Malcolm Cox wrote:
>
> Of sailboat racing, it has been said that a group of gentlemen get
> together to race sailboats, then some sonofabitch wins.
> Any parallels here?
Yes, indeed.
I have a story to go with this, but with the current bile on the list,
am reluctant to post it! But here goes...
Last race was VSCCA NHIS, a track I have tons of time on and know
intimately, incl. the tricks on the back side of the course that save
seconds if you take oddball lines. As a result, my 1600 Alfa usually
runs with the fastest production cars, ending up in the top 5. Anyway, I
actually
won the Saturday race, beating Tony Wang's 300S Maserati who spun in
front of me (that was a heart-stopper) and the local hotshoe (Tivvy
Shinton) in his XK140MC coupe who pushed me for at least 7-8 laps. It
was a very hard run race.
Sunday, I led the first two laps until Tivvy tried a inside
pass on turn one, we went side by side through 2 and I tried an
inside re-pass on 3. We, ahem, traded a minor bit of paint and both were
disqualified. And quite appropriately got our wrists slapped.
I have to admit, it was the first time for me to fall prey to the "red
mist", and to have contact. Really embarassing, since I have always
preached
the "gentlemanly art of racing" in vintage. Goes to show that when the
flag drops, well, you know...maybe racing is racing.
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Jim Hayes Winchester, MA, USA
(Great time to post this, as I'll be travelling without email till about
August 4, so I can come home and see how you skewer me!)
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