Ever got a "fly-by" instead of a "point-by"???

Ti-Jean · 10-09-2012, 06:23 PM

I was going through my videos from my last track day and found that:

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You can see me wondering "what the hell is going on"??? Should I go over or what... and of course it had to be a corvette doing it

Waited the next turn and passed him with a proper point-by.

CanAutM3 · 10-10-2012, 10:42 AM

I guess you were really flying when you caught up to him

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von_zoom · 10-10-2012, 11:59 AM

Good on you to wait and not take action. Proper thing to do. Looks like they both wanted to pit in

vz

LiM3y · 10-10-2012, 02:46 PM

Your shirt is very close to a Chelsea FC shirt, which would suggest that the feedback is both timely and appropriate.

[Or they could be preparing for one of 'those' PCA chapter events were a full cavity search is part of the technical inspection.

]

NoM3ForMe · 10-10-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LiM3y

Your shirt is very close to a Chelsea FC shirt, which would suggest that the feedback is both timely and appropriate.

[Or they could be preparing for one of 'those' PCA chapter events were a full cavity search is part of the technical inspection.

]

paradocs98 · 10-11-2012, 12:29 AM

You always hear instructors talking about this in the morning drivers' meeting. And every time I think, "Really? Someone would be that stupid to give a straight-up-in-the-air point-by?" I had never seen it in real life. It was a mythical beast, much like Bigfoot, or Nessie, or a Democrat who doesn't want to redistribute all of your earnings. And now here you've revealed it to us for the first time--I can hardly believe it. Corvette drivers...

Ti-Jean · 10-13-2012, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by paradocs98

You always hear instructors talking about this in the morning drivers' meeting. And every time I think, "Really? Someone would be that stupid to give a straight-up-in-the-air point-by?" I had never seen it in real life. It was a mythical beast, much like Bigfoot, or Nessie, or a Democrat who doesn't want to redistribute all of your earnings. And now here you've revealed it to us for the first time--I can hardly believe it. Corvette drivers...

I can't remember for sure if they talked about the straight-in-the-air point-by during the drivers meeting that day but most of the time they say something about clear point-by (and often specifically say not to point in the air!). I always think these meetings are long and boring but here is a real life reason why they are needed

They often talk about being predictable on track and by giving me the point-in-the-air (both driver and passenger... unbelievable

), the car in front became unpredictable to me... My immediate reaction was to "pull-back" as, for all I know, he could have very well decided to go left-to-right on track, it was not worth it to take a chance. Once he became predictable and gave me a proper point-by, I took it.

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Ti-Jean Private First Class Drives: 08 E90 M3 DCT Join Date: May 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 102 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW E90 M3 [4.50]	Ever got a "fly-by" instead of a "point-by"??? I was going through my videos from my last track day and found that: You can see me wondering "what the hell is going on"??? Should I go over or what... and of course it had to be a corvette doing it Waited the next turn and passed him with a proper point-by.
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von_zoom Captain Drives: 2010 Z06 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 904 iTrader: (0)	Good on you to wait and not take action. Proper thing to do. Looks like they both wanted to pit in vz __________________ Previous Track Toy

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LiM3y Major Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,050 iTrader: (2)	Your shirt is very close to a Chelsea FC shirt, which would suggest that the feedback is both timely and appropriate. [Or they could be preparing for one of 'those' PCA chapter events were a full cavity search is part of the technical inspection.] __________________

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paradocs98 Major Drives: 2011 E90 M3 ZCP Join Date: May 2009 Location: NY Posts: 1,224 iTrader: (0)	You always hear instructors talking about this in the morning drivers' meeting. And every time I think, "Really? Someone would be that stupid to give a straight-up-in-the-air point-by?" I had never seen it in real life. It was a mythical beast, much like Bigfoot, or Nessie, or a Democrat who doesn't want to redistribute all of your earnings. And now here you've revealed it to us for the first time--I can hardly believe it. Corvette drivers... __________________

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10-10-2012, 10:42 AM	#2
CanAutM3 Major Drives: 2008 E92 M3 SS2 DCT Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,348 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW M3 [0.00] 2006 Audi S4 [0.00]	I guess you were really flying when you caught up to him .