Perhaps it's because the "wings" in those days were pretty
rudimentary...are you sure it wasn't longer than 20 years ago? CANAM was
wicked racing! Like the last time I was at Mosport without being on the
track. Open cockpit Ferrari 303( ? ) doing 200 mph up the back
straight....SWEET! This was 7 years ago and I was the guest of Ferrari
and in the paddock! WOOHOO!!
The science of ground effect and aerodynamics is VERY REAL and has MUCH
more to do with the racing now than ever before.....as I said earlier,
these guy are pulling MASSIVE G's that you could never do otherwise.
In fact, that may have even been before they figured out what Ground
Effect was.....hmmmm....
Don't worry, driver skill still rules above all else, it's just a
smaller piece of the pie but important nonetheless. I read an article
recently that said the techno boffins in F1 could easily make a car that
could drive itself round the track and possibly better than any
driver....but who'd want to watch?
Jeff Zedic
Toronto
