Re: Brainerd-Where? What?

[Robert Phillips <r3rfp@dax.cc.uakron.edu>]

On Mon, 9 Oct 1995 jmfease@mmm.com wrote:

> Every once in a while we get an SCCA jockey who thinks that he (or she)
> is hot stuff. While they may be an excellent race car driver, that is
> not what these events are all about. They are NOT about showing off your
> ability to spin your car around in the grass or do a "J" turn in the
> middle of the track or how easily you can pass someone in the turn.

I think you might want to reconsider on this one.  Not every SCCA 
affiliated driver feels the need to recklessly endanger his fellow 
Quattro-Heads, nor derives any pleasure from taking stupid risks on the 
track.  While I'm not a road racer with SCCA, I take offense to your 
remarks and think you might want to say "Some idiots" rather than "Some 
SCCA idiots".

Most of the idiots that I have seen at the Q Club events that I attended 
were people who were street drivers that thought they had seen/done it 
all, and that the track "couldn't be that much different".  

I would rather be on the track with a seasoned road racer (don't look 
now, but there are some in the Q Club and even on this list) than someone 
who has little experience and is driving over his/her head.

I don't mean to rant, but let's suffice it to say that not all SCCA 
drivers exhibit the characteristics of hormone-crazed 16 year olds, and 
that there are just as many idiots out on the track that are from other 
sources/organizations.   OK?

Robert Phillips
The University of Akron Sociology Department-------Akron, Ohio
1987 Audi 4000S, 1.8L 4-cyl, FWD-----SOLO II D-Street Prepared