[Fot] Sad news from Road America

[Bill Babcock]

If you're a racer, you race. Some of my most memorable races have been  
practice sessions. I've never been on a track with Cameron Healy  
without a full on race taking place. Ever. I suspect we'd have at it  
with shopping carts if we ran into each other in Safeway.  
Undisciplined , I know, but that's the way it goes. The real reason I  
do most of my setup on a skid pad--no one to chase!

On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Mark J Bradakis wrote:

>
>>
>> I know it doesn't make sense, but when you get behind a wheel you  
>> race
> When I was doing the Intermountain Vintage Racing events out at  
> Wendover
> we'd occasionally get some of the serious Utah SCCA racers showing up.
> Usually it was because they had done some changes to their car and  
> just
> wanted
> a chance to do some tuning, get a feel for the change, whatever.   
> Sometimes
> they'd run in the wheel to wheel group, sometimes the 'Touring' group.
> Touring
> was just 2 - 3 cars on the course at a time, safely spaced, limited
> passing and such.
>
> In most cases these hot shoes would go out and zip around, checking  
> out what
> they needed to check out like sway bar settings, camber, and so on.   
> What
> always amused me was that that the first lap or two was uneventful,  
> but it
> didn't take long for these guys to see another car a ways ahead of
> them, and they'd go into full chat mode.
>
> Sure, they pulled onto the track with the intention of taking it  
> easy, but
> when it came down to it they were RACING!
>
> mjb.
>
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