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Ferraris in Turn 6

To: "'Bob Lang'" <LANG@isis.mit.edu>, Irv Korey <emanteno@ibm.net>
Subject: Ferraris in Turn 6
From: Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:47:41 -0500
Irv Korey wrote:

> > What were you doing on the rumble strips during TOURING?????

And Bob Lang replied:

> Trying to avoid the F50 (or was it a Testarossa??) that decided to pass 
> me on the inside of turn 6. I figured the rumble strip was better than a 
> $100,000 body-shop invoice.

There was a Ferrari 246 Dino in my race group at Road America this past
weekend. I don't know whether it was running poorly of a Dino is just a slow
car, but I won't soon forget the head rush of passing that Prancing Horse
decal while motoring up RA's main straight. 

> You know the new attire with the "got balls" logo on it (which I find 
> offensive, I might add - and that is really strange if you actually know 
> me), well that day I was wearing a "no balls" t-shirt.

Bumper sticker seen at Road America: "The difference between motor racing
and golf, football, baseball, basketball and soccer is that those sports
only require one ball."

Jim (RT) Hill


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