Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site wucec2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wucs!wucec2!rll9466 From: rll9466@wucec2.UUCP (Richard L. Lantz) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.sport Subject: CART, F1, Racing... Message-ID: <1140@wucec2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 22:40:55 EST Article-I.D.: wucec2.1140 Posted: Mon Oct 28 22:40:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:01:52 EST Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, Engineering School Lines: 38 Keywords: safety, misc. ramblings, Mr. Sneva Xref: watmath net.auto:8582 net.sport:543 First, I'd like to thank everyone for answering my initial posting, and now to generate some conversation... . I'm beginning to wonder about Tom Sneva. The last few events seem to fall into the same sort of pattern: he complains about his Eagle, switches to the back up Lola, and ends up a DNF due to some obscure reason such as "handling". Mean while we see Ed Pimm in the other Eagle (and who doesn't have the option of the Lola) going on to very respectable finishes; and this from a man who was in danger of losing his ride due to a propesity to crash. Tom has had some very good drives this season, but where's the consistency? Shall we expect friction with the Guerny-Curb people from his apparent lack of confidence in the Eagle? Anybody have an opinion or better information? . I've had several conversations lately about safety in motor sports. I thought it would be worth the effort to shift the topic out to net postings. The biggest topics are ground-effects vs. flat-bottom and tire quality/reliability. The arguements against ground-effect cars is that A) they increase speeds and B) when the ground-effect is disrupted, the car becomes uncontrolable. The combination being complimentary and bad--more speed = more violent crash, and a crash can be triggered by a bump that simply disrupts the ground effect. The recent (and MOST unfortunate ) deaths of F1 drivers Manfred Winklehock and Stephan Bellof in WEC Group C Porsche's were hinted at being ground-effect related (at least in the severity of the crashes, I do realise that I've made a gross over-simplification). The tire question brings up the question of liability of manufacturerers in racing. This especially after the Donohue vs. Goodyear suit of the last year. Ok, people, what do you think? I'm offering subjects for now, and will be glad to join conversation if any of you are interested.... Rich Lantz rll9466@wucec2.UUCP