25-02-2013, 02:11 PM
Thanks Phil,
I doubt after that I would enjoy motorsports.
Vuke! A legend around our home. A dirt farmer born to nothing and faster than all at Indy.
I was way young to know direct memory, but the legend was of my memory.
Unbeatable and seemingly invincible at Indy. He and Jimmy Bryan were heroes of my parents.
Both died racing, it was vastly more lethal then.
I read now the Vukovich and LeMans crash in 55 almost killed racing. Billy Graham came out strongly against it. Legislation that died was introduced in the House. A different culture in Ike's '50s.
If the Vukovich car had gotten out of the track on the front straightaway racing would have died in '55.
A crashing car into the stands is what happened at LeMans a few weeks later.
16th and Georgetown the site would be another mall, not a racetrack.
In '55 as likely G.I. Bill track housing.
I have only seen one fatality at a racetrack, I swore I'd never go back. But I did.
I would have no interest in examining the wreckage unless I were part of the team.
then it looks like a pile of work for somebody even if no one was hurt ... the dollars be gone.
The thrill in racing is seeing someone exceed that which has been done before.
Or watching Hornish making the pass for the win on the last lap.
The racing not the chance of chaos. Not the mayhem porn of when things go badly.
When someone crashes their R/C Airplane it breaks my heart a little too, I know the effort.
Moreover when I see a race crash except first concern is the driver, not the effort. Now the fans too.
I bet I've killed a dozen of those little plastic doll pilots.
I agree with what Dario Franchitti said about catch (debris) fences for protecting the fans.
He said there has to be a better way. He is right.
As it stands the industry is flirting with disaster.
After all drivers at Indy no longer drive an 80 gallon bathtub of gasoline at 150 mph.
On those tires? Ah hell no.
Safety will find a way or the sport will die.
But it would put a lot of people out of good jobs earned by craftsmanship.
Without the fan in the stands the media wouldn't care.
Detroit doesn't care but they should.
I doubt after that I would enjoy motorsports.
Vuke! A legend around our home. A dirt farmer born to nothing and faster than all at Indy.
I was way young to know direct memory, but the legend was of my memory.
Unbeatable and seemingly invincible at Indy. He and Jimmy Bryan were heroes of my parents.
Both died racing, it was vastly more lethal then.
I read now the Vukovich and LeMans crash in 55 almost killed racing. Billy Graham came out strongly against it. Legislation that died was introduced in the House. A different culture in Ike's '50s.
If the Vukovich car had gotten out of the track on the front straightaway racing would have died in '55.
A crashing car into the stands is what happened at LeMans a few weeks later.
16th and Georgetown the site would be another mall, not a racetrack.
In '55 as likely G.I. Bill track housing.
I have only seen one fatality at a racetrack, I swore I'd never go back. But I did.
I would have no interest in examining the wreckage unless I were part of the team.
then it looks like a pile of work for somebody even if no one was hurt ... the dollars be gone.
The thrill in racing is seeing someone exceed that which has been done before.
Or watching Hornish making the pass for the win on the last lap.
The racing not the chance of chaos. Not the mayhem porn of when things go badly.
When someone crashes their R/C Airplane it breaks my heart a little too, I know the effort.
Moreover when I see a race crash except first concern is the driver, not the effort. Now the fans too.
I bet I've killed a dozen of those little plastic doll pilots.
I agree with what Dario Franchitti said about catch (debris) fences for protecting the fans.
He said there has to be a better way. He is right.
As it stands the industry is flirting with disaster.
After all drivers at Indy no longer drive an 80 gallon bathtub of gasoline at 150 mph.
On those tires? Ah hell no.
Safety will find a way or the sport will die.
But it would put a lot of people out of good jobs earned by craftsmanship.
Without the fan in the stands the media wouldn't care.
Detroit doesn't care but they should.
Read not to contradict and confute;
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON