[Fot] Two feet in. Re: A-Type Overdrive Testing

Thu Dec 26 10:47:35 MST 2019

Aye Legge had a big one there 
But a few decades earlier, long before that fencing was installed Teo Fabi
And a huge off near there in the can Am qualifying .  He left his machine up in the trees 🌲 minus wheels . He climbed out of that one .
I asked him about that . Years latter ,when working the Detroit G P.  
He thought a wee bit then a big grin came over his face and he offered  in his  soft Italian  accent .“ yea that was a big one “
It’s good when we can laugh at this stuff

Awrabest Scottie
Yep the kink had a big pucker factor 

> On Dec 26, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Yes, and if I recall I sure didn't expect her to walk away from that one...but she did.
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> Bill Dentinger
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> Wasn't there fence ripping accident on the back straight at RA? I think that that was the Katherine Legge.
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> Bob Kramer
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> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 1:13 PM Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> Mike...
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> Great point.  Many years ago when I first started Vintage Racing, the tracks were 'forgiving'.  If you made a mistake, you spun off mowing the lawn or creating a dust cloud.  The only penalty was embarrassment.  I'll never forget then one first spring event I showed up for at Road America and it was like I was in a street race, surrounded by Century Link Fencing.
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> I was told that as far as Road America was concerned CART had demanded it.  CART was afraid one of their cars would leap the cement barriers/snow fencing and crash into the crowd.  
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> No question that was a potential issue.  The change was a good idea...but drivers like me (prone to make errors) missed those 'forgiving' tracks.
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> Bill Dentinger
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> From: Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Greg Blake <gblake58tr3 at icloud.com>
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> Sent: Wed, Dec 25, 2019 10:42 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Two feet in. Re: A-Type Overdrive Testing
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> You guys have a lot of nothing down there, sure makes it easier to avoid stuff. At Watkins Glen, with the guardrails about one car width off the track, it's more like
> " If you spin, they're towing you in"
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> mike h
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>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 12:13 PM Greg Blake via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> One of my experiences watching what happens when you don’t go two in. 
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>> https://youtu.be/T7vsqHKaR7c
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>> The MGB behind me was not so fortunate 
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Bob Kramer via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Two feet in has its advantages 
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>> https://youtu.be/p27lXSehRY0
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Dec 24, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>>> Another variation on the saying: If you're going around it's both feet down.
>>> Merry Christmas.
>>> Bill
>>> On 12/24/2019 7:00 PM, Greg Blake via Fot wrote:
>>>> Whenever you start to spin it’s two feet in. I’ve been in a few situations where other drivers have tried to save a spin by not following this advice and they always come rolling across the track backwards following an unpredictable path usually collecting a few unsuspecting racers along the way.  Always go two feet in. 
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