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August 23, 2013 at
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Posted By: BLUTEAM on August 23 2013 at 12:49:12 PM
No, it's not. I understand what people are saying. Some say its safer without. Some say its cool to see the LF up on the berm. Some think the tire is at fault when the right side of the car is mangled, and I'm still trying to figure that one out.
Now, is it that hard for you to understand what I'm saying? I'm all for anything that will keep infield drivers on the actual racing surface. Berms do not accomplish that. Tires keep that from happening when officials fail to do their job and fans cheer on the heroes who drive away from their carnage. But I'll succumb to your righteousness. I'm wrong. Always will be.
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"Berms do not accomplish that."
Ever watched a race at Knoxville???? Berm is high enough that you can't get a left front on it without doing a huge wheel stand. Simply brushing it just makes the drivers lose speed. Also cars pulling in with problems can get in the pits safer.
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August 23, 2013 at
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Posted By: Longhorns on August 23 2013 at 11:07:12 PM
"Berms do not accomplish that."
Ever watched a race at Knoxville???? Berm is high enough that you can't get a left front on it without doing a huge wheel stand. Simply brushing it just makes the drivers lose speed. Also cars pulling in with problems can get in the pits safer.
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I watched Donny Schatz run the first half of the 2013 Knoxville Nationals putting his left side tires on the berm in turns 3/4 lap after lap. Seemed to work pretty well for him by the time it came to the second half of the race he was in a pretty good position to use the rest of the track.
The greatest knowledge is to know that you know nothing
at all.
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August 24, 2013 at
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Posted By: BLUTEAM on August 23 2013 at 11:26:19 PM
I watched Donny Schatz run the first half of the 2013 Knoxville Nationals putting his left side tires on the berm in turns 3/4 lap after lap. Seemed to work pretty well for him by the time it came to the second half of the race he was in a pretty good position to use the rest of the track.
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Yes, unfortunately it can be done. But the berm kept him out of the infield and kept people safe.
The berm is not the perfect solution but a far better one than tires.
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August 24, 2013 at
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Geez folks its 2013 we have the Technology lol. We don't need no damn tires in the middle of a cow pasture to outline a race track for us anymore. The PAS is one of the best tracks in the country and in the turns they have a small berm and on the straights front and rear they have k rail with tension cables on the inside . I go to a lot of tracks and I'm still impressed every time I go to the PAS. They have those tires at Canyon speedway and I have seen a car get jacked up hitting one before.
We need more sprint car racing at our home track.
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August 26, 2013 at
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Posted By: oswald on August 23 2013 at 09:01:43 PM
Thats like saying don't hit the outside wall. Nobody WANTS to, but it happens.
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EXACTLY
do it in the dirt
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