Schattenbaum NJMP April 9-10

[Brian Minkin]

Darren wrote:

I disagree. It was clearly the second passing car's fault. The damage on the Boxster was behind the door so the passing car should have given up the pass and been aware enough to avoid contact -- whether he got a signal or not!

I am not passing blame on the Boxster driver. I just think if you are driving in the Red group that you need to be scanning your mirrors and know the position of all the cars behind you. I have been in this situation numerious times where I did not give the second and sometimes the third car a signal and they took a late pass. We had a former chief instrutor in RTR who I would have had contact with more then once if I was not very aware of faster cars comming up on me and disapearing from my rear view mirror. Agressive driving like the cup car exhibited is not appropriate in DE but there will be drivers like him in the fast groups so you need to be aware of what is going on around you.