lol.. bash is a 4-letter word, yaknow.
Let me just keep it short and here’s hoping folks can get along. If the thread was a one driver or one team only thread, that wouldn’t be right.
I never sanctioned this as a Junior or Flash or Smoke thread only. If those who post the individual threads want to use a theme and driver, fine by me, I do the same and others as well. IF some feel bad about it, get over it.
Some just have a hard time resisting the urge to take it to others once the race gets going, regardless who it is here and how long they been here .. I know it’s hard for some to reel in their passions, and others to not wear their stripes on their posts, but criminy, if folks can’t just stick to “bashing” the race and not get personal with the posters, I agree let’s shut her down.. In fact I was gonna shut this thing down a couple times,, I didn’t with trepidation, things had gone too smooth for too long as was , but if this pepperball game of waaahh and You wrecked my driver keeps up, I may do just that.
So , if everybody wants to get it out of their system , fine, do it now,, some already have, but come next week, please let the bantering fest stop and the racing begins.
... Anybody bashes Ward, I’ll tie their shoelaces together.
The RIR crash was a great example of driving strategy. 88 had to know the 18 had him on the inside and was about to overdrive into the turn. A lot of drivers would have braked up a bit earlier and let the 18 slide up. It was a risk because the 18 driver can drive sideways, but the 18 driver was going to go in too hot and he HAD to come up the track in the turn - physics. being outside, fair or not, was asking for it. A better strategy was to get under the 18. he could not run the top. 88 could have forced the both cars to run out of their preferred grove. That would have been very exciting. But because it was JR and Kyle it had to be Kyle’s fault. Meanwhile we missed to opportunity to look at one of the most documented examples of strategy and skill and discuss it with brains and eyes not heart and temper. Too bad.
So I agree bashing drivers is bad. Bad for the thread and bad for the analysis. But it needs to go both ways. It is great to be a fan of a driver, but I’m in favor of a no bashing zone.
Let’s go racing, boys.