Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.sport Subject: Re: CART, F1, Racing... Message-ID: <845@terak.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 15:22:37 EST Article-I.D.: terak.845 Posted: Fri Nov 1 15:22:37 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 05:04:20 EST References: <1140@wucec2.UUCP> Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 18 Xref: linus net.auto:7634 net.sport:480 Just my own opinion: Tom Sneva is just too darned egotistical, and believes that nobody except Tom Sneva knows anything about racing. That's too bad, because he has shown that he can indeed perform well. I sort of hope that being shown up by Pimm will make him reconsider, but I don't know too many people who successfully reduced their egos. On ground effects: I'm agin' 'em. Wings and stuff on top are bad enough, but ground effects should go. Reasons: Ground clearance is too low; tracks are damaged (Phoenix and Spa both had to cancel/postpone races at the last instant this year because of track surface being pulled up by ground-effects suction); and once the car gets out of shape enough to lose ground-effects, it's all over but the crash. On the Winklehock crash... either Speedweek or MotorWeek Illustrated indicated that the track management had permitted dirt to be piled up behind the crash barrier, and so the barrier was unable to give. -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug