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Re: [Fot] Sad news from Road America

To: "WILLIAM TOBIN" <william.tobin3@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Sad news from Road America
From: Bill Babcock <Billb@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:57:02 -0700
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> Nextly, as far as I know, nobody has gone from vintage to F1. Are we  
> getting too serioius about winning? Just a thought.

Geez, so my planned career path is probably a bust?

I know it doesn't make sense, but when you get behind a wheel you  
race. End of story. I honestly never have really understood this eight  
tenths stuff. Sure, we don't jam our cars into a chicane five across  
and get all chesty, and we back off rather than make that low- 
percentage pass that would be just part of the game even in your basic  
SCCA regional race, but we still all push it, and try to pick up a  
little more mid corner speed in that long sweeper, event though the  
car is bucking a little and the back end is stepping out.

I'm KNOW there's some people out there that don't think of winning,  
they think about their car's history, and they just enjoy being on the  
track. I know because I usually lap them, sometimes several times.  
It's not a parade. I don't drive it that way, and neither do the vast  
majority of the people I know.


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bust?</div><div><br></div><div>I know it doesn't make sense, but when =
you get behind a wheel you race. End of story. I honestly never have =
really understood this eight tenths stuff. Sure, we don't jam our cars =
into a chicane five across and get all chesty, and we back off rather =
than make that low-percentage pass that would be just part of the game =
even in your basic SCCA regional race, but we still all push it, and try =
to pick up a little more mid corner speed in that long sweeper, event =
though the car is bucking a little and the back end is stepping =
out.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I'm KNOW there's some people out =
there that don't think of winning, they think about their =
car's&nbsp;history, and they just enjoy being on the track. I =
know&nbsp;because&nbsp;I usually lap them, sometimes several times. It's =
not a parade. I don't drive it that way, and neither do the vast =
majority of the people I know.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div></body></html>=

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