CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Word is 1.15 under for AHFS at Opens and Divisional races

Jim Cimarolli · 11-28-2007, 05:10 PM

I think that we all need to take a serious look at the safety issue at hand when two racers have to slam on the brakes in a heads up race to keep from going too far under. There are going to be a lot more top end crashes beacause of this problem. It's tough enough to back into a guy in a bracket race looking over your shoulder running at top speed scrubbing the brakes and not have something go wrong. But this heads up situation is a lot more dangerous, one guy waits for the other to give up and then they both slam on the brakes trying to slow down. Look at what has happened to the excitement of Class Eliminations, its all but gone now.
Racers in a heads up situation should not have to slam on the brakes, whats this sport supposed to be about anyway?

11-28-2007, 05:10 PM	#67
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 743 Likes: 146 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Word is 1.15 under for AHFS at Opens and Divisional races I think that we all need to take a serious look at the safety issue at hand when two racers have to slam on the brakes in a heads up race to keep from going too far under. There are going to be a lot more top end crashes beacause of this problem. It's tough enough to back into a guy in a bracket race looking over your shoulder running at top speed scrubbing the brakes and not have something go wrong. But this heads up situation is a lot more dangerous, one guy waits for the other to give up and then they both slam on the brakes trying to slow down. Look at what has happened to the excitement of Class Eliminations, its all but gone now. Racers in a heads up situation should not have to slam on the brakes, whats this sport supposed to be about anyway?