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Originally Posted by mav1178
all this can be avoided if the track host can set clear rules about passing zones and using best judgment.
Why are you (the driver) making these judgments or assumptions while you are on the track? If it's a regular open-track day, passing rules should be agreed and adhered to before you even drive onto the pit lane.
Frankly I see it as all parties being at fault here: the track host for poor passing rules, you for assuming the Miata will let you pass, and the Miata for assuming you can pass/are able to pass with a slow car.
-alex
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BTW I should clarify it is taught in our classroom sessions that a driver giving a point-by should lift to facilitate the pass.
I've also had similar situations come up twice when I used to have an instructor, although the result of late point-bys rather than failures to lift. Typically they would instruct to take a little more speed off entry, stay on the inside line, then track out if clear. So it may just be a different passing rule for the local groups that I run with.
Definitely will make it a point to have it clarified during future classroom sessions though, as I think that's the best approach.