- Name
- Jerome Berthiaume
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- Jan 25, 2017
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- Nicolet, QC, Canada
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Race Length: 125 laps
Max Incidents: 24
Fuel Limit: 100%
Start: Rolling
Fast Repair: 0
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iRating means nothing. It's the being-able-to-drive-in-traffic-safely that is one of the most important aspect. You can run laps for days by yourself, but that means nothing in a race (unless you're first). But, most importantly, it's being in the right frame of mind on passing vehicles safelyI really wish we would either have a minimum irating or force some kind of minimum practice time. It's no fun running a ton of laps under yellow. I didn't see a ton of what happened, but as I made my way back through the field I saw some of the stuff Charles mentioned. I love short tracks but the constant yellows are a nuisance. Not a good look on the broadcast. Just saying
Even more than that, Nashville and Martinsville had 19 cautions combined last season too. IRP/Lucas Oil had 6 the season before...... it's been a problem for a while, and it seems to be progressing in the wrong direction.The only thing I can say is in the 2 short tracts that we have been to we have had a combined caution counts at 22 cautions. This is embarrassing and unacceptable. I host practice sessions every Monday and Tuesday at 7 pm central time. If you don't like running official races or official practice sessions come join the session i have set up every week. We can not have races like this on short tracts any more.
The only issue with that is, practice is just that. Practice. So people will try stuff they may not try in the actual race to see if it works. That patience Charles preaches about is out the window because people are trying stuff and pushing those thresholds to and beyond the limits.I just want to reiterate what I said at the end of the race before it was blown off as not a feasible idea. If at short tracks only we take that last hour or half hour and do way more pit parties than we did tonight and if we ENFORCE people to take them as seriously as possible people may learn better. This is not an attack or anything on the admins or anything cause ya'll know I love you but just an idea cause we have to do something to make racing at short tracks cleaner cause they are on the schedule and they aren't going anywhere. So I figured I'd just throw my idea into the hat for consideration.
I would also make a call to my fellow drivers to please put in the effort to learn these more challenging tracks. I personally dedicate the last hour to hour and a half of practice to do just that and it's generally all I need to feel fine at any given track. I know I've been doing this for almost 5 years now and some other people are newer so it may take longer, but dedicate that time to your hobby to make the racing as fun as possible for everyone, AND to make the broadcast as good as possible.
Lets go out next week at Daytona and have some fun.
That's what I meant, but you worded it better lolWhile I don't necessarily disagree with you Kemosobie03 in regards to having to be aware who you're racing around and drivers with less skill, I will point out that some drivers will still make those moves against similar caliber drivers to themselves, with the same result. It's not about the drivers with less skill, it's the drivers with more skill usually thinking they can make moves they can't or shouldn't. What it ultimately comes down to is a lack of patience and a lack of respect for their fellow competitors.
the double file isnt not the problem. The problem is no one giving room trying to block. When i cam through the field after i pit that is all i saw all take no give, and with everything i heard in my discord that happened on lap 1Could make the league single file restarts, would maybe cut down on some of the aggression caused from people not having the preferred lines and losing or gaining so many spots from the restarts. I know it's not the cause of all the crashes, but it might help thin the field out a bit and help us catch a green enough run to avoid most cautions. The other problem is drivers not having spatial awareness of the size of their vehicle. Just because you pull out of line half way down the straight doesn't mean the car in front of you has to run a lane up, especially if you don't even have a nose under the car in front. I saw that a lot in this race and other short tracks, and really in iRacing in general.
i like the thought but that would never work the people in the bottom split wouldn't shot up cause the best they could do is lets say 15 if we split the field in half. 2 that wouldnt be fair to the guys in the bottom split for that same reason because they wouldn't have the opportunity to improve above 15th. 3 I believe its better for everyone to race together so that the guys that dont have as much seat time as lets just say me or richard can see what we are doing in a race an learn from it and improve themselves. I under stand that some people dont have the time some of us do to practice but if you didnt have the time to practice there needs to be more give and take on track like i said last night this was embarrassing for the league again. Also i know im guilty of this but lets take pit parties more serious from here on out.I don't know if it has been mentioned before but maybe we could split the field in 2 for those short tracks. They are indeed harder to drive and a lot of times messy for broadcasts in the PRL trucks league. I love short track racing like Martinsville Milwaukee and here even if I am not rly good on this track. However we had so many cautions that it takes the fun out of it. Maybe top 20 of the rankings could do first split and above 20 the second split and figure out a pointing system for it or I don't know, just that it sucks for broadcast and credibility of the league. I wont talk about what caused or not cautions but just maybe an alternative for future seasons? I am just throwing it out there.
You can be as serious as possible in pit parties, but because it’s just practice (with no repercussions), people will push the envelope to see what the limit is for the race. It’s knowing those limits before the race, and not finding out during the race, that will help the racing and lessen the amount of cautions.i like the thought but that would never work the people in the bottom split wouldn't shot up cause the best they could do is lets say 15 if we split the field in half. 2 that wouldnt be fair to the guys in the bottom split for that same reason because they wouldn't have the opportunity to improve above 15th. 3 I believe its better for everyone to race together so that the guys that dont have as much seat time as lets just say me or richard can see what we are doing in a race an learn from it and improve themselves. I under stand that some people dont have the time some of us do to practice but if you didnt have the time to practice there needs to be more give and take on track like i said last night this was embarrassing for the league again. Also i know im guilty of this but lets take pit parties more serious from here on out.
Except that there is supposed to be repercussions since it is clearly stated in the rules about practice. Just sayingYou can be as serious as possible in pit parties, but because it’s just practice (with no repercussions), people will push the envelope to see what the limit is for the race. It’s knowing those limits before the race, and not finding out during the race, that will help the racing and lessen the amount of cautions.
There’s nothing that says pushing the envelope. It says “intentional wrecking.” Pushing the envelope and seeing where the limit would be isn’t intentional wrecking in my eyes. That is precisely why it’s called practice. To see what you can and can’t do in the race.Except that there is supposed to be repercussions since it is clearly stated in the rules about practice. Just saying