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Gig'em
WELL NOW, where do they do that ???
I started stock car and midget races for several years. Of course this was on the east coast so it might be different where you live. And ya gotta understand, it was years ago. Most people find this hard to believe, but I mean I used to walk five miles one way to go to school, uphill, both ways, and my first job when I got home after school was to carry water from the neighbors well, two miles due west, then milk the cow.
But times have changed, and I understand that. Now they have school busses and indoor plumbing.
Just to give you a further insight, in my younger yeears, it used to be when a person met someone and extended a finger it meant "hello". Coke was a soda drink, pot was something you put flowers in, and the local bar was called a joint, (shades of Merle Haggard) a place to stop and have a beer on the way home from work. All of these things have different meanings now. And at my age it is hard to keep up with the changes.
In my time, (said the old timer) I've attended or participated in short track races in more than one-half of these United States, and never seen a starter use the signal you mention. NOW, this doesn't mean to imply you are wrong, just sayin' the way things change I have a hard time keeping up with them.
Funny, but at the local short track up the road from my home, two weeks ago the track official patted his butt after a racing incident. He was telling the offending driver to go to the rear.
BTW, I tried to pat myelf on the back to signal, and it ain't easy. There's a lota people who are quite adept at pattin' themselves on thier own back. For me, it's tough.
And before I forget, I'll tell'em at the track next Saturday night they are doin' it wrong. Thanks for pointing it out.
