To all of you who are pissed at the postponement of the TMS race, at least
CART avoided something that could have potentially looked a lot like this.
or worse.
http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010430a.PHOTO_LARGE…
http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010428b.PHOTO_LARGE…
Say what you want about CART blowing it in Texas, but I prefer a few pissed
off fans to the alternative; dead race car drivers or dead race fans.
And BTW, if you think this is in any way "cool", you are one fucked up
individual. Really, the IRL also dodged a bullet on the weekend. Add to that
the tire going into the grandstand. Had the CART situation NOT happened at
Texas this weekend, the big story in open-wheel racing would have been about
the giant flaming wreck in the IRL. Either way, the point is that indycars
(CART or IRL) should not be racing at high banked tracks. As those poor
people at Charlotte. oh wait, you can’t, they’re dead. CART was smart
(albeit, a little to late) and did not race at a high-banked oval, and the
IRL raced at a high-banked oval, and nearly cost a few people their lives.
In either circumstance, both series got off lucky. And in case you haven’t
figured it out yet, this isn’t a CART vs. IRL post, its an "open wheel" vs
"highbanked tracks post."
Admit it, Highbanks and open-wheel do not mix. Plain and simple. Theres a
reason they gave up on that old LeMans track 40-some years ago.
Dieing ain’t no way of making a living.
Once again, being painfully obvious, and just telling it like it is.
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M|iS|t|E|r|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s:
>To all of you who are pissed at the postponement of the TMS race, at least
>CART avoided something that could have potentially looked a lot like this.
>or worse.
>http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010430a.PHOTO_LARGE…
>http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010428b.PHOTO_LARGE…
Or
http://home.soneraplaza.nl/mw/prive/sverbrugge/pics/irnls_atlanta1.rm
for that matter. (It’s 413 kB in size.)
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M|iS|t|E|r|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s <livinginat…@earth.net> wrote:
> To all of you who are pissed at the postponement of the TMS race, at least
> CART avoided something that could have potentially looked a lot like this.
> or worse.
> http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010430a.PHOTO_LARGE…
> http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010428b.PHOTO_LARGE…
*yawn*
"Last weeks news already today."
Thanx Duck, been looking for that,… Haven’t seen any replays on the old
tube yet….
thats just nasty.
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> Or
> http://home.soneraplaza.nl/mw/prive/sverbrugge/pics/irnls_atlanta1.rm
> for that matter. (It’s 413 kB in size.)
Jason Höhn <jasonho…@home.com.spam> wrote in message
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> Thanx Duck, been looking for that,… Haven’t seen any replays on the old
> tube yet….
> thats just nasty.
Try indyracingleague.com in their video ‘highlights’ bit.
Paul.
Paul Everitt:
>> Thanx Duck, been looking for that,… Haven’t seen any replays on the old
>> tube yet….
>Try indyracingleague.com in their video ‘highlights’ bit.
Found it. But it’s QuickTime, and imho QT sucks. My Real ones (from
two viewpoints, as seen in that QT movie) are 710 kB in total, whereas
(that slighty larger) QT movie has lesser quality but is bigger in
size…
The site is not that good, too, from a webdesigner’s eye. I had to
search for the Multimedia link at the bottom… (Ok, I’ll stop this
off-topic thingy…)
>> thats just nasty.
Yeah. On that video you couldn’t see a tire flying in the empty
grandstand but one can suspect that was the matter…
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Couldn’t agree more, Mr. Obvious.
M|iS|t|E|r|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s <livinginat…@earth.net> wrote in article
<XROH6.82025$Zn4.901…@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com>…
: To all of you who are pissed at the postponement of the TMS race, at
least
: CART avoided something that could have potentially looked a lot like
this.
: or worse.
:
: http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010430a.PHOTO_LARGE…
:
: http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010428b.PHOTO_LARGE…
:
: Say what you want about CART blowing it in Texas, but I prefer a few
pissed
: off fans to the alternative; dead race car drivers or dead race fans.
