[Shotimes] (OT) Re: NASCAR numbnuts

[Donald Mallinson]

James,

flying is a pretty scary thing.

So is turning left when the concrete wall is about 8 feet 
high and you are approaching it at full throttle with 
nothing but a little bit of car around you, also loaded with 
fuel.  In one situation you know what the outcome usually is 
(flying is pretty safe),  and in the other, as a novice 
"racer" (ME) the outcome is NOT so much a known quantity.

I have done both (fly and drive an oval) and for scary the 
oval has it hands down.

I am not a NASCAR junkie, I just know beyond any doubt that 
what they do is real racing.  I like other forms better, but 
that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the occasional round race 
(indy?) or respect the drivers.

Don Mallinson


James F. Ryan III wrote:
> Don, have you ever been in a commercial airliner at 30,000 feet, with
> thousands of pounds of jet fuel under your feet, screaming along at
> 500mph in an aircraft made of Aluminum (wearing nothing more than a lap
> belt)????  Now that's scary!!!
> 
> Driving around in a circle is neither scary nor exciting.