Those old Group B cars were insane. Really sexy death traps. There is a guy who lives up near where we'll be running this years Oregon Trail Rally that has an early 80's Lancia that he will occasionally bring out for people to ogle. That was all before my time in terms of motor sport awareness but it is fascinating to go back and watch some old footage.
One of the things I love about Rally, especially here in the northwest, is that it isn't all about horsepower. Control of your car is far more important than raw horsepower. You just don't have enough straight stretches to get up to 200 mph. People rarely hit above 100 in fact. Carrying speed through a corner with a gravel washboard in the apex of the corner and 6 foot diameter Doug Fir trees on the other side...that's some driving skill. Judah On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue <robert.rawl...@thinkbluemedia.co.uk> wrote: > > Yeah those Pikes Peak hill climb cars were utter madness, running about > 800bhp at the bottom, losing about 200 by the time they got to the top due > to the thin air! Plus, you've gotta love that the Hill Climb was > predominantly won by American Indy 500 drivers (going in circles again) > until 85 when sexy little French Michelle Mouton came along in a German car > and beat the track record :-) > > I think I remember one of them getting rather upset about it, Michelle > jesting 'well, if you have the balls for it you can race me back down > again?'... he declined lol > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] > Sent: 27 April 2009 19:23 > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: THIS is why I watch NASCAR... > > > 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 < > robert.rawl...@thinkbluemedia.co.uk> 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:mgr...@modus.bz] >> 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 <grussg...@gmail.com> 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:296195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
