George its funny as I scroll back through my private messages as you try to change your tone privately.
You owe the Cognito boys a public apology. Your still bent out of shape from Silver state. In PM"s you say there are different levels of racing going on during any race. The real guys, the fast guys who wanna just have fun and the rest who are just taking along in the rear hoping to see pit one. ( my spin on what you said ) and all you do it try and sweat a guy who is there to race while you wanna impress your girl on a ride on a closed course race track.
Here is the email George sent me. I will highlight the change in tone from the public to the private.
Rodger,
Don't threaten me unless you mean it because I'm going to assume you do then it can escalate to a point that we look back and say that was a stupid thing that started on an Internet forum. I crushed Lopez car at Baja and of course didn't mean to. I started 21 and 200 mi broke at Baja in 4 th. Same thing at v2r so I've passed and been passed. I've nerfed and been nerfed. Caused damage and been damaged. Cognito hit Matlock and Nygren hard in back to back races. Villarreal got hit hard at v2r by I think Wilson took out his trans. I didn't expect there would never be another car nerfed when I posted the thread just hoped to make people think twice before they wreck out someones car and race given the number of recent incidents. That's exactly whys I said to Casey. I specifically told him the reason I called was not to single out Justin because other cars been wrecked he wasn't involved. Point was intended to be in general terms but as people chime in it goes in all directions and words twisted etc. For example, within the field of 40 cars there are several levels of racing. Everyone's a rocket for 50 mi then you know how it changes. My point was I'd like to think my gf was safe as co dawg. Same as Mobbin like his 14 yr old to be safe and anyone else should be able to feel reasonable safe that they won't be on the wrong end of a botched nerf over a drop off, rolled, or whiplashed for no reason. Racing in any form and I've raced many has it's risk and what makes it fun. I just wanted to bring attention to what can happen and has happened so people would think. I believe that was successful. Going off on all these tangents about sponsors, role models and all the inflamed rhetoric of Legacy wasn't my intention. I don't know who this guy is and it's not my style to hide behind anything or anyone.
I'm not here to be agreeable with the cool guys or disagreeable just for the sake of it. I don't think being towed is part of racing so I stated my opinion.....Cognito and friends didn't like it and I expected that. I also don't think putting anyone at unnecessary risk is right and I stand by that. I've caused others to wipe out over the years racing bikes and I never felt good about it and tried to avoid it but sometimes shit happens and impatience wins out.
Take this however you choose......I'd prefer to not to let a forum become personal. If rather keep things clean but if it gets dirty then it won't be my first rodeo either.
George
