[Vintage-race] drivers wearing watches

[Dave Mapes]

Agree.

At 11:53 AM 5/27/07 -0500, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>Was just watching the Indy 500 driver intros. Michael Andretti, and others,
>wear a large chronograph watch. I've seen a number of other drivers in other
>forms of racing do the same.
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>I always take my watch off before going out for a session. My thinking is a
>don't want a large lump of metal strapped on my wrist. Sure, my fire suit is
>designed to keep heat and flame away from skin. But, should I find myself
>near a heat source during a racing incident, I don't want something that
>will retain heat next to me like that.
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>What do you think? Agree? Disagree?
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>Wm. Severin Thompson
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