Are you the same guy that said you were thinking about kicking cones.....
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Reserving spots at race weekends
- Thread starter trey
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Are you the same guy that said you were thinking about kicking cones.....
AFM shouldn't have any say in it what so ever its the trackday providers day not the AFM day. Vendors got it easy.They buy a spot and show up whenever. Buttonwillow has it figured out they rent spots. Maybe Thunderhill should consider the same but they need to designate dry spots,power spots and power/water spots.
I'm not kicking anybodys cones. Hey here is my olive branch. Pit with us and i will save 2 cones for you but I have to warn you we have one mean snarly loveable team owner.
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I show up at 1-2 pm on thursday
trey
"Just go faster"
You are taking this waaaaay too personal. It was more of a light hearted joke than anything. I’m glad you were able to educate me regarding “reserved” spots at the track and how much of a tough guy you are (or girl...don’t want to assume and have you flame out about something else). #slowfortheconezone
gender neutral get it right
stangmx13
not Stan
I dont think anyone is suggesting removing cones placed by and for people that are actually there at the track. my post obviously wasn't. so your lack of chill seems out of place.
dtrides
Well-known member
And this makes a difference because?.......
If I become a expert does that make me a prima Donna and get to make all the rules?:gsxrgrl
If someone has been a part of the AFM for several years I think their voice should be heard equally.
This is amateur racing by folks who want to have fun and go fast (for the individule, I have no illusions I am going to Moto GP:rofl) and be part of a community of good will and fellowship.
.:thumbup
DT
hypergirl
AFM #990
trey
"Just go faster"
Not for being a novice, for giving the impression they had been around awhile and knew how everything worked. Novices are just that, novices. They are hear to learn, both on and off track, and hopefully some day become an expert. Again, someone easily offended by reality.
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trey
"Just go faster"
See my last post for response. And...my opinion (please stop reading if differing opinions offend you) is that novice voices should not be heard equally. They should absolutely have a voice, but it shouldn’t carry as much weight as someone who has been a member for a few years.
trey
"Just go faster"
Cool story.
rjbrittain11
923 Track Junkie
Med23
Goin' Gorilla
I’m on “cone kicker’s” side here.
There are two types of people in the world:
1) People in crowded taquerias who wait until they have their food before they take a table.
2) People in crowded taquerias who grab a table and tell their buddy to order their food, then don’t make eye contact with those who are standing up with their tacos getting all cold and their horchata getting all warm.
Don’t be #2. Don’t let people’s tacos get cold. Don’t reserve spaces for people not there if space is at a premium. We can all make things work with some common sense, decency, and communication. Otherwise cones may be kicked.
There are two types of people in the world:
1) People in crowded taquerias who wait until they have their food before they take a table.
2) People in crowded taquerias who grab a table and tell their buddy to order their food, then don’t make eye contact with those who are standing up with their tacos getting all cold and their horchata getting all warm.
Don’t be #2. Don’t let people’s tacos get cold. Don’t reserve spaces for people not there if space is at a premium. We can all make things work with some common sense, decency, and communication. Otherwise cones may be kicked.
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Tumbleweed
rollin' right along.....
Hi Tyler, I realize you are all that, you have been racing for longer, probably been riding a billion years longer, you are faster, and you have sponsors. Really. I get it.
I guess I’m really confused that someone with experience is surprised with the cone-factor. Especially since, honestly, the cone-factor is all I have ever known & ever experienced for the past three years at AFM events. Like I mentioned, I have learned the hard way. AFM Friday’s schooled me up REAL quick. If not everyone is there at the same time, you better cone that shit because someone is going to take that real estate. That being said, the missing peeps you coning for gonna be here in a matter of hours, not days.
I actually take IMMENSE pride in being a novice....I’m sure most of you don’t give a flying f*ck, but in three days I turn 48–almost half a f•cking century. Five years ago I’d never been on a track before...I didn’t know WTF a “track” even was. Five years ago, I ignored my fear and went to a “track.” I raced for the first time 2016. I don’t race every race because I cannot afford the time or the money. At this rate I might (reasonably) have a yellow plate for another 5 years because I seem to make very slow progress. Currently a white plate for me is laughable. I would not want a white plate when my pace might endanger myself and others. I get it. I’m okay with that...I’m not giving up, some day I will have a laptime that I’m proud of and speaks to the amount of trying I do. So you can make all the fun of me and my yellow plate that you want. Do you think I haven’t already spent years being made fun of and ridiculed??? You are just another one of many. It’s rare to find encouragement & support when you are late to the game and late in life.
You can also slam me for being “emotional” and expressing my frustration over some bullshit comment you made, but that won’t bully me into being quiet. You made the post on BARF, and even a BARF novice knows that posting anything here solicits opinions of all kinds. I’m not going to pretend to be PC
wave RACER774) when I’m not wired that way. If I was all polite and timid by nature I’d really be screwed in a race.If you think my opinion, and the opinion of other novices shouldn’t be heard equally by the AFM, then I would suggest novices shouldn’t pay the same licensing and registration fees. The AFM should not be entitled to our revenues if our opinions are to be less important. To be clear, I’m not slamming what you said, instead I am saying —okay, totally fair, experts have more experience and history, but if novices are to sit quietly, then novices should pay “sit quietly” registration and entry fees. Shit, I might be able to stfu and express “zero” opinions if my registration and entry fees correspond to the same “zero.”
And to bring the whole f•ing thing full circle, I’m ordering more cones, and blocking off a damned zip-code sized space...while I’m happily parked off the damn grid, using gene power.
