[bowtieboy]

Well, talk about "Welcome to last week !".......

I started watching the show Set Up on Speed and low and behold saw where the autocross community is being represented by Mike this season .......and, if I heard them correctly, has won 2 out of 3 of the events he has been in thus far.

Even better; Mike won this particular race I was watching and a crew chief of another driver boasted that if his driver would have had a few more laps that he could have easily taken Mike ~ the hosts asked Mike if he felt that would have been the case and he confidently said "no". More words were said and before you know it the hosts had just these two boys on the track to race ~ telling the other guy that if he couldn't beat Mike that he would be out.

Long story short; Mike won, the other guy wasn't kicked off but his crew chief was besically told to not to be so arrogant, as it could cost his driver next time

Congratz to Mike ! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

This post has been edited by bowtieboy: Mar 14 2008, 09:39 PM

[rpoz-29]

I consider Mike to be a "buddy", and although I feel that another new rule at that point was BS, I still enjoyed the show. Was he screwed? I think so. But I saw many other cases of it during the show that did not involve Mike. None were as severe as Mikes but maybe none were as deserved. I sure wish he was running at the end though. Good call Pat!

[patred]

I saw the episode earlier today, and seriously, Mike's move wasn't *that* bad. Slid 50 feet with the brakes locked up? Puh-leeze. If they didn't disable the ABS on those cars (and it's universal knowledge that the Solstices suck without ABS), we'd all be swinging from Mike's nutsack now. Still a little optimistic given the number of laps left in the race, but with $100K on the line and Tommy Kendall pumping Junior up before the race ... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) If you guys only knew what I did in the "race" at the end of my first SCCA school so I could get my second school waived and save a $300 entry fee. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

But this show was just a contridiction the whole way. Layup, and go home. Push too hard, and go home. One wheel off, go home. WTF? And that dark-haired chick lasted only one less race than Mike Skeen and Mike Johnson, and she only survived because of the random penalties thrown at other drivers so they would finish behind her. I laughed when she claimed on the previous episode where she had a pinched nerve and was taking herself out. No, it didn't have anything to do with being uncompetitive and driving around aimlessly like a rolling chicane. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Pat

[rmackintosh]

I saw the episode earlier today, and seriously, Mike's move wasn't *that* bad. Slid 50 feet with the brakes locked up? Puh-leeze. If they didn't disable the ABS on those cars (and it's universal knowledge that the Solstices suck without ABS), we'd all be swinging from Mike's nutsack now. Still a little optimistic given the number of laps left in the race, but with $100K on the line and Tommy Kendall pumping Junior up before the race ... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) If you guys only knew what I did in the "race" at the end of my first SCCA school so I could get my second school waived and save a $300 entry fee. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

But this show was just a contridiction the whole way. Layup, and go home. Push too hard, and go home. One wheel off, go home. WTF? And that dark-haired chick lasted only one less race than Mike Skeen and Mike Johnson, and she only survived because of the random penalties thrown at other drivers so they would finish behind her. I laughed when she claimed on the previous episode where she had a pinched nerve and was taking herself out. No, it didn't have anything to do with being uncompetitive and driving around aimlessly like a rolling chicane. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Pat

Never said he locked them up 50 feet...more like 30....but regardless if he locked them up 2 feet, or none at all, he still was in a "bad position" and took another guy out. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

It IS kinda hard to tell for sure however due the the FREAKIN STUPID way the scenes were cut together on the show allowing only a second or two glimpse of ANY move and/or incident....
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Now I agree with the jackassery way the whole show was run...no doubt about it.

In this instance I think taking a long look at your self and what happened would be the IDEAL thing to do. I AM SURE Mike is a great guy. I am also sure he is a good driver. He made a mistake however. Own up to it, learn from it, and move on. I am sure that is most likely how he is dealing with it.

In a "real race series" the whole drama wouldn't have mattered about him losing his car anyway....he would have been DQ'd and all the drama would have been for naught.

This post has been edited by rmackintosh: Apr 13 2008, 06:55 AM