Dangers on Track
06-21-2012, 06:53 PM
#182
I think "passive aggressive" is a relationship ploy to avoid conflict. I was being sarcastic in drawing attention to the contradiction of you being a "coach" at the same time as being unreasonable and negative -- you try to turn observation of events into a critique of the driver, not a simple observation of mis-shifts. Do you seriously think I was criticizing the driver? Do you think I was boasting that I've never missed a downshift or purporting to have even sat in a Cup car? (I haven't in most of ten years.) Don't you think your attempt to attack me is just a little inappropriate for a professional coach?
06-21-2012, 06:59 PM
#184
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I don't share your sense of entertainment, but let's be clear it's only the argumentative drivel posted by others here which suggest any criticism. My comments were to the point of safe DE driving habits and noting that the video chosen by someone else starts with a couple of minutes of unrelated video including a missed downshift -- no criticism of the skills or accomplishments of the driver in the video.
06-21-2012, 07:06 PM
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06-21-2012, 07:06 PM
#187
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Dan,
Not a bad question, but there are a couple of issues at Summit. The race car noise levels are much higher than any whistle and would drowned it out. Summit has 3 tracks and our government uses a big part of the facility for training personnel with real ordinance. The deer in this area have become very comfortable with loud noises ( bombs, gun fire, cars etc). The Scott family has done a really top job of fixing up the track over the past several years and I would imagine are very open to suggestions and I am sure have tried several already.
Not a bad question, but there are a couple of issues at Summit. The race car noise levels are much higher than any whistle and would drowned it out. Summit has 3 tracks and our government uses a big part of the facility for training personnel with real ordinance. The deer in this area have become very comfortable with loud noises ( bombs, gun fire, cars etc). The Scott family has done a really top job of fixing up the track over the past several years and I would imagine are very open to suggestions and I am sure have tried several already.
06-21-2012, 07:14 PM
#188
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Dan,
Not a bad question, but there are a couple of issues at Summit. The race car noise levels are much higher than any whistle and would drowned it out. Summit has 3 tracks and our government uses a big part of the facility for training personnel with real ordinance. The deer in this area have become very comfortable with loud noises ( bombs, gun fire, cars etc). The Scott family has done a really top job of fixing up the track over the past several years and I would imagine are very open to suggestions and I am sure have tried several already.
Not a bad question, but there are a couple of issues at Summit. The race car noise levels are much higher than any whistle and would drowned it out. Summit has 3 tracks and our government uses a big part of the facility for training personnel with real ordinance. The deer in this area have become very comfortable with loud noises ( bombs, gun fire, cars etc). The Scott family has done a really top job of fixing up the track over the past several years and I would imagine are very open to suggestions and I am sure have tried several already.
06-21-2012, 07:16 PM
#189
You might try to label something as criticism, but if you happened to behave reasonably, you'd consider my sentence as an observation of what happened, not a judgement of skills of criticism of the driver. Do you believe the shifts were clean or the car did not become unsettled and begin to rotate as the rears locked?
Try as you will, casting aspersions does not create new facts.
Try as you will, casting aspersions does not create new facts.
06-21-2012, 07:19 PM
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06-21-2012, 07:23 PM
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06-21-2012, 07:34 PM
#192
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You might try to label something as criticism, but if you happened to behave reasonably, you'd consider my sentence as an observation of what happened, not a judgement of skills of criticism of the driver. Do you believe the shifts were clean or the car did not become unsettled and begin to rotate as the rears locked?
Try as you will, casting aspersions does not create new facts.
Try as you will, casting aspersions does not create new facts.
VR, do you have a pic of Leh Keen slapping his forehead?
06-21-2012, 07:43 PM
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