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RE: Kerb Riders
Posted by 'SimonS' on 08 Mar 2011 @ 21:20

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"You only need a bit of one tyres contact patch (usually the outside rear) to be inside the white line to be legal."

Not true. Drive with any one wheel off the track and you can be excluded.

"12.5.4. Where a Driver consistently drives with a wheel off the track or leaves the track, this may be deemed driving in a manner incompatible with general safety and the Driver may be excluded from the race at the discretion of the Clerk of the Course."

It's the general Car rule that defines on the track as one wheel still inside the white line, for karting the specific ruling takes precedence.

As for weaving / blocking, it is already illegal and I have seen a driver penalised for it. (He complained that someone had driven into him, the CoC ruled that the deliberate block constituted driving into the overtaking vehicle. It helped that he did it in front of the observer, and was seen to look over his shoulder first and that the overtaker tried to take evasive action) But you are right, while drivers think that blocking is 'good driving', contact will be made.

However Dunks was punishing contact, from a side by side contact (a warning flag each) to the lunge up the inside (2 points (he'd had a warning already)) to the tap on the bumper (warning flag). If you were observed to block I reckon the Blocker would have got the warning.

Message Thread:

RE: Kerb Riders by 'dombow01' (07 Mar 2011 @ 10:34)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'John' (07 Mar 2011 @ 10:45)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'dombow01' (07 Mar 2011 @ 11:07)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'SimonS' (07 Mar 2011 @ 15:42)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'DavidMH' (07 Mar 2011 @ 15:55)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'mickypea' (07 Mar 2011 @ 17:05)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'QuickOldTimer' (07 Mar 2011 @ 17:11)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'SimonS' << You are here!

RE: Kerb Riders by 'QuickOldTimer' (08 Mar 2011 @ 22:43)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'John' (08 Mar 2011 @ 22:46)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'lubo78' (09 Mar 2011 @ 19:29)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'John' (09 Mar 2011 @ 22:45)

RE: Kerb Riders by 'alanrr' (12 Mar 2011 @ 21:39)

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