Instructor passing another rider in the grass? WTF!!!!

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  1. design-engine

    design-engine What's an apex?

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    I passed racing at Road Atlanta in the grass after T1 LOL
     
  2. josh7owens

    josh7owens What's an apex?

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  3. IL8APEX

    IL8APEX STT Northern *****er
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    ^^^Do you think Rossi had to dodge any turtles to make his pass? Amateur!

    -T
     
  4. j_fuggin_t

    j_fuggin_t Track Addict

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    i don't see anything wrong here.. would you rather the guy ass pack the guy because he stayed out of the grass (because thats the likely situation here). Personally i applaud the guy for being able to stay on the gas, avoid the contact and move on like it was nothing. Things can go south very quickly at the speeds the advanced group carries (esp at grattan as there are some pretty fast guys up there). You take a guy that isn't accustomed to that and there is likely a bike to bike contact situation here. As Eddie said its called advanced for a reason. There comes a time when you take a slice of humble pie & ask if you really belong in advanced...
     
  5. cyclepath

    cyclepath Rides with no training wheels

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    1. No rider wants to be in the grass, this was not intentional.
    2. Lets not forget what evasive split second decisions look like. They look like this.
    3. If this is most dangerous pass you have ever seen at a track day you are not looking hard enough...
     
  6. sheepofblue

    sheepofblue Rides with no training wheels

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    LOL true I had some video of a control rider (now defunct org) coming up the inside of me at Barber. To be honest he did good to stay on track and technically stuffed the #$%#$ out of me. Of course when he was inside me late with his back end in the air past turn in I just stayed on the brakes and gave him room. Lucky for me as he was towing someone who did not stay on track and would have cleaned me out.

    No harm, no foul as everyone was fine but I found it funny as heck that his buddies tried to claim he was in control and it was on purpose. I am betting this was equally not on purpose but staying up AND making the bend on the grass :thumb:
     

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