<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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. <div><br><div><div>On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Andre Rousseau wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>I like the video quote, "driver gets stuck in the wrong place."<br></div><div><br></div>Patience comes to mind. <div><br></div><div>If he had waited a whole few seconds more, but you don't know if someone is chasing him, still dumb move.</div> <div><br></div><div>If I was the guy in the Miata I'd be a bit mad.</div><div><br></div><div>A.</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/26 Bill Babcock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Billb@bnj.com">Billb@bnj.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Sure glad that isn't me. Nasty spot to get yourself into. This is<br> where 8/10s comes in I guess. I'm pretty sure I would have lifted and<br> waited for the straight--but that's mostly because this set of turns<br> going over the bridge scares the sh*t out of me to begin with. This<br> may not be a vintage race though.<br> <br> <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7958267554041595094&hl=en" target="_blank">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7958267554041595094&hl=en</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br> <br> Fot mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Fot@autox.team.net">Fot@autox.team.net</a><br> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot</a><br> <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Andre Rousseau - <a href="mailto:andre@gt6.ca">andre@gt6.ca</a><br>'68 Triumph GT6 MK1 - <a href="http://www.gt6.ca/">http://www.gt6.ca/</a><br>Ottawa, ON, Canada<br> </div></div> _______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Fot mailing list<br>Fot@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot<br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(118, 15, 79); font-size: 16px; ">Bill Babcock</span></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Babcock & Jenkins</div><div><a href="mailto:Billb@bnj.com">Billb@bnj.com</a></div><div>503.936.7660</div><div><a href="http://www.bnj.com">www.bnj.com</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#010000">Editor</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#010000">Ke Nalu e-Magazine</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#010000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><i>Paddlesurfing's Web Journal</i></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#010000" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><i><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></i></span></font></div><div><a href="mailto:Bill@kenalu.com">Bill@kenalu.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.kenalu.com">www.kenalu.com</a></div><div>blog: <a href="http://www.ponohouse.com/ponoblog">www.ponohouse.com/ponoblog</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>