Jack, I agree with all. You're my favorite kind of "jerk". John
Jack W Drews wrote:
> Re: Blue flags: Doncha just love it when you're in a heated battle with
> another car, racing nose to tail for lap after lap, and a corner worker
> gives you the blue flag (FIA no stirpe, SCCA, stripe) every lap? The
> first time it startles me, because I always assume that I'm being passed
> by a faster car, a frequent occurrence for me -- then it irritates me
> that the corner worker is oblivious to the skill, daring, and heroism
> I'm displaying in staying ahead of the guy ---
>
> NO FLAMES FROM CORNER WORKERS ALLOWED!!! I LOVEYA!!
>
> Only thing that irritates me more is blatant disregard of yellows --
> especially waving yellows. We all take turns criticising SCCA, but when
> I raced SCCA, the "no passing under the yellow" rule was very strictly
> enforced and universally respected. This year at Road America two of us
> came to an 'incident' at the kink - car smashed, tow truck there,
> workers there, yellow flag waving, and a guy tried to pass us. We spread
> out in two-abreast formation to keep the jerk behind us. (Maybe that
> made us jerks, too.)
> --
> uncle jack
> TR4 Rallye Replica vintage racer
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