Re: Brainerd-Where? What?

[jmfease@mmm.com]

*** Resending note of 10/10/95 20:53
From: Jim Fease
      Maplewood, MN
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Subject: Re: Brainerd-Where? What?
I 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
 
Robert Phillips wrote:
>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".
 
I agree and I apologize to the MANY 'good' SCCA drivers out there. We do
have some race-driver-wanna-be people on the track. Fortunately
(for us) the cars they screw up are their own.
 
>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".
 
See above.
 
>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.
 
Yes with a reservation. If I was a that driver with less real track
experience I would want to race (for a rookie do something stupid)
and that's what gets people (especially rookies) into trouble. If everyone
follows the rules, it's much better for all. If everyone is seasoned, it's
GREAT fun.
 
>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?
 
I wholeheartedly agree. They are not all 16, either.
 
>Robert Phillips
 
I apologize to the SCCA (and others) people that I offended by my
comments. I should have made it more generic.
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'84 4KSQ - 160K Not real fast, not real slow, just kinda half-fast.
Jim Fease
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