Don,
No offense taken...the pregnancy remark did bring over an aura of common
sense for me at least. When I was driving the smallest, lightest car on the
track, it began to dawn on me that I was very vulnerable to someone else's
errors. (Never mine, of course :-) ).
I vowed I wouldn't race again unless I was in a fully protected caged car
with lots of driver protection...and haven't been back.
Another factor that deters folks from racing is the high cost, probably not
mile for mile on the track, but outlay from the pocketbook. One can stretch a
dollar longer while enjoying driving hard at autocrosses than road racing. The
life of road racers averages around 3-4 years; autocrossers last much longer, I
would bet, tho I don't have the numbers on that.
--Pat Kelly
Donn Vickrey wrote:
> Pat Kelly wrote:
>
> >Fear factor? I called it common sense when I stopped; pregnancy was another
> >factor. Guess guys don't contend with that little problem, but pregnancy
> bring
> >common sense very much into the picture as far as road racing goes.
>
> Apparently I must have hit a sore spot... No offense was intended. Here is
> what I said:
>
> > But, those who are unable to overcome the fear factor usually
> > give up on road racing.
>
> My statement doesn't mean that the fear factor is the only reason that
> people stop road racing. There are obviously an infinite number of reasons.
> Pregnancy sounds like a good one, although some mothers are also road
> racers. I've also had male friends who stopped racing after the birth of a
> child (as well as others who continued to race).
>
> All I can say is that the statement must have been taken out of context. If
> so, I appologize for any confusion added on my part.
>
> Donn Vickrey
> San Diego, CA
> '97 M3 Coupe
> '83 Spec RX-7
> e-mail: dvickrey@camelbackra.com
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