On Aug 16, 2006, at 19:24, Mark Sirota wrote:
> --On Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:43 PM -0500 Sam & Greg Scharnberg
> <samandgreg@netins.net> wrote:
>> There is NO award for the "fastest person" in solo, racing, or any
>> automotive event. Did you mean Olympic gold winners? That is were
>> people rather than vehicles win.
>
> I strongly disagree, Sam. We award first-place trophies to the PERSON
> who wins the class, not the car (or the car owner).
>
> However, to be even more correct, the competition is between car/
> driver
> combinations, not just cars and not just drivers.
Yer both wrong, though Mark was doing better until he brought up
being "more correct", which is wrong in and of itself ("correct" does
not accept modifiers).
The competition and scoring is between drivers, due to the several
provisions for changing cars and continuing to compete.
KeS
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