Posted on 02/27/2022 5:34:29 AM PST by Carriage Hill
Yup!
Turbine Car was banned
After that!
Laguna was my Favorite.
Arie L. Won me a podium visit and a ring at the ‘97
Indy 500.
Life has Always been a race
I’m worried how it ends.
That off-camber, downhill ‘corkscrew’ was always a thriller. An F1 driver was killed there, so they modified the track and removed the nearby trees.
If we believe in our Lord, we all come out winners.
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F1? You mean that spec racing series? The one that used to be about bleeding-edge automotive technology, but that now is about promoting anti-MMGW propaganda?
The top of the
Corkscrew killed a
Penske Driver after his
Throttle stuck.
A Bloody mess,literally.
It sure has changed over the past decades. I remember the 50s, 60s & 70s were exciting, but since, it’s gotten far too political. I still enjoy the racing; I just skip the pre-and post-race crap.
Remember the Brabham “fan” car and their “sucker” cars? And the Tyrell Elf 6-wheeler? Those were leading-edge technology machines, all too soon killed-off by FOCA and FIA.
Gonzalo Rodriguez...basilar skull fracture like Earnhardt..I wonder if he would have survived with the HANS device?
HANS would have given
Ganzalo a chance. I talk to
SAFETY Responders and they said his aorta was ripped
from his Heart.
He seemed to have a racing
Future,
Tragic.
Same deal with
Scotty Brayton.
RIP
I called myself a
“PIT RAT”
Everyone in the pits was one, in some way or another. I was too, even piloting the Porsche 962 at 100-190mph. If someone else needed help, I pitched in and helped get it done. I swept concrete floors, cleaned tools, emptied garbage, when I wasn’t testing tires. Those were fun times.
I just wish I’d had an extra $40-50,000 to get my Class A License, to drive in competition. ‘Twas not to be.
Had a Crew Chief, Larry Curry, who came from
Canadian Tire. He could make a Car Sing!
You’re Correct in that what ever the Team needed
I’d make it happen,
even co-drove the Transporter from Midland Texas to Longbeach,,,,
Breaker one-nine!
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