[Fot] standing starts

[MadMarx]

Last year I had my first pole position and you can bet on.....I missed that
start completely and nearly stalled the engine. Seems that I got nervous
somehow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDL9YkDX1Q


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Von: Wes Dayton [mailto:wes at hsrca.org.au]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Februar 2011 23:57
An: RACER BUD; MadMarx; FOT
Betreff: Re: [Fot] standing starts

Historic races in Australia all use standing starts and I agree that the
race to the first corner is one of the highlights of racing. Yes, I have
experienced some 'heart-in-mouth' moments when the car in front suddenly
darts to the left or right, exposing some guy stalled in the middle of the
track frantically waving his arms, but (so far) have always manage to miss
them.

The only Historic races I have witnessed here using rolling starts it when
we have the F5000s running; apparently trying to get one of those things
off the line quickly from standing still results in lots of debris and
little motion.

Wes Dayton

On 15/02/11 3:49 PM, "RACER BUD" <budscars at comcast.net> wrote:

>When I began racing with SCCA in 1968...we had standing starts...It was
>Wonderful!..
>Racer Bud
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