:
: And BTW, if you think this is in any way "cool", you are one fucked up
: individual. Really, the IRL also dodged a bullet on the weekend. Add to
that
: the tire going into the grandstand. Had the CART situation NOT happened
at
: Texas this weekend, the big story in open-wheel racing would have been
about
: the giant flaming wreck in the IRL. Either way, the point is that
indycars
: (CART or IRL) should not be racing at high banked tracks. As those poor
: people at Charlotte. oh wait, you can’t, they’re dead. CART was smart
: (albeit, a little to late) and did not race at a high-banked oval, and
the
: IRL raced at a high-banked oval, and nearly cost a few people their
lives.
: In either circumstance, both series got off lucky. And in case you
haven’t
: figured it out yet, this isn’t a CART vs. IRL post, its an "open wheel"
vs
: "highbanked tracks post."
:
: Admit it, Highbanks and open-wheel do not mix. Plain and simple. Theres a
: reason they gave up on that old LeMans track 40-some years ago.
: Dieing ain’t no way of making a living.
:
: Once again, being painfully obvious, and just telling it like it is.
:
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In article <XROH6.82025$Zn4.901…@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com>,
M|iS|t|E|r|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s wrote:
>Say what you want about CART blowing it in Texas, but I prefer a few pissed
>off fans to the alternative; dead race car drivers or dead race fans.
Has anyone claimed they should have run? I must have them kill-filed.
I’m one of (more than
a few pissed off fans, but come on…
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> Has anyone claimed they should have run? I must have them kill-filed.
AJ Foyt says they should have run,…
you could always killfile him,..
>Admit it, Highbanks and open-wheel do not mix. Plain and simple. Theres
>a reason they gave up on that old LeMans track 40-some years ago.
>Dieing ain’t no way of making a living.
Fair comment, but I think you mean Monza, and not Le Mans?
Charles
At least the chance of injury is reduced by the fact that very few people
attend the events any more.
M|iS|t|E|r|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s <livinginat…@earth.net> wrote in message
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> To all of you who are pissed at the postponement of the TMS race, at least
> CART avoided something that could have potentially looked a lot like this.
> or worse.
> http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010430a.PHOTO_LARGE…
> http://speedvision.com/~data/publish/racing/04IRL/010428b.PHOTO_LARGE…
> Say what you want about CART blowing it in Texas, but I prefer a few
pissed
> off fans to the alternative; dead race car drivers or dead race fans.
> And BTW, if you think this is in any way "cool", you are one fucked up
> individual. Really, the IRL also dodged a bullet on the weekend. Add to
that
> the tire going into the grandstand. Had the CART situation NOT happened at
> Texas this weekend, the big story in open-wheel racing would have been
about
> the giant flaming wreck in the IRL. Either way, the point is that indycars
> (CART or IRL) should not be racing at high banked tracks. As those poor
> people at Charlotte. oh wait, you can’t, they’re dead. CART was smart
> (albeit, a little to late) and did not race at a high-banked oval, and the
> IRL raced at a high-banked oval, and nearly cost a few people their lives.
> In either circumstance, both series got off lucky. And in case you haven’t
> figured it out yet, this isn’t a CART vs. IRL post, its an "open wheel" vs
> "highbanked tracks post."
> Admit it, Highbanks and open-wheel do not mix. Plain and simple. Theres a
> reason they gave up on that old LeMans track 40-some years ago.
> Dieing ain’t no way of making a living.
> Once again, being painfully obvious, and just telling it like it is.
> ___________________
> m|I|s|T|e|R|_|o|B|v|I|o|U|s
> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Jason Höhn <jasonho…@home.com.spam> wrote in article
<KFgI6.89126$Zn4.966…@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com>…
:
:
: > Has anyone claimed they should have run? I must have them kill-filed.
:
: AJ Foyt says they should have run,…
: you could always killfile him,..
AJ was at the track, along with TG — in a suite. (probably behind extra
thick plexiglass)
Why they would show up for a race put on by the very organization they’re
trying to destroy is beyond me.
"J.L." <f1c…@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Why they would show up for a race put on by the very organization they’re
> trying to destroy is beyond me.
You are making an assumption about their intent.
Carey in Pearland
> > Why they would show up for a race put on by the >> very organization
they’re
> > trying to destroy is beyond me.
Big piles of dollars. Publicity. ’Nuff said?
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