Needless Destruction at Laguna
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:33 pm
During this past weekend at Laguna, a tail section of a car was lost in an incident at the start of Saturday’s race in turn 5.
See:
You Tube “2017 - 06 Laguna Seca, Two out of Three, not good enough LOL”
What makes this incident worthy of reviewing was that a fellow GEN3 driver got the idea to “just hit the tail and it would explode” out of his way.
It is worth noting the driver of the car in front was able to avoid the tail without incident while the driver in the video swerved to hit the tail.
The notion that it is perfectly ok to destroy someone else’s property if the opportunity is presented is bad enough; the idea of sending pieces of fiberglass all over the exit of turn 5 at Laguna at the start of a race is less then intelligent.
The cost of a new tail is $1,500 plus prep, paint and fitment and most SRF drivers would accept it as part of the costs of racing, but currently SRF has several young and talented drivers (the kind SCCA and San Francisco Region needs) who are on a tight budget and the cost of a new tail could prevent them from entering a future race.
The purposeful destruction of a fellow racer’s property is needlessly wasteful and it hurts the future of our sport.
San Francisco Region SCCA is made up of 99% great people who would and do regularly avoid hitting other cars and body sections while racing.
Unfortunately, it just takes one who is not thinking to screw it up for all of us.
See:
You Tube “2017 - 06 Laguna Seca, Two out of Three, not good enough LOL”
What makes this incident worthy of reviewing was that a fellow GEN3 driver got the idea to “just hit the tail and it would explode” out of his way.
It is worth noting the driver of the car in front was able to avoid the tail without incident while the driver in the video swerved to hit the tail.
The notion that it is perfectly ok to destroy someone else’s property if the opportunity is presented is bad enough; the idea of sending pieces of fiberglass all over the exit of turn 5 at Laguna at the start of a race is less then intelligent.
The cost of a new tail is $1,500 plus prep, paint and fitment and most SRF drivers would accept it as part of the costs of racing, but currently SRF has several young and talented drivers (the kind SCCA and San Francisco Region needs) who are on a tight budget and the cost of a new tail could prevent them from entering a future race.
The purposeful destruction of a fellow racer’s property is needlessly wasteful and it hurts the future of our sport.
San Francisco Region SCCA is made up of 99% great people who would and do regularly avoid hitting other cars and body sections while racing.
Unfortunately, it just takes one who is not thinking to screw it up for all of us.