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Old 04-02-2014, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ProCoach
Good.
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I'd still rather see the lap down rule go away completely, but these are great moves.
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achieving remarkable performance balance within all classes, especially with the P2 and DP cars.” - See more at: http://www.imsa.com/articles/imsa-in....3tl1FK2g.dpuf
More work needed on BOP for P2s.

Is a debris yellow the same as a local yellow? Need less full course and more local yellows.
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Excellent improvements.
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So three officials couldn't identify Job's car so they are adding another guy? Maybe they should just invest in HD glasses.

Sorry. I know they are trying and the changes are moves in the right direction. It will just be a while before I forgive them for screwing #22.
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If it's not broken, don't fix it.
However doesn't apply in this case.
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So three officials couldn't identify Job's car so they are adding another guy? Maybe they should just invest in HD glasses.

Sorry. I know they are trying and the changes are moves in the right direction. It will just be a while before I forgive them for screwing #22.
What they really need is to replace the race director...but that would require admitting a systemic failure in the top floor of "leadership" there in Daytona, which won't happen. So we get this, which is still a vast improvement, especially related to the dumb wave-around BS.
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It was clear that the wrong cars were being penalized from a small youtube video but they need HD?

That being said, at least they are trying to move in the right direction and not sticking their heads in the sand.
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Originally Posted by brake dust

Is a debris yellow the same as a local yellow? Need less full course and more local yellows.
It think this is the debris yellow flag.

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Totally
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Officiating
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Originally Posted by stuttgart46
Totally
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Well played.
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This is what it's about; dialling it in and getting it right. No one thought it would be perfect right away.
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Originally Posted by gums
This is what it's about; dialling it in and getting it right. No one thought it would be perfect right away.
Maybe, but it didn't have to look like a monkey f*cking a football

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I have had my disagreements with the series... and while I don't want to publicly voice any dislike for my sanctioning body (since I generally like it), I feel they should have taken a slightly bigger swing at the personnel involved. We're all human and make mistakes, but if I were managing things, those involved in the incidents which have given the series and the sport a huge black eye would be out of a job. A new entity just can't afford that kind of bad start.

In regards to the yellow flag procedures, I don't think they should have changed anything. Just my opinion. They did the right thing by placing the gross offending drivers on a one race suspension and probation... I would have waited to see how things shook out at Monterey (next race with the gents) before changing anything else.



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