[Fot] Interesting Watkins Glen Video

[Bill Babcock]

 From the look of the field that passed him during the spin, I'd say  
he had a lot on his bumper, and he would have had lousy corner exit  
speed, so the train may have nailed him. Still, it's hard to win a  
race when you're plastered on the guard rail.

On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Andre Rousseau wrote:

> I like the video quote, "driver gets stuck in the wrong place."
>
> Patience comes to mind.
>
> If he had waited a whole few seconds more, but you don't know if  
> someone is chasing him, still dumb move.
>
> If I was the guy in the Miata I'd be a bit mad.
>
> A.
>
>
> 2008/9/26 Bill Babcock <Billb at bnj.com>
> Sure glad that isn't me. Nasty spot to get yourself into. This is
> where 8/10s comes in I guess. I'm pretty sure I would have lifted and
> waited for the straight--but that's mostly because this set of turns
> going over the bridge scares the sh*t out of me to begin with. This
> may not be a vintage race though.
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7958267554041595094&hl=en
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