And, somehow it seems, the passenger side is always the one that is on the edge of the 400 foot straight drop off. Funny thing that.
Judah On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Codrivers have icewater in their veins. They have to sit there calmly, > reading a book, and telling the driver what they are about to run into > while the car hurtles down a logging road at high speed and goes > sideways through corners. I can do the navigation and math and such > but the lack of control of a highspeed car kind of gets to me. > > Judah > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ay race where you need another guy in the vehicle to tell you where to go is >> OK in my book >> >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Ari on Pikes Peak, my favourite course to run in RallySport Challenge 2 for >>> the xbox. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgeCQGu_ug >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Walter Rohl in an S1 spec Quattro is just about as good as Rally gets... >>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts29KKhKXds >>> > >>> > :-D >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Michael Grant [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Sent: 27 April 2009 18:11 >>> > To: cf-community >>> > Subject: Re: THIS is why I watch NASCAR... >>> > >>> > >>> > Rally is the stuff that gets my blood pumping. >>> > Old logging roads, mountains, city streets, deserts... >>> > >>> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > >>> > > > Grant wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > Nascar in a nutshell: >>> > > > >>> > > > GO GO GO! Turn left! GO GO GO! Turn left! GO GO GO! Turn Left! >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > Exactly. And the turns are super banked so there's no skill needed >>> > > there either. >>> > > >>> > > Seriously - a 14 year old who's never driven before could drive at >>> > > 200mph on a NASCAR track within an hour. >>> > > >>> > > This what this really is, is a sport of logistics: when to take pit >>> > > stops, how to manage your fuel, etc. >>> > > >>> > > And, yes, there is some strategy involved of when to pass, etc but >>> > > that's really also tied to fuel management. >>> > > >>> > > In other words, this is like calling daily FedEx operations a sport. >>> > > >>> > > If you take a look at european tracks like in Monaco, Nurburing, etc >>> > > there are hills, hairpin turns, switchbacks and with very little bank. >>> > > >>> > > As a driver you need to be an expert at actually driving to be good. >>> > > Not so in NASCAR. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
