White car missed a shift, yellow car took evasive action going into the grass. White did NOT give him room to get back on the pavement, which he could have. Looks like he slightly creeped towards the grass by about a foot. Yellow came back on track and thus forced white into traffic on drivers right. My worry is that they kept going right. A glancing side to side impact should not have caused both cars to move right. Unless they hooked body work that I can not see.
A little more room by the white car could have eliminated the entire incedent.
I do not believe this is an effect of mixed class racing. They root cause was the missed shift. Note that the 1st gen RX7 trans is almost identicle to the Miata trans.
I would say 80-20 yellow-white
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