[Fot] CAR RACING & DEATH

[Bill Babcock]

Holy sh#t, that was beautiful. With a little editing that could well  
be my new toast, or maybe I'll save it for my funeral (hopefully quite  
some time from now).


We all know death possible in our game.  Nonetheless, we endure. Our  
loved ones know the possibilities, but they allow us our crazy assed  
efforts to win, because they know it's part of who we are.

So pull on the nomex, pay homage to our brethren, clash shields and  
move on



On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Gt6steve at aol.com wrote:

>
> Hi Bud,
>
> I assume your diatribe is colored with liquor as is my response.
>
> We all know in the backs of our minds that death is a reasonable  
> possibility in our game.  Worse than that, debilitating injury, IMHO.
>
> Nonetheless, we endure, do all we can to improve our chances and try  
> not to face it with ourselves or our families.  But it is there.  It  
> could happen.  We don't want it to happen but it could.  Our wives  
> have already thought this through and seen the possibilities.  They  
> still support our crazy assed efforts to win.  So are we lesser than  
> they?  Maybe we're better at rationalizing...
>
> Still, we'll all be pulling on the nomex and denying that it could  
> happen to us while our wives know full well what is at stake.
>
> So do we quit racing and take up backgammon?  Some will, most  
> won't.  We are a kind of warrior and we can't leave that.  We'll  
> just leave homage to our brethren, clash shields and move on...Steve
>
>
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