ACFT X APCHING U42 ARPT TO LAND AND ENTERS PATTERN ON AN EXTENDED BASE LEG. WAS LISTENING TO RADIO AND KNEW THERE WERE OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN. PLT ENCOUNTERS SMALL ACFT ON SHORT FINAL AND MAKES A GAR.

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APCHING SALT LAKE #2 ARPT FROM THE S IN A C414; WE COULD HEAR TFC IN THE ARPT PATTERN. I ENTERED AN EXTENDED L BASE FOR RWY 34. I CALLED POS AND EXTENDED ALL LNDG LIGHTS. I CALLED POS TWICE MORE ON FINAL. I COULD SEE SMALLER AND SLOWER TFC ON L BASE AND DOWNWIND. I SLOWED DOWN ALL THAT I COULD TO ALLOW THE SLOWER TIGHTER L BASE TFC TURNING FINAL; SO WE COULD FOLLOW HIM IN. THEN THERE APPEARED A SMALL AERO COUPE WHICH TURNED FINAL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US; WHICH I HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN. IT SEEMED OBVIOUS THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF US. IT WAS AS THOUGH THEY WERE PLAYING A GAME OF 'CHASE' OR 'CHICKEN.' I YIELDED AND MADE A GAR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I WAS SCOLDED OVER THE RADIO BY UNKNOWN TFC FOR MY PATTERN. I TOOK IT GRACIOUSLY AND LANDED SAFELY. WITHIN 5 OR 6 MINS THERE WAS MORE RADIO TFC SCOLDING A SMALL SINGLE ENG PLT FOR DOING TOO LARGE OF A PATTERN. THERE SEEMED TO BE A GROUP OF LCL PLANES DOING TIGHT TFC PATTERNS INVOLVING TOUCH AND GOES. THERE SEEMED TO BE AN ATTITUDE OR EGO PROB WITH THEM CLAIMING THEIR RIGHTS AND RIGHT OF WAY; WHILE DOING SMALL TIGHT TFC PATTERNS. THESE PATTERNS WERE TOO SMALL AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME IN A CESSNA 400 SERIES. SOMEONE IN THE GROUP REALLY DID NOT WANT TO EXTEND FOR ME OR ANYONE ELSE.