, see what I started. Now im a damn trouble maker LOL!!!! .....Let's see that footage! Our POS didn't even start with 3 cranks lol!
, see what I started. Now im a damn trouble maker LOL!!!! .....Let's see that footage! Our POS didn't even start with 3 cranks lol!
Right on Pierre!! Cool seeing you and Shannon at Tech!!I thought the start was awesome. I started in the middle of row 4 and had planned on taking it easy and letting everybody get out front. The flag dropped and I hit the button and popped the clutch and started shifting gears. Got to turn one and I was in 3rd place out of my row. I guess I should have tried to go fast. The dust was bad once we got out of the watered sections but so what? It would have been nice to have it watered just a little farther or do a complete short course lap before heading out in to the desert but I would race it again either way. It didn't take long before it cleared out and wasn't any different than every time you catch a car.
You don't drive off GPS in the dust...doing so will end up with you either crashed or someone else run over.Not many had the GPS file and so drivers were driving off tail lights through the dust. Unfortunately, there were a ton of people who ended up upside down, in ditches, way off the track, and in some seriously vulnerable situations. .
Hence what happened this weekend. Pick your poison. Diving with no GPS and ending up In a ditch, or driving with GPS and possibly hitting someone. I'd like to know how many people stopped and waited for the dust to settle this weekendYou don't drive off GPS in the dust...doing so will end up with you either crashed or someone else run over.
If you are racing smart, neither should be much of a concern. If you can't control your vehicle at the speeds you are driving then maybe you should slow down. If you have GPS, it is not a license to drive where you can't physically see.Hence what happened this weekend. Pick your poison. Diving with no GPS and ending up In a ditch, or driving with GPS and possibly hitting someone. I'd like to know how many people stopped and waited for the dust to settle this weekend
You don't drive off GPS in the dust...doing so will end up with you either crashed or someone else run over.
Hence what happened this weekend. Pick your poison. Diving with no GPS and ending up In a ditch, or driving with GPS and possibly hitting someone. I'd like to know how many people stopped and waited for the dust to settle this weekend
Pgarfinkle I will have to assume you have never raced a desert race? The fact is if you want to be competitive you need to sometimes race via GPS in the dust. We have all done it, another way we race blindly in the dust is to watch the other guys amber light. If it looks like its not bouncing around you keep your for in it and aim for the light. If you do as you say and slow or stop to let the dust clear you will most likely get slammed and ran over from behind. To me that is just as scary as racing through the dust.If you are racing smart, neither should be much of a concern. If you can't control your vehicle at the speeds you are driving then maybe you should slow down. If you have GPS, it is not a license to drive where you can't physically see.
lol.If you are racing smart, neither should be much of a concern. If you can't control your vehicle at the speeds you are driving then maybe you should slow down. If you have GPS, it is not a license to drive where you can't physically see.
Yep, I'm just a keyboard racer......Pgarfinkle I will have to assume you have never raced a desert race? The fact is if you want to be competitive you need to sometimes race via GPS in the dust. We have all done it, another way we race blindly in the dust is to watch the other guys amber light. If it looks like its not bouncing around you keep your for in it and aim for the light. If you do as you say and slow or stop to let the dust clear you will most likely get slammed and ran over from behind. To me that is just as scary as racing through the dust.
I have raced in Class 1 a few times as a navigator and know racing by GPS happens way more then you would think. Racing wide open in the blinding dust is why I turned down navigation in class 1 and a TT. My balls were not big enough to run as hard as long as those guys do through the dust.