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jadaniels1517 · 09-04-2018, 10:35 AM

It seems then, many of the AH races have not been paying attention about how lame choice works at Indy for class elimination. For the last 15 years we have been going to Indy, it has always been faster car gets lame choice.

Upon an incident in the staging lanes during eliminations, one of my crew members asked an official in the staging lanes to call up to the tower and ask race control. Race control stated that faster car gets lane choice. I further went on to ask Bucky Hess about how he determines lanes choice since he has been class racing for a long time; he stated that it has always been fast car gets lane choice. Bucky has been racing Hemi cars before the Dodge/Mopar Hemi Challenge existed at Indy and longer than many of the driver in the class and he determines lane choice exactly how I thought it is done. I have not been the fastest car before and upon that, I was told which lanes my competitor wanted and I took the other lane. This has happen more than once to me as well and I am okay with it. That is how it has been for years.

Now during the regular eliminator, yes, flipping a coin in how lane choice is decided. In the eliminator, most times, you are running a car completely unlike yours, therefore, if you are the faster car it would be unfair to give lane choice to the faster car. However, when class racing, especially in SS/AH, all of the cars are the same and they have the same engine combinations. Thus, the faster car has always gotten lane choice.

There was no bullying that had occurred for lanes choice. If I remember correctly, a coin was flipped and that person won their desired lane. This driver is the only person I have ran into that has thought differently. From the conversation with this driver about lane choice, they came over to me and actually bullied me into flipping a coin in hopes of trying to throw me off and get into my head.

Furthermore, it always seems that someone has something to say about the cars that live in Pennsylvania. Someone is usually constantly make a joke or comment about our cars and trying to attack us in one way or another. Instead, we try to not play into the drama and games but use that as determination and motivation to work on our stuff and make it the best it can possibly be.

Please watch this video from 2016 and fast forward to 3:45. Listen to what the announcer says. https://www.facebook.com/DanielsRaci...9417143500479/

Jealousy seems to play a big role in this class and it is unfortunate.

Thanks

09-04-2018, 10:35 AM	#14
jadaniels1517 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 31 Likes: 0 Liked 16 Times in 1 Post	Re: Lane Choice It seems then, many of the AH races have not been paying attention about how lame choice works at Indy for class elimination. For the last 15 years we have been going to Indy, it has always been faster car gets lame choice. Upon an incident in the staging lanes during eliminations, one of my crew members asked an official in the staging lanes to call up to the tower and ask race control. Race control stated that faster car gets lane choice. I further went on to ask Bucky Hess about how he determines lanes choice since he has been class racing for a long time; he stated that it has always been fast car gets lane choice. Bucky has been racing Hemi cars before the Dodge/Mopar Hemi Challenge existed at Indy and longer than many of the driver in the class and he determines lane choice exactly how I thought it is done. I have not been the fastest car before and upon that, I was told which lanes my competitor wanted and I took the other lane. This has happen more than once to me as well and I am okay with it. That is how it has been for years. Now during the regular eliminator, yes, flipping a coin in how lane choice is decided. In the eliminator, most times, you are running a car completely unlike yours, therefore, if you are the faster car it would be unfair to give lane choice to the faster car. However, when class racing, especially in SS/AH, all of the cars are the same and they have the same engine combinations. Thus, the faster car has always gotten lane choice. There was no bullying that had occurred for lanes choice. If I remember correctly, a coin was flipped and that person won their desired lane. This driver is the only person I have ran into that has thought differently. From the conversation with this driver about lane choice, they came over to me and actually bullied me into flipping a coin in hopes of trying to throw me off and get into my head. Furthermore, it always seems that someone has something to say about the cars that live in Pennsylvania. Someone is usually constantly make a joke or comment about our cars and trying to attack us in one way or another. Instead, we try to not play into the drama and games but use that as determination and motivation to work on our stuff and make it the best it can possibly be. Please watch this video from 2016 and fast forward to 3:45. Listen to what the announcer says. https://www.facebook.com/DanielsRaci...9417143500479/ Jealousy seems to play a big role in this class and it is unfortunate. Thanks Last edited by jadaniels1517; 09-04-2018 at 10:54 AM.