[Fot] VARAC Vintage Festival at Mosport

[BillDentin at aol.com]

In a message dated 06/23/2008 11:14:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
billbab at gmail.com writes:


> I have no idea how the memory of Mosport could fade. To drive fast  
> there you have to grow a third testicle, though that's probably  
> different for the ladies. After every session I sat in my car for a  
> long time, just thinking. I''m not even certain what I was thinking  
> about--but I know I didn't just jump out of the car and say "boy, that  
> was fun" as I usually do.
> 

Yeah...for ladies, don't they call them gonads?  

MOSPORT Turn TWO is arguably the toughest turn in Road Racing.  Blind, double 
apex, down hill, off camber, etc.  It sure gets my vote.  I sure never got it 
right.  Of course it is a left hander, I tend to make Tony Drews look 
slender, and I was in a right hand drive car.  I thought I was going to roll over 
every lap.  Kas made several suggestions as to what I was doing wrong, but either 
I didn't understand, or I was too worried about rolling over.  But I sure 
want to go back some time and try to get it right.

Having said that, our TRs sure like that up hill back straight coming out of 
the Stirling Moss corner.  It suits that old tractor engine just fine.  
MOSPORT is a great track.

Sadly, last week end's MOSPORT event saw a rare vintage racing fatality late 
Sunday morning, when Dino Crescentini's Wolf CanAm car had a suspected 
equipment failure on that up hill back straight.  His car went airborne, came down on 
its top, and rolled more times than they could count.

All racing, even vintage racing, is dangerous.  It is important to think 
about that when worrying about picking up another 10th in a sport where LAST pays 
the same as FIRST.

Bill Dentinger
  
  


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