Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2014 9:55:55 GMT 12
OK I think I know what separates the men from the boys so to speak. I have never raced a stockcar and as yet no team has offered me meggggga bucks to be their tactician so that proves I’m either a keyboard warrior or no team has yet seen the wisdom of the advice that’s in my head. I’m pick’n you fellas will go with option A, I’ll humour myself along and say it’s option B… But here we go anyway.
I have noticed there is one teams racing tactic that the successful teams NEVER seem to use, and it amazes me that other teams haven’t cottoned on to it yet and in some cases actively employ it to their own detriment.
I know I’m talking here about Stockcars as well as Superstock teams racing, but how often do you see the Young Guns, The Pumas, The Tigers or the Panthers, when they are/were doing the winning, coming up full speed behind a slow/waiting car and full speed square hitting them from behind? We see it plenty of times at every teams meeting, and how often is it successful, compared to how often does it seriously hinder (wreck) the attacking car? It’s not a clever move, in fact it’s a downright stupid move that very rarely, if ever, is effective. The teams who have done the winning over the last decade or so (I won’t say never) hardly ever use it as an attack tactic, instead preferring to clip the right rear of the slow car with the front left of their car to remove the threatening car. It seems that 99% of the time that is more effective.
I suppose part of the reason why some teams prefer to square hit is that takes far less skill than removing a threatening car effectively so they resort to the lowest common denominator type of tactic. Any fool can drive full tilt int the back of another car, and many who could have done some winning in the past have done so.
So as we all know a team can have 20 different plans for a race and they all go out the window on turn one, but a team that employs a tactic of no square hitting will know that particular tactic is with them no matter what is going on around them.
Right ho team managers get ya cheque books out and get in touch for part two of Ramjams how it should be done guide to teams racing!!
I have noticed there is one teams racing tactic that the successful teams NEVER seem to use, and it amazes me that other teams haven’t cottoned on to it yet and in some cases actively employ it to their own detriment.
I know I’m talking here about Stockcars as well as Superstock teams racing, but how often do you see the Young Guns, The Pumas, The Tigers or the Panthers, when they are/were doing the winning, coming up full speed behind a slow/waiting car and full speed square hitting them from behind? We see it plenty of times at every teams meeting, and how often is it successful, compared to how often does it seriously hinder (wreck) the attacking car? It’s not a clever move, in fact it’s a downright stupid move that very rarely, if ever, is effective. The teams who have done the winning over the last decade or so (I won’t say never) hardly ever use it as an attack tactic, instead preferring to clip the right rear of the slow car with the front left of their car to remove the threatening car. It seems that 99% of the time that is more effective.
I suppose part of the reason why some teams prefer to square hit is that takes far less skill than removing a threatening car effectively so they resort to the lowest common denominator type of tactic. Any fool can drive full tilt int the back of another car, and many who could have done some winning in the past have done so.
So as we all know a team can have 20 different plans for a race and they all go out the window on turn one, but a team that employs a tactic of no square hitting will know that particular tactic is with them no matter what is going on around them.
Right ho team managers get ya cheque books out and get in touch for part two of Ramjams how it should be done guide to teams racing!!
