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Originally Posted by Michael Beard
Manny's dead-on.
It's more likely that the top tier drivers are going to be .007 take 7 than it is for Joe Average to to be .007 dead-on 7. It's more likely for a top tier driver playing dialer to be .007 dead-on 7 than it is for Joe Average trying to hold and be .007 take 7. Regardless of strategy, the game still favors the better driver statistically. Does the little guy throw out a great package sometimes and beat them? Absolutely. It happens. What's the percentage chance of that happening? Does the top tier driver give one away sometimes? Absolutely. It happens. What's the percentage chance of that happening?
Increasing your knowledge base will improve your chances... regardless of what your skill level is now. Any of the schools, live or online, are probably cheaper than the next .03 you find in your car. Learn the skills that will turn on a few more win lights, and you'll make more money, which you can *then* go buy the latest go-fast parts with!
50 passes in a weekend = double-entered and run yourself in the finals every day, Fri-Sat-Sun.  Although obviously exaggerated, there is a lesson to be taken from it... seat time is invaluable. It's going to be tougher for anyone to race 8-12 times a year and be competitive against someone running 37 weekends a year, many of which include multiple races and/or entries. |
When I take my kids to a carnival, those carny's sure make that ring toss look like a piece of cake. I can spend a $100 on ring toss with my 4 kids and not one of us will make one land on a coke bottle. The carny's do it day in, day out. The odds are decidedly in their favor.
Exactly why a professional, full-time "this is my life" racer racing against sportsman, part-time, "I have a job outside of the race track" will always have the upper hand.