TwiztedRabbit Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) I cant speak for mid ohio or how they do things but novice for us is always passin only in the straights with 2 wingspans or about 6 feet.. and never get off the race line unless flagged, pitting in or you are being towed by a instructor and they tell you too. you are supposed to learn the race line correct? supposed to be able to use that line to get more consistent and faster? how can you do that if your constantly off that line or worring about the "faster" riders behind you.. if its behind you it doesn't matter(can you tell this is a passionate spot for me lol) it is and will always be the job of the person passing to make a clean safe and quick pass.. if the rider behind you is truly faster than you then they will have set you up many turns ahead of where they actually intend on passing.. and if you are on the race line all the time they can predict that you will stay on the race line throughout the track so that they may pass(faster rider should be able to adjust their line to pass) after they set you up they will "hopefully" get the better drive out of the previous turn and power down the straights to pass you (in novice) now lets take the opposite. say the rider is faster than you and you are on the race line. they are setting you up to make the pass in the straight . you notice them and get off the race line right before they start passing you.. well that faster rider was anticipating you to be on the race line so they altered their line to pass you.. unfortunantly 2 objects can not occupy the same space at the same time and something has to give. this means quick avoidance maneuvers or colliding.. neither are good options... Edited July 21, 2013 by TwiztedRabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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