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From: Doug Rogers <douggo@hiatus.com>
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Okay, okay, I promise not to be a bad boy anymore. I've taken my
beatings, and am ready to turn over a new leaf. No more passing on the
grass before the start/finish line. But the purpose of my post was not
to announce how cool I was for finding this helpful nugget, but more
like "why would I be able to do this in the first place?" If I stay in
line, I mash into the back of whoever's in front of me, because
everybody seems to brake when the green flag flies. Is this realistic? I
can't believe that it is.
And on restarts, even if the cars in front of me don't check up, I've
got so much more horsepower coming up through the gears, it's not even a
challenge to pass the fastest cars on the track! Of course, when we're
all up to speed, and I start turning in my usual terrible laps, then
I'll get shuffled back again...

George Lewis wrote:
> 
> It's technically against NASCAR rules to pass before crossing taking
> the green at the start/finish line.  I believe you can pass to the
> right only (might have that backwards).
> 
> In real life, you'd get black flagged.
> 
> Doug Rogers <douggo@hiatus.com> wrote:
> 
> >In N2, if I was lucky enough to qualify on the outside, I could blow
> >past about 12-15 cars on lap one, when everybody checked up and went low
> >into turn one. In NR1999, it's even worse than that: everybody checks up
> >immediately upon the green flag being waved. If I'm on the inside, I can
> >pass cars on the grass before we even reach the start/finish line! Last
> >night, I won a 200-mile race at 101%. I started 35th, and was in 5th by
> >the completion of lap one. The leaders got away from me, and I ran all
> >by myself for about 45-50 laps. Then, I got a caution, and blew by the
> >remaining 4 cars on the restart.
> >Does this happen to anybody else? And is it just 'dega, or does it
> >happen everywhere?
> 
> Email address: glewis@usit.net
> Remove the -nospam- from the email address.  Sorry, I *had* to put it in.
> I'm receiving more junk mail than ever now.
