James A. Isbell wrote:
>
> Okay, I am interested. BUT..... I was looking for a Formula car "real"road
> race. But, I will settle for this if its the best I can do.
>
> If it includes Formula cars and they are separated from the Corvettes and
> Ferraris and all those big boats that make Formula car drivers quake in
> their boots as they scream past without seeing you. I will not race on the
> same track with closed wheel cars, it is just too dangerous. I did it once
> and all I saw in my mirror was huge headlights and grills (made me go
> faster, that's for sure!). I have no quarel with them racing, I just dont
> want to race WITH them, it just isnt safe for the Formula cars. Their roll
> cage and fenders make them immortal and they can't see a damned thing from
> way up there in the clouds.
>
> Please, no flames, I am not slaming closed wheel racers, its just that we
> race differnetly when our ass is 1" above the fuel cell and that is in turn
> 2" off the ground and there is nothing but some aluminum and fibre glass and
> a couple of pieces of angle iron between us and the other guys car. What is
> just a bump to a sedan can cause serious dammage and serious change in
> trajectory for a Formula racer. I have been knocked clear off the track by
> a tap that I almost didn't feel.
> --
> Jim
>
> "Better an outlaw than not free."
> Nance O'Neil
Jim:
I have heard similar tales from some of our Vintage V drivers. We do
race as a single group down here normally. This means we ALL have to
watch out for each other - that's a bi-directional responsibility!! The
dangers to the Formula drivers are, I agree, higher due to the greater
exposure the present.
This presents a "numbers" game... are there enough Formula cars that
would enter to restrict the entries (doubtful)? Must every team have a
Formula car and will the sessions be limited and controlled so that only
Open-wheeled cars are on the track at the same time (difficult)? Since
we would be talking about a 24-Hour event, how well do the headlamps
work on Formula cars?
Some pithy questions... Makes shorter races where the groups can be
divided and controlled more appealing from an organizational aspect.
But we are talking true EVENT!!! Would you have a friend with a sedan?
Would you have a GOOD friend with a racing sedan...?
Thanks for the input - keep forwarding thoughts...
*8o)
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