Ridiculous stuff. No one says anything about featherweight guys. When I was
racing bikes I realized that the 125 pound guys I was racing against had
some advantages--like 87 pounds less weight (I was a svelte 212 pounds for
30 years, then BOOM.) Didn't mean I couldn't beat them.
Jeff Gordon says he weighs 200 pounds. What! That little weenie, does he
have his fishing weight collection in his pockets? Take a look at Gerry
Marshall, still racing tin-tops in the U.K. and thrashing everyone. He's got
to be pushing 280. Pretty much always did.
There's a funny article somewhere on the web about all this--says that IRL
is going to have to test for doping now--looking for Phen-fen in driver's
blood.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Brett Johnson
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 5:45 PM
To: Susan Kahler
Cc: Jerry Barr; fot@autox.team.net; 'Jack W. Drews'
Subject: Re: European GP (not LBC)
On May 30, 2005, at 7:16 PM, Susan Kahler wrote:
> .... I am really glad
> she did not win the Indy this year, however, since that would have
> touched off a firestorm of controversy about the weight differential
> and she would have not enjoyed a good, clean victory.
Actually, this was a big topic on the local (Indy) talk shows -- including
the stick and ball shows that cater to an audience that doesn't know that
racing exists where right turns happen on purpose.
Most of the s & b folks think the cars should be weighed with the drivers --
now. Funny, nobody thought about that with Janet Guthrie, Lynn St. Famous
or Sarah Fisher (two time IRL Most Popular Driver -- now running a regional
NASCAR feeder series).
Brett Johnson
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