Originally Posted by jcc
Originally Posted by BevoHoosier
Originally Posted by wingman
Several reasons mentioned already.

Also they are trying to keep the car behind them from getting the inside. Forcing them to try to pass on the outside.


Yeah I figured this too, its like in bike criteriums when strong teams will go to the front of the pack and direct the race like this so other racers can't cut up the inside to get to the turn ahead. It's very effective, but not always easy to pull off.



Because the the "inside" , away from the wall is faster? work


Yep, in a 90-degree corner crit it's a shorter distance to the inside of the turn and dive bomb in ahead of the leader if he leaves the inside open.

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