In a message dated 12/8/01 10:14:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
76067.1750@compuserve.com writes:
>
> At a previous similar event for Porsche owners the track manager
> requested the chance to drive a Porsche GT3R, a legendary German Cup car,
> and crashed it in the chicane between Turns 12 and 13. The generous car
> owner, who was riding as a passenger, was out one Porsche and the track
> manager spent the next several weeks in a Chico hospital recovering from
> bruises and a punctured lung, etc.
>
> Moral: Don't let anybody else drive your car, especially the track
>manager.
And I'll add my own. Don't go for rides at 135 in a car without a full cage
and competition restraints... :-)
Charlie
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