Paul,
I disagree that Stirling's pass, if completed safely, would have resulted in
accolades. In vintage racing, most racers I know would have said, " Well, the
dumb bastard got lucky." The whole idea in vintage racing is to have a lower
key form of racing that does not involve demon passes and routinely crumpled
fenders. If driving full-tilt and banging fenders is your idea of what racing
is all about, then some form of club racing (SCCA, etc.) is more in your
line. Racing vintage cars at 10/10 is like a Civil War re-enactment with real
bullets.
Just my .02
Harold Pace
In a message dated 8/31/99 3:29:58 PM, doneen@itcanada.com wrote:
>Greetings from Canada. I also watched that incident on Speedvision (mostly a
>lurker and fan...not ready for primetime just yet). Perhaps his inside move
>was a tad ill-advised, but more importantly perhaps what we all seen there
>was a vintage racer doing what a racer does (whether it's his car or
>not)...he tried a large scale pass that would have netted him accolades if
>pulled off successfully but has instead caused a lot of expensive damage to
>several cars and left many of us whining about his skills. WAKE UP RACERS!
>What we witnessed was racing, not a parade! While it's important to respect
>the vintage cars and their vulnerability to expensive damage or destruction,
>they are nonetheless RACE CARS. If you don't want your prize-winning trailer
>queen to suffer a crumpled fender....DON'T RACE IT ANYWHERE!
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