[Shotimes] Daytona 500

[Donald Mallinson]

Leno is a pretty good driver, but so are several of the people on this 
list.  Many are licensed for SCCA or pro racing.  At least one has gone 
way fast.  Not sure if Leno is licensed, but I would say that there has 
to be more than ONE person on this list that might have survived in the 
same situation.  I would say Leno was more lucky than skilled to make it 
out of that one.  When you spin like that, the driver has very little to 
do with the outcome.

Bob Peterson at the first Atlanta convention still gets my vote for best 
driver in an accident that didn't happen but should have.  Remember him 
coming out of turn four and the RF tire blows?  He may not have been 
going 160, but I think he was probably near 130.  He kept it off the 
wall, the TV babe riding with him lost her lunch later, and I gave him 
the keys to my car to drive when he came down pit lane asking who was 
next!   Yea, he can drive my car any day.

Don Mallinsoni

Ron Porter wrote:

>His record speed was an average of 169, IIRC, with top speeds around 190+
>
>Yeah, and how may of us would screw up in a mid-engine car like a Carrera GT
>and (1) not crash, and (2) still be alive?? How about ZERO!
>
>If I had the skill to try for a record like that, a mid-engine car would be
>my last choice. I would prefer a rear-engine car like a 911 before I would
>try it in a car like the Carrera GT or Ford GT.
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Dave Kegel
>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:00 PM
>To: 'Shotimes'
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Daytona 500
>
>Hell, any one of us could screw up in a Carrera GT at 160 MPH.  Why does
>that make you eligible to drive a pace car?  I don't get it.
>
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Porter
>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:24 AM
>To: 'Shotimes'
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Daytona 500
>
>
>If Leno can do 5 spins in a Carrera GT at 160+ mph at Talladega, I'm
>sure he's qualified to drive a pace car!!
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
>Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:13 AM
>To: 'Mark Nunnally'; 'Shotimes'
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Daytona 500
>
>Are you sure it was just the parade laps? Wally or Benny mentioned that
>Geoff Bodine usually drove the pace car but that Leno was and this was
>during one of the yellows.
>
>
>Paul L Fisher
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