It looks absolutely glorious!
Any idea what kind of engine it was running? Never seen anything like it before - perhaps it entered the rarely-featured-on-telly Robot-Wars-LMP-666 Class in the 1971 Le Mans !?
Any idea what kind of engine it was running? Never seen anything like it before - perhaps it entered the rarely-featured-on-telly Robot-Wars-LMP-666 Class in the 1971 Le Mans !?
I know he's "been done" but anyways..
To pull a Montoya: "Disregard the presence of other human beings in the paddock, walk into them, scream at them for being in plain sight and not magically disappearing as you enter their personal space, and then have your girlfriend drag you off while covering your mouth with her hands."
To pull a Montoya: "Disregard the presence of other human beings in the paddock, walk into them, scream at them for being in plain sight and not magically disappearing as you enter their personal space, and then have your girlfriend drag you off while covering your mouth with her hands."
On the international scene, I really like watching the MotoGP-series (although I don't own a bike, and never will) - there's awesome racing going on. The Aussie V8-supercars offers some serious racing as well.
The Danish Touring Car Championship is pretty damned good (and often far more entertaining than the WTCC counterpart) and for some arcane reason, this F1 season has been quite enjoyable.
I do prefer "limited" racing where there's some effort to keep everyone on very level terms. And there's a lot of good to say about the low-budget classes that provide the "appetizer" for the danish touringcar events. Seeing a huge grid of dated hot-hatches giving it everything it's got, still gets me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Old-timer racing and hillclimbs and stuff, with a chance to see - and hear - some of the old greats, deserves honorable mention as well. I'll never forget the day I heard an old Ferrari 250GTO being fired up. *shudders*
The Danish Touring Car Championship is pretty damned good (and often far more entertaining than the WTCC counterpart) and for some arcane reason, this F1 season has been quite enjoyable.
I do prefer "limited" racing where there's some effort to keep everyone on very level terms. And there's a lot of good to say about the low-budget classes that provide the "appetizer" for the danish touringcar events. Seeing a huge grid of dated hot-hatches giving it everything it's got, still gets me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Old-timer racing and hillclimbs and stuff, with a chance to see - and hear - some of the old greats, deserves honorable mention as well. I'll never forget the day I heard an old Ferrari 250GTO being fired up. *shudders*
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I race on a closed private server, consisting of friends - which admittedly makes "my" server a bit different. However, there is no doubt that when two drivers enter a corner (say, after the back straight on BW) the "inside" driver is often the guy who is trying to gain the position, and it is considered very bad "sportsmanship" for him to take advantage of his line to the point where he runs the other guy off.
If I'm on the inside thru' a turn, and we're both on even terms, I'm going to leave room for my opponent on the outside when coming out of the turn, unless I am absolutely sure that he's not there - and that hardly ever happens.
We all love racing, and noone wants to win by causing an accident. Everyone leaves room for eachother, because there's no fun - or bragging rights - when you ruin an awesome race for eachother. I'd rather have a door-to-door fight over several laps, and finish second, than just take the easy option, and win without being the better driver.
If I'm on the inside thru' a turn, and we're both on even terms, I'm going to leave room for my opponent on the outside when coming out of the turn, unless I am absolutely sure that he's not there - and that hardly ever happens.
We all love racing, and noone wants to win by causing an accident. Everyone leaves room for eachother, because there's no fun - or bragging rights - when you ruin an awesome race for eachother. I'd rather have a door-to-door fight over several laps, and finish second, than just take the easy option, and win without being the better driver.
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