[SteveGPage]

I can't speak to the specific issue the OP brings up, but want to share an incident that we had in a previous season. I standing off to the side off the pits, involved in a very sensitive personel issue, when a member of a drive team member walked up to me to discuss an upcoming match. He walked into the circle of mentors involved in a discussion that was not appropriate for public consumption. I asked if we could have this discussion in a little while, and that I would head over to their pits for a discussion later. He continued to stand there, until I said, "I'm sorry, but this is a private discussion, and I need you to give us some privacy." He stormed off, and began to tell everyone at the competition that our team was headed up by a bunch of ******. My point is, a single data point does not a trend make. There may be times when a team appears to act "snobbish" or whatever to someone outside of the team, when there maybe some issue that is going on that others are not aware of. The "elite" teams are under the microscope during the whole competition, and those issues may look more magnified than if it occurred by another team. I would encourage teams who expect others act with Gracious Professionalism, that perhaps they may need to show some Grace as well.