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There's one exercise called 'Follow The Leader" and it's exactly what you expect - you are generally one on one and you're to follow the instructor as close as you can. So, I tucked up under their gear box as much as I could but seeing them get a fraction of an inch away from the wall at 130 to 150 mph made me REALLY worried. I was pretty sure he was going to wreck and I was going to catch an F3 car straight to the fucking helmet.

It's also an exercise in trust, I suppose. You have to trust the other drivers to do the right thing, otherwise you'd be riding your brake the whole way around the track, going maybe 30 mph, 'cause the crazy drivers around you are all morons doing things that come to close to the limits.

Alas, he did not wreck and I didn't get hit in the helmet with an F3 car... But, it was just a matter of time. I mean, eventually they're gonna wreck. It's just numbers. It's gonna happen.

By the way, I picture an F3 car to the helmet as being painful - regardless of how good the helmet is. It's just something that's gonna hurt.

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An F3 car to the helmet could very well be fatal

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Nope. However, in this race - at this track - you can count on a yellow coming. Last year, the first year they ran at this track (street track in Nashville) they had like 15 yellow flags. The winner was a guy that crashed before the reaching the start line by driving up and over someone - launching their car into the air. They came all the way back to win after that. Nobody is really sure how that happened.

Today, the person in 5th was once a lap down... They're now in 5th, and looking like they'll finish strong, barring an accident.

This race has had 10 yellow flags already. They're averaging a yellow flag every 11 laps. "Caution breeds caution" so each restart means a yellow is more likely than other times (you have people bunched together, all trying to enter corners together, etc. so there are more accidents after a start/restart).

Anyhow, an F3 car to the helmet would fucking suck. But, you trust the driver ahead of you and follow them as close as you can. As I had previous track driving experience, even on that track, I was able to keep my nose up under their gear box for the corners at least.

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It has got to be hard to learn to trust the other drivers that much