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hootOS
@hootOS

so to be absolutely clear, this is the situation:

  1. Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca made renovations to their track to improve drainage and prevent drain clogging in the case of heavy rain

  2. People are mad about this because it somehow completely neuters the risk of driving into the gravel

Some people are even yelling at the track maintenance guy like "SHUT UP UR NOT A RACECAR DRIVER" and it irks me, because i'm 90% certain the idiots saying that are beyond 125% of the lap times they should be setting lmao.

in other words, washouts and never-weres are getting mad about a 66-year-old track getting drainage improvements because it makes the track "easier to drive." it does not do this.


hootOS
@hootOS

okay i was gonna not say this because it felt too much of a stretch and kinda tacky but like. i have to say it because this overreaction to the Laguna Seca drainage project is stuck in my head like a damn tick.

Is anyone else seeing parallels between these reactions and transphobic "you fell off" type shit people say about trans people? like the whole "this (thing/person) sucks now because it changed" bullshit without even having any time to get familiar with the changes and see the positivity that comes from the change. Like... im not crazy, right? cuz that's why this irritates me so much.

the Laguna Seca drainage project makes a lot of sense. The track workers probably had drainage issues for decades and held off on making changes specifically because this kind of outrage would occur, until they realized the health and safety of track officials AND racecar drivers would be improved with better rain and mud drainage. So they made the choice and took action to make the track safer for racers and easier to clean for track workers, and now people are pissed off about corners that really aren't that difficult in the first place.

The only people mad about this are armchair pit chiefs and washouts. that's about it. it's irrational, ignorant people who think tracks are better when they're made more dangerous, specifically because they aren't the ones who are on these tracks.

idfk. i just feel the same irrationally angry feelings about change in those replies that i do from transphobes.


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Amused that they’re having drainage problems at “dry lake” lol

But more seriously: this isn’t really that hard of a track, except for the corkscrew. Safety and to some extent maintenance is more important.

Oh I only just realized what they’re actually complaining about: they’re just upset that the shoulders are expanded a little? Seriously? I thought it was like banking the turn slightly, something that would actually affect driving dynamics. Just issue a small penalty for leaving the track rofl, why the fuck does anyone care! I’m more upset that it’s not Mazda-branded anymore haha