalty.
This video also features the start of the entire field taken from the grandstands at Turn 1 to give you an idea of what it looks like as a spectator. Thanks to Andy Wong for capturing and sharing the video.
As usual, full screen HD with sound is the best experience!
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Is it my imagination or are your racing speeds ( and competitors) getting incrementally faster with every video. The outside guys move appears to be a little too aggressive for the tarmac available ......on video anyway. It looks like you were holding a constant line.