Stay On Track: Drive Pins
In the aftermath of yesterday's Road Runner Turbo Indy 300, I read a strange comment about the girth of Vitor Meira's right front tire changer.
Sorry, I don’t know how much the guy weighs who changes Ryan Briscoe’s left front tire.
I only know that he didn’t locate the wheel on the drive pins during one of the pit stops yesterday. The loss of the wheel and the track position was not a killer, as both the botched stop and the second one were under the same yellow.
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The result was that Briscoe lost a set of sticker black tires that he was prepared to make a charge with. He went back out with a set from qualifying, and they lost grip long before the stint was to end.
That was the race. Vitor should be quite content that a fat guy who isn’t nearly as speedy didn’t botch his.
One day last October, when the ISC ticket package amendments were announced, was the day that dedicated promotional efforts should have begun to attract fans for the Kansas event. A lot of fat guys and skinny guys missed the drive pins. So another wheel fell off yesterday.
Just to clarify, neither of these tasks are abstract concepts to me. What I will not understand is how the immersion in all the festivities and tradition of the month of May will continue to distract people from what kind of shape this deal is in.
There has to be a party to race to. And you had better have all four wheels in place before you think about racing to it.
Can't Stay On Track otherwise.
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