10 Biggest Mistakes On Track

[ninjabones]

bobt993 wrote:

I spoke with another guy who started racing this year and he was having a battle with a car out of his class. They were both close on lap times, but the combination was causing both of them to drop a second or two a lap.

Yeah... that was me. I've watched the video of this race a few times, and every time I wonder what the heck I was doing. It's easy to get frustrated and angry, and let the "red mist" take over, especially if the slower out-of-class driver is separating you from your competition. I was diving in on him at every corner (and, consequently, he was defending at every corner). Even though his pace was about 1/2 second below mine (reflected in our qualifying times), we were both running 1-2 seconds slower because of the constant battling.

It definitely requires a lot of discipline and composure to be patient and wait for the right time to make your move. Traffic management is on the short list of things to improve next season.