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When I first read the 8/10ths comment, I assumed it related to some kind =
of vintage rule about slowing by that amount in the proximity of an =
off-course car, or something similar. It simply never occurred to me =
that there is an assumption that vintage racing is to be carried out at =
a such a reduced level. I suppose the fraction refers as much to effort =
as it does to speed, but using our usual measure of speed, 8/10ths means =
you are adding around 20 seconds to a typical 90 second lap time.=20
I know that some of us (in our younger days) have been known to be =
susceptible to the dreaded "red mist," but at the other extreme, if I =
were driving at anything resembling an 8/10ths pace, I'd be a little =
concerned that I could potentially overlook something like a yellow =
flag. I'm a firm believer that for myself, as my speed and adrenaline =
go up, so does my focus, awareness and attentiveness to the serious task =
at hand.=20
Obviously there is a point (and this is the red mist territory) where =
the desire to get past the car in front of you can preclude the ability =
of one's brain to see much else, but I'm clear that vintage events are =
not the place for that. Not many racing venues today are for that =
matter, although there have been a number of drivers (Nigel Mansel comes =
to mind) who've been richly rewarded for just such behavior. =20
DT
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Bill Babcock=20
To: WILLIAM TOBIN=20
Cc: fot@autox.team.net ; susank@141.com=20
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Sad news from Road America
Nextly, as far as I know, nobody has gone from vintage to F1. =
Are we getting too serioius about winning? Just a thought.=20
Geez, so my planned career path is probably a bust?
I know it doesn't make sense, but when you get behind a wheel you =
race. End of story. I honestly never have really understood this eight =
tenths stuff. Sure, we don't jam our cars into a chicane five across and =
get all chesty, and we back off rather than make that low-percentage =
pass that would be just part of the game even in your basic SCCA =
regional race, but we still all push it, and try to pick up a little =
more mid corner speed in that long sweeper, event though the car is =
bucking a little and the back end is stepping out.=20
I'm KNOW there's some people out there that don't think of winning, =
they think about their car's history, and they just enjoy being on the =
track. I know because I usually lap them, sometimes several times. It's =
not a parade. I don't drive it that way, and neither do the vast =
majority of the people I know.=20
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the red=20
mist territory) where the desire to get past the car=20
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much=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DT</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3DBillb@bnj.com href=3D"mailto:Billb@bnj.com";>Bill =
Babcock</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dwilliam.tobin3@verizon.net=20
href=3D"mailto:william.tobin3@verizon.net";>WILLIAM TOBIN</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3Dfot@autox.team.net=20
href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dsusank@141.com =
href=3D"mailto:susank@141.com";>susank@141.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 22, =
2008 7:57=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Sad news =
from Road=20
America</DIV>
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has gone=20
from vintage to F1. Are we getting too serioius about =
winning? Just=20
a=20
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thought. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><=
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<DIV>Geez, so my planned career path is probably a bust?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I know it doesn't make sense, but when you get behind a wheel you =
race.=20
End of story. I honestly never have really understood this eight =
tenths stuff.=20
Sure, we don't jam our cars into a chicane five across and get all =
chesty, and=20
we back off rather than make that low-percentage pass that would be =
just part=20
of the game even in your basic SCCA regional race, but we still all =
push it,=20
and try to pick up a little more mid corner speed in that long =
sweeper, event=20
though the car is bucking a little and the back end is stepping=20
out. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'm KNOW there's some people out there that don't think of =
winning, they=20
think about their car's history, and they just enjoy being on the =
track.=20
I know because I usually lap them, sometimes several times. =
It's not=20
a parade. I don't drive it that way, and neither do the vast majority =
of the=20
people I know. </DIV>
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