Re: NASCAR bashing (no Audi content)

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

You echoed my husbands comments almost word for word....thanks.....NOW do
you all get my point?  


On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Jeff Loh wrote:

>      Recent posts have hit a sore point with me. Sure, the jokes are 
>      funny and given the roots of Stock Car racing, that's 
>      understandable. However..
>      
>      It seems that some folks think it takes less skill to turn left 
>      than to run a road course, implying that NASCAR drivers are 
>      somehow less talented than their road racer brethren. 
>      
>      Well that's just not true. You mean to say that Mario Andretti -
> 
>      F1 world championship w/ Lotus, or AJ Foyt - Winner at LeMans, 
>      who BOTH came from the ovals, are not talented? Or that ex-road 
>      racers Dorsey Schroeder (SCCA Trans-Am) and Robbie Gordon 
>      (INDYCar) who drove NASCAR when they didn't have their regular 
>      ride had somehow lost their senses? I don't think so.
>      
>      Think of the skill (and guts) to pilot an Indy Car at 200+mph, 
>      in traffic, for 500 miles. What is that.. an OVAL race.
>      
>      As a competitive driver, I do not subscribe to the theory that
> just 
>      because the track turns a particular way, that it takes less
> brain 
>      cells to drive the car. Like the other racers on this list, I 
>      believe that these drivers are probably good at what they do,
> but no 
>      less talented. (Todd C, Steve V.. care to comment?)
>      
>      Yes I've driven on an oval, it just wasn't for me. Different
> skills for 
>      different applications I guess, but not any easier or harder.
>      
>      My $0.02 IMHO, YMMV etc. 
>      
>      /J.
>      (Nomex undies on)
> 
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