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[Rasta Monsta]

Remember that time honored expression, "you can't win the race in the first corner, but you can lose it there?"

Well. . .watch the white/red car in the second lane from the right.


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Toofah King Bad

• WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3

[Qik Nip]

Personally I've always thought that piece of conventional racing "wisdom" was penned by a corner worker who never took the green in his/her life. While I've seen some pretty dumb moves at T1, frankly between the starting line and it lies the best location to gain positions on the cheap.
Rick
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'79 NA 924 Land Speed Car
Bonneville G/CPRO record @ 149.825MPH
Arkansas Mile G/CPRO record @ 138.0 MPH
Great Lakes SCCA SM points champion '09,'10,'11

[Johann]

Wow, that takes guts, perfect timing and some serious driving skills. Deeply impressed.

[924RACR]

Dirt or snow do tend to change the rules.

It also helps to only have a very few cars on track with you.

Actually, the best/easiest time to gain positions is on the restart, IMO...

(Of course, the inverse is also true, and odds are that you're usually stuck behind some asshat who isn't paying and doesn't close up to the car in front during the yellow... so you lose more than you gain...)
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Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

[hayeslewis]

It's not the going for the lead in L1 T1 that's usually the problem. It's the guy that tries to go from 21st to 12th by making it three wide.
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Hayes Lewis
1979 924 HP
1979 924 ITB/HP???
2007 Armada
2013 Hyundai Elantra
1972 MG Midget Vintage project
Unstable electrified three wheeled Bicycle truck

[Fifty50Plus]

Does Hayes speak from experience
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1979 924 NA race car H-Prod SCCA
1982 924 NA race car - Sold
1981 924 Turbo sold
1982 924 Turbo sold
1972 911 E race car - traded for Cayenne Diesel
1975 914 1.8 Building for H-Prod SCCA