To bring this back close to topic for this list: All this talk about car
(and now motorcycle) racing makes me realize, even in this day of
$1500.00 DSLR's, how relatively inexpensive photography is. I knew
plenty of people who turned $10,000.00 motorcycles into scrap metal in
less time than it takes to say it. Even without crashing, the cost of
travel, fuel, tires and race equipment add up *really* fast!
The guy who started the company I work for races Ferraris (and various other Italian cars). He once wrapped his Testarossa around a power pole during a rally.
With that kind of car there is no such thing as "scrap metal", especially when you paid for it and its not insured for racing. They straightened it out and AFAIK it still goes, but I'm not sure if he still owns it.
He used to book the local race track for a day every year, and together with a few friends from the race club he gave the employees & families rides around the race track, fast enough to require an indemnity waiver. My head was spinning for about two days; I'm not used to G-forces!
I have some photos from that racing... I must drag them out sometime. There might be a good PAW for next week among them.
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
