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Re: Rules and 'Cheating'

To: John.Desantis@inficon.com, vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rules and 'Cheating'
From: S800Racer@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:05:44 EST
In a message dated 1/18/01 8:30:56 AM, John.Desantis@inficon.com writes:

<< If you really believe this, read Mark Donohue's book "The Unfair
Advantage". Here is a man who rose to the top of our sport with the
philosophy of making himself and his cars "BETTER" than the next guy.  He
mentions going toe to toe with SCCA on rules several times as well, so he
must not have been "within the rules" at all times.  Or may be he just bent
the rules.
 >>

    Donahue and Penske pushed the rules to the limit, but the book is makes 
it clear how offended they were wheneve anyone suggested that they were 
"cheating".  They generally felt that they won by working harder than the 
next guy beginning with reading the rulebook and carrying through to 
polishing the car before the race.

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