Lane Choice

[Jim Parsons]

Not sure if others have experienced games people play with the coin flips like me but here are just a few I recall over the years.

• A well respected, so I thought veteran stick shift Camaro racer who refused to accept his loosing coin flip saying I hadn’t shown him what side of my quarter was up
• The guy who says he doesn’t have a lane choice but then rushes up to take one
• The guys who say he has no lane choice until you pick one then he wants to flip. For this reason I almost always insist on a flip.
• Back in the day at Bristol a MOPAR factory sponsored racer taking my lane after losing the flip. I have been told they had classes on how to get in competitors heads with things like this.
• Or the brash guy who says he don’t need a coin flip as he’s going to beat you a## regardless

As long as I have been racing I’m still amazed how the gamesmanship is sometimes more important than their integrity and reputation.
My 2 cents
Jim