In a message dated 12/6/00 1:57:15 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
carlynneracing@home.com writes:
> They based their objection, NOT on noise but on
>
This is a bit off point, but relevant in that you cannot ignore unintended
consequences: during the 70s fuel shortage, conservation groups opposed to
racing said the real reason racing should be banned was not because of fuel
consumption by race cars (since we had deflected the first challenges to the
Indy and Ontario 500s by triumphantly telling the world the cars ran on
methanol, not gasoline), but the gas burned by spectators getting to the
race. Fortunately the wheels fell off that argument when it was agreed that
restrictions would be equitable only if they applied to all sporting events
including football, baseball, basketball and horse racing.
Tom Butters
The Greens Fork Group
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