true, there is a big gap, but it's not the equipment. Our track record holder at all 3 major central CA tracks has been a close friend for the 5 years I've been racing and I can verify the speed is in his hands, not the equipment. To keep a car in good shape and running strong, there just isn't that much to do and it's common knowledge anyway. No secrets in spec series club racing. He was just telling me last Sunday that he typically only puts the car on the scales at the beginning of the year. Based on what I know of him and his schedule, I believe it.
that ain't old Tedrow in the car !!!" :wink: Hmmmmmmmmm, now there's a thought. :tongue:
Never trust anyone with fenders. That's what we always say. Oh and now that I think about it, from last weekend, here's the latest reason why.Interresting,I have heard just the opposite for spec miata
Oh wait, :redface: when am I talkin' about? Ken, you probably have a boatload to say about what they call music today, huh?
Dont' know if many of you saw this article, but Gib, Snell's chief engineer, thought enough of it to send it to me, so if you're into helmet tech or racing history, it's a good read.
Yeah, my first faultable contact (requiring a meeting with the Stewards) in 5 years. And the guy (his first SCCA race) refused to take responsibility; apparently saying I owed him racing room. I couldn't f'ing believe it. I should have hauled his ass to the Steward of the Meet with the video and gotten him a stiff penalty, but it was 105F, 430 PM on Sunday and all I wanted to do was load up and go home. But I made my point to him on the Sports Racer Forum, very hostile territory for us FM guys.That's just not right.
Is that you driving?
Hadn't realized that. I was more than a little pissed off that he didn't see the incident well enough to have an opinion of fault but there were several cars both ahead and behind so he was busy. It was pretty wild out there, but forgetting to flag, how bad is that??
I guess that SOB was as green as the DSR that hit me.
Well, the old man is almost dead even with Jensen on the odds of winning Valencia. Keep an eye on this. {except you, Reb; don't look; I'm serious; Fred's not on there....at all!!!
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Well, given his situation under Flaming Flav and Fred, I can see that he might have gotten screwed in ways other than equipment and engineering support. Racers, to be good, have to be somewhat emotional to be motivated and they don't need the negative input. They may not show the emotions, but it's there. (The 2 fastest guys I personally know in club racing (track record holders) never talk smack or show any emotions, but I've come to see the pride and competitiveness is alway boiling just below the surface.) And some racers can't handle the negative type of pressure that Peaky got.
F1-Live.com said:
For your own piece of mind, you need to heal and not look at any of the websites for at least a week. By then, they'll be focusing on the race and not the rest of this B.S. And then you can come back out and gnash your teeth over Brawn's attempts to salvage their pride and performance.
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