I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? Or am I just delusional? Sean
> I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > Or am I just delusional? Sean
>I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > Or am I just delusional? Sean
> On Jul 24, 8:03 pm, BOSSFA...@aol.com wrote: >> I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to >> start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? >> Or am I just delusional? Sean
> i know this was done in f1, i dunno about nascar?
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Chad wrote: > <BOSSFA...@aol.com> wrote in message > news:bd9f6bf1-0979-457b-a60d-f6b7ad08829f@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com... >> I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to >> start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? >> Or am I just delusional? Sean
> >I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > > Or am I just delusional? Sean
> > >I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > > > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > > > Or am I just delusional? Sean
>> Actually I miss those days a bit. Don't miss drivers getting killed >> regularly though.
> Sorry Dave, but I can't resist - drivers have never been killed regularly.
Oh yes they have - check out the early 1900s Indy 500. On average at least one driver (sometimes more since they had two man crews then, a driver and a riding mechanic) were killed each year.
>I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > Or am I just delusional? Sean
I read this great story in Car & Driver a long time ago so I cannot recall all of the details. One time those Europeans thought they would invite this hotshot driver named A.J. Foyt to run in one of these sort of events. So by the time A.J. got across the track and buckled in and all of that ceremony everybody had left and he was the last one off. So the fans were going like "tsk,tsk" or whatever and opining that some people would be better off on their own side of the pond. A couple of minutes later they changed their minds because this A.J. Foyt had overtaken everyone else and came around to lead the first lap.
This was the same A.J. Foyt who once won the Daytona 500 in his spare time. Most of his career was before my time but from what I read he must have been the Kyle Busch of his era.
>>> Actually I miss those days a bit. Don't miss drivers getting killed >>> regularly though.
>> Sorry Dave, but I can't resist - drivers have never been killed >> regularly.
> Oh yes they have - check out the early 1900s Indy 500. On average at least > one driver (sometimes more since they had two man crews then, a driver and > a riding mechanic) were killed each year.
Ok - you certainly have me on that point. My bad. I was speaking in the context of the era that everyone posting here has experienced. Dave's comment implied the same.
>I seem to recall video of drivers actually running to the cars to > start racing...Was this a one-time thing, or was it a common practice? > Or am I just delusional? Sean
le mans did it and sebring did it to copy le mans. back then seatbelts were optional and in the cars that did have them te driver spent the first lap trying to belt up while driving fast.
