On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Sandy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Joseph McAllister wrote: >>> >>> The other secret I'd pass on to newcomers is: Relax. Breathe, Don't TRY to >>> go fast. Be as smooth as you can at all times. .... >> >> I'll second that! Works for motorcycles as well as cars. ... > > There was an article I read years ago. The reporter for some car mag went > to a racing school. First exercise was going round the track with a glass > of water on the dash. Try not to spill it. > > The reporter was bored, wanted to go fast. > "Who does this guy think he is, Jackie Stewart? > Oh, yeah, actually he is Jackie Stewart." > > -- > Sandy Harris, > Quanzhou, Fujian, China
That water trick is also the setup for Initial D, the japanese animated series and graphic novel series about illegal backroads racing that is responsible for much of the popularity of drifting today. The main character had spent a couple of years delivering Tofu for his dad, who made him take a cup of water on the dash and not spill it. Unbeknownst to the main character, his dad had been a famous and successful) street racer in his youth. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
