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Hello Fordprefect

The Baracello issue is very interesting. If MS retires, then it looks like Ferrari will be battling for top spots with the rest!

I just saw this interview:

Q: (Olaf Bachmann – Koelner Stadt Anzeiger): Juan, can you explain your gesture on the last lap to Michael?
JPM: I just said ‘what happened, what were you thinking’. That’s all.
MS: I thought you were congratulating me.
JPM: I never do actually.

Linkage.

getoffb-

no, you did not bad mouth gordon.. i was just making random comments regarding the end of the race. i just made the assumption that you were a JR. fan, which would almost undoubtably, make you a non-gordon fan. i agree with you and will.. first off, they have toooo many rules, and half the ones they got are stupid and not fan oriented. NASCAR is one of the last truly 'fan friendly' sports, but they are doing their best to try and change that. i think they are going in the wrong direction.

i just cant get into the F1, or indy cars.. i dont know, or cant relate to any of the drivers.. plus, there not really 'cars'.. at least not in the sense that i consider a car to be a car. the single file racing is not near as exciting as NASCAR. and my biggest complaint is that the cars are not durable. if you barely nip one, the whole car is gonna be screwed up and will not be able to compete. but you can bang nascars off of each other, and they just keep on going.. i cant remember how many times i have seen cars WIN races with no bumper and a quarter panel missing. now to me, thats racing.

just for reference, i am a kurt busch fan.. and he got spun-out by tony stewart.. so it goes..

we all just need to get together with our 14X14 coolers, and go to a race together. we can hash all this out there..!!
bigjohn

Thanks for the link, getoffb. I usually watch the post race conference, but was pressed for time last night. Entertaining read.

Hey man, can't we all just get along? All cars are the same anyway ...

trust me, nothing was ever the same as my '91 Lumina

Very good pmbuko! Yes, all cars are the same, just like all solid state amps are the same!

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Damn, bigjohn, we just can't agree on anything!

Formula One is the pinnacle of auto racing. The best of everything - including drivers. Granted, there isn't always alot of passing and the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher wins "too much", but what should they do? Give him a restrictor plate? Give some aerodynamic advantages to the competition?

I think Nascar needs to get off those small ovals, onto more road courses, and get rid of all the rules intended to make the cars all the same speed.

Ah BigWill, I think NASCAR needs more help than that. NASCAR is supposed to be STOCK CAR racing. What they race are purpose built, tubular framed freaks with OHV racing engines which bear no resemblance to anything offered to the public, special built rear ends, brake systems and suspensions, which bear no resemblance to anything offered to the public, etc.

I think they should have to race STOCK cars. Then put them on road courses. That way, maybe NASCAR would improve the breed.

i know, right?? we just need to do a

BATTLE ROYAL!!!!!!!!

i have no doubt that the F1 teams have better, more experienced drivers.. no question there.. i just think, in general, that the races arent as exciting as nascar races. and they dont do road courses very much cause the nascars just arent built for that. way tooo heavy..

now, i have never been to a F1 race.. who knows, i might really like it.. i always tell people that if you have never been to a nascar race, you are missing sooooo much.. the smoke, the smell, the sounds, the energy.. its just like a drug or something.

the main thing here, is that we love motor sports. so thats cool. i even like monster trucks and tractor pulls.. i guess theres just something about horsepower, in any form..

bigjohn