[sime46]

Originally Posted by mark-rc

@ 'sime46', I'm not wanting to get into a 'my mate saw this and his mate saw that'! I would say that from my point of view, I turned in to the corner and 2nd place went for a pass that was not there, hitting the side of my car knocking me out of the way, only myself and the other car knows how it happened, but I'm not looking to get caught up in a he said she said argument. My point is based at driving standards as a whole in racing, in general. As Danny said, both young drivers were very fast today, But, when they got near your car, they do end up driving through you, and yes they are young and impatient, and only see 'the win', and all we can do is keep reminding them about how to apply them selves on the track. And as for dealing with the issue trackside, whats the point? as it just ends up in a he said she said, and I've been racing long enough to know that solves nothing! As said, my point is aimed at racing as a whole, I have lost count of the amount of times I have been wiped out in a race over the past few years, and I never say a thing about it! But every club I race at of late, 'Bad' driving not dirty driving seems to be a running theme. As also said, it's not just young drivers, the disappointing thing is it's adults that do the same thing as the kids, and they should know better! But my post was not aimed at Bury Buggy Club directly, it is aimed at every club, and how they deal with driving standards.

I hear what you're saying and agree to a point, but it's always gonna turn into a debate of who blames whom in a forum post where people are free to air their own views. I very much agree that standards in races are questionable at times and our A final(supposedly the best drivers) was a shambles and very tricky to negotiate with cars seemingly coming at you from all angles. I was running second towards the end and got bulldozed by someone and a group slipped through while I was recovering. I was fortunate to finish fourth so not a total loss. As we were new comers we were(correctly) put in the bottom heat so had to contend with traffic and weird on track antics all day. the final therefore wasn't a total shock to me as I'd got through worse in the day. It saddens me however that after a great day I jumped on here with the full intention of thanking everyone involved only to read your post. I understand your feelings but think it could've been handled better. Just my opinion. I promise you I'm not here to point fingers and fall out with anyone. It is after all only toy car racing. I take it seriously but it's not the be all and end all of my life. I love it so much but I do my very best to maintain perspective about everything that happens, both on and off the track. Personally, rightly or wrongly I would have spoken to the parties concerned at the meeting after the race rather than stewing on it for a while and hitting the keyboard. That's again just my opinion. Apologies if I came across badly. Just looked a little like a an attack on someone which wasn't honestly justified. I sincerely hope we can all race together at the club or anywhere soon. It was as said, a great day.