Mike,
My declaration that I would hit you was humor; the points thing was intended to be the key to understanding that. I was responding in (what was intended as) "kind" to your "brawler" statement.
I'm not offended Mike, hope you're not either.
All this goes to show why I don't write for a living!
I'm sorry your injury is such that you must no longer compete. What are your plans now? Who will be driving the dog car? Are you planing to become the Frank Williams of SE-R cup (sans wheel chair)?
On the subject of deliberate "hit" - I did deliberately hit Ryan at Willow Springs but it's not what you might think. The story revolves around a conversation which went somewhat as follows
Quote:
Phil: "Ryan I see I am on the grid behind you. I'll drive past you and look for you to come past on the inside of turn 2".
Ryan: "I would prefer it if you would not pass me at all"
Phil: "I would prefer it if your Honda would get up and go a bit faster at the start. Perhaps I should just push you down the front straight to turn one?"
Ryan: "That's a good idea - we'll do that."
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Unfortunately the start was a disaster with the pole car not holding a consistent speed. The field bunched up and the green was dropped while Ryan was between 1st and 2nd gear. I accelerated assuming Ryan would be "on it" by the time I reached him. Crunch! I made hard contact but pushed him down the front straight.
Apparently I had hit Ryan so hard he was dazed and didn't regain his senses until we were almost into turn one. I have occasionally considered how badly this might have gone if Ryan had not retaken control of his car prior to turn one. (Shudder).
After the race we examined Ryan's Honda. The rear bumper was smashed in pretty badly. The Sentra had no discernible damage.
