No, by simply asking around and formulating an opinion, as this gentleman was attempting to do before you verbally-trashed him for it, you can get an idea of the distance you want to race for to hopefully be successful. If this friend of his is the kind that will not SHUT UP about it if he does win, then I can completely understand wanting to win so as not to hear about it every waking moment you are around the other individual. I know how that is from firsthand experiences. Apparently, you do not.

 

Find new friends that are secure enough in who they are that they don't feel the need to define themselves that way. Or be secure enough in yourself to not give a chit what your "friends" say!!!

 

Give up a friend because of it? No thanks.

 

So, what you are saying is that he is a close personal friend, yet you won't race him because he will razz you to death if you happen to loose? And then, winning a backyard quad race is so important to you that you'd rather not ride with your close personal friend, than loose.

Yea, that makes perfect sense to me...???

 

I'm saying by posting a question like this one, you get an idea of how long you should race him for to win, assuming you have close machines. This way, you don't have to hear about it and you can continue "riding in peace." It's really that simple. I don't pretend to practice psychology.

 

I think that we all put wayyyyy to much into who beat who instead of just going out and having a good time. If I had a friend that I lost to, and he constantly gave me grief over it to the point it was unbearable, I would seriously try to find him some help, cause he has problems.