Ok so I just want to write this out because it's been bugging me. Then I'm gonna let it go. Talked to the other driver a little about Lime Rock. His opinion is that if a faster car catches you for position, you let the car go and give the position, and then go on about your race. I've never heard that as being something a race driver would do, I thought it was on the passing driver to execute the pass, so I'll just ask your unbiased opinion (anyone who wants to answer). Here's what I did. Being a jerk or just racing?
My strategy at Lime Rock was this: when someone came to challenge for position from behind, I would take the inside line into turn 1 (staying right all the way down the straight into the corner), and otherwise run a normal line, except when passing other classes. And then I just planned to keep that line continually, being predictable, not swerving all over and not (certainly not intentionally) cutting off a car who has a run and is alongside.
Reason I personally think it seemed like intentional blocking--that section after turn 1 is all swervy by nature and in traffic there is just no getting by anyone. The apexes all required me to cross the track at least once. Was accused of brake checking...when the GT cars were in those swerves, I was just trying to make sure I didn't rearend them or take one of them out sideways. On the STRAIGHTS, however, I tried very hard to lock into one line and stay (except when passing GT/LMPC). Far right on the front straight, far left everywhere else. The reason this strikes me as important is because I had always thought of blocking as swerving across the track with the intent of cutting off someone's run. But I had also thought the rules allow a driver to track out and then move across the track to situate into a line, as long as you stay put and don't respond to another driver's moves.
So that's the main thing for me--I wasn't responding to his attempts by moving in front of him intentionally. I just ran a line that made it hard to pass in that turn. The traffic added another level of immense passing difficulty. If someone was alongside, for instance, I would absolutely let them go without a second thought. Another driver did this to me twice in the uphill bit and I let him go both times.
So what do you think? I'll post a pic of my line, which I stuck to without moving over to cut anyone off or anything of that nature.
I guess I'm in then.
