[The HACK]

Originally Posted by O-cha

You're right, your nose doesn't belong there. As always you're giving your "input" where it's definitely not appreciated.

You are self admittedly being ignorant by ignoring the majority of the situation. From a 30 second clip you have made a conclusion which is pretty poor one, though maybe not entirely incorrect. (and pretty much all the clips I upload are of "incidents" because that is what is interesting to people)


As I already stated it was in fact poor driving and I should not have let the dweeb get the better of me and let my emotions control my driving instead of pitting. BUT in that instance I had already been following him for several laps, there was NO traffic in front and for some reason he decided to brake down to 10-20mph slower then every lap before. Try to tell me you wouldn't have been caught off guard or wouldn't have been that close or handled it better.

But yes feel free to repeat yourself at how poor and lucky my driving was There's no reason to be offended by someone being clearly ignorant and no reason to disagree with someone making a conclusion off a 30 second clip.

I knew even before I posted that this would be the response.

Honestly. Read what you posted. Read again what you posted. There's a pattern here. You did so with the Porsche. Again you did it with the AMG. There is an inherent problem here with your driving, and the sooner you see it and admit it the sooner you get to move on and LEARN. If you can't see that the in-ability to control your emotions and letting RED MIST getting to you is a problem and poor driving, you really should take a break from driving for your own sake.

Seriously. I had to bite my tongue when I first saw the video. I only piped up when everyone started jerking you off for your save. I'm only posting because I need to make everyone else aware, that this isn't good driving. And an "impressive" save it was, but it doesn't mask the piss poor driving.

And yes, I can tell you I've been stuck behind slow traffic for laps and laps, and had the car in front of me do some REALLY stupid stuff. I have taken students out in my car in the C and D group, caught up behind an M6 that would just floor it on the straights only to hold me up for another half a lap putzing along, and then proceed to jam the brakes in the middle of a 90 mph sweeper. This stuff isn't new to me. The most fundamental part of driving, looking ahead and past the traffic in front, doesn't automatically disappear when you're stuck behind a slow moving car. Nor should it disappear when you manage to pass a car that's been holding you up for laps. Mistakes like this should not be a regular occurrence, and if it happens more than once in a single day it's a PROBLEM not to be proud of. The fact that you CHOOSE to stay behind a car that refuse to let you pass for 5 laps to a point where it riled you up enough to loose your cool and control of your vehicle, when the PIT is a perfect and logical alternative to pull in and ask for space would indicate to me that the mental aspect of driving, the OTHER most important aspect, needs more training. Heck *I* wouldn't wait for 5 laps. I'd pitted after the first lap for space knowing that I wasn't going to earn a pass.

Here's a little tip. I PERSONALLY know I'm a good driver. But I'm not so good that I'm going to turn away free advice on my driving. If you can't take a little criticism on your mistakes, you really aren't learning. I had a long conversation this past weekend with a guy that drives a Dinan Powered Daytona Prototype and won in Koni Challenge twice last year at Homestead and Iowa, and he told me that even TODAY (the day I was speaking and driving with him) that he's still learning each and every time he goes out to drive. It never stops.

So if you really think you're so good that you can't possibly take my criticism of what I feel and see is a trend of mistakes that needs to be addressed, that's your prerogative. But I do need to make the REST of the community aware, that this type of driving is indeed poor, and that red-mist and following cars in front and making mistakes when they do something stupid is what a rookie driver do and should be avoided.

While we're at it, "poor decision making" is what makes an easily avoidable situation much worse on the track. Poor decision making leads to poor driving. By doing the following:

The 3 after that were me being a dumbass trying to turn back in before the car was settled, I was really lucky that second one didnt get out of hand. I wouldn't call it "unreal" because the other 3 were caused by my own poor decision making.

You were compounding on the series of mistakes already made prior to the spin and up to the spin.

Again, if you can't see the forest for the trees, good luck. You are going to need more of it. Put that giant ego of yours aside and you will likely find a better driver underneath it waiting to come out.