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Post #11,208
by Ashton
10/2/01 7:24:37 AM
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New Hey.. ya won't have Ashton to kick around anymore.
or was that Nixon? I forget.

I'll concede Tiger - almost exciting! How could a human do that kind of physics flawlessly !?

But you are confused if you think Murican 'round in a circle' stuff is other than a Disneyland dumbed-down ersatz form of motor racing.

True road racing, like the Nurburg Ring, Mille Miglia, other European races on actual roads - are nothing like that boring crap. (Dunno how many of the great Euro courses have survived)


A.
Post #11,209
by wharris2
10/2/01 8:13:52 AM
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New grudging teeth gritting admission of possibility
The courses you describe (real roads, with real courses and not 2 or 3 miles of circular ... ah.... mechanical self-mastu um I mean mutilation....) may have more promise than the type of race I usually see on my US television.
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.

-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
Post #11,234
by drewk
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10/2/01 10:16:13 AM
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New As with anything, rare exceptions
The 1985 Indianapolis 500. Danny Sullivan dueling with Mario Andretti for the last dozen or so laps. Andretti's car clearly outmatched, but blocking Sullivan with a masterful display of driving. Sullivan finally went down onto the apron to pass, spun in front of Andretti at over 180 mph, recovered, and tried the move again on the last (second-to-last?) lap to get the win.

Two hours of dull round-and-round leading up to it, but without a doubt the most exciting finish I've ever seen.
We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html|Thomas Friedman]
     Auto racing - (wharris2) - (14) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:36:57 PM EDT
         Clarification - (pwhysall) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:46:02 PM EDT
             Even some of the latter... - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:49:12 PM EDT
                 Even better - Isle Of Man TT (cycle) races! - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2001, 04:44:10 PM EDT
         heathen, would agree until you said golf! - (boxley) - (8) - Oct. 1, 2001, 12:51:03 PM EDT
             Hey.. it's the only brain exercise a PHB gets - (Ashton) - (7) - Oct. 1, 2001, 08:58:56 PM EDT
                 I'd kick Ashton - (wharris2) - (6) - Oct. 1, 2001, 10:07:00 PM EDT
                     Hey.. ya won't have Ashton to kick around anymore. - (Ashton) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 07:24:37 AM EDT
                         grudging teeth gritting admission of possibility - (wharris2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:13:52 AM EDT
                         As with anything, rare exceptions - (drewk) - Oct. 2, 2001, 10:16:13 AM EDT
                     ya never watched a race with me - (boxley) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 01:31:17 PM EDT
                         Ha ha, + I used to do that too - (CRConrad) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2001, 06:42:16 PM EDT
                             LRPDLives! - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:48:13 PM EDT
         24 Heures Du Mans - (altmann) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:29:23 PM EDT
             Closest I got.. - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:45:07 PM EDT

Whoops, this one's a bit vulgar.
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