another short BP slider

[EvelB7]

Trouble is these days you go to jail or get sued for that stuff. I agree pit justice is the best way to handle it. A guy acts a bit better if he has fear of a knuckle sandwich for driving like a moron. It is also one of the consequences of the safety being so much better in all forms of racing than it used to be.

That is a GREAT thing, dont get me wrong. But one consequence of it is that more guys drive with a reckless abandon & disregard for their fellow competitor than ever before. It has hit all forms of racing. 30/40 years ago driving like that had the possibility of life ending or life altering consequences so guys were a bit more diligent. They'd been to funerals for other drivers, visited other drivers in the hospital after bad crashes, etc & that informed how they drove. Of course wrecks still happened & some guys still crossed the line but it was far less frequent than it is these days.

Yes, racing use to be dangerous and sex was safe....Spot on, for all the good it has allowed some to learn the sport 'the hard way' and still continue; goes right along with all of society and 'warning' labels in my book.

[Morgs153]

I'm not much of Formula 1 fan but my son and my nephews are. I've watched races with them and I find it interesting that the top three drivers go into a debrief room together after the race and have a discussion whilst watching some race video highlights. Their commentary polite and diplomatic.

So I thought a funny idea would be to do the same at one of the major dirt late model events. Get the boys together in the lounge and have them watch together with commentary. Then you could hear someone say, "You see, right there. That's a sh!tty slider! You ran right over my frickin' nose coming up from the bottom of the track and stuffed my @ss in the wall." Might be interesting.

I personally don't really dislike any of these drivers. What I dislike is that, a guy who can drive so good really doesn't need to do some of these questionable things.

[Clayton_Wetters]

I personally don't really dislike any of these drivers. What I dislike is that, a guy who can drive so good really doesn't need to do some of these questionable things.

You are absolutely 100% spot on with this statement.

Why Bobby drives like he does when he absolutely does not have to??

Make that make sense!

[lurker]

What I dislike is that, a guy who can drive so good really doesn't need to do some of these questionable things.

I agree 100%.


But I really think it is a Time and Age thing.

• Time. When I was growing up I don’t remember one DLM driver on the National or local level ever doing questionable sliders.
• Age. Today's younger throttle mashers drivers don’t respect “others” equipment like years ago.