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The accompanying video embedded in the article is equally as interesting.
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This is just insane, statute of limitations shouldn't exempt this type of behavior.
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Driving down the highway, with traffic, you are highly conscious of the fact that everyone around you is clueless, not paying attention, not watching out for your safety...or theirs. It's a weird contrast to driving hard on a track, yet feeling safe.
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They can be the best drivers ever, but are only as safe as the stupidest person they pass..... Quote:
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It reminds me of events during my flying career. The best pilots weren't the ones who told stories of how they used their superb skills to do things that were illegal and/or unsafe. The best pilots were the ones who used their knowledge, experience, and skills to ensure they didn't get into trouble in the first place. Same thing with these "cannonballers." They may have great skills and planning, but they are one flat tire (or deer in the road, unsignaled lane change, etc...) from making headlines with a fiery crash. Keep the racing to the tracks. Greg |
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One of my favorite tracks, by the way, is not far from you.
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Watkins Glen is a blast, on four wheels or two. There was a bike race held there for years. It was my favorite road race of the year, held annually around the summer solstice so that we could race until nearly 9PM. I could usually ride the boot faster than anyone else in my pack based on my auto racing experience. Hit turn 6 just right and you could coast halfway through turn 7 without turning a pedal. I'm the knucklehead on the right, dragging the masters pack down the main straight.
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^^^ thread drift, but how did you feel about the track surface when you were on a bike? I used to race at SIR (now Pacific Raceway, outside of Seattle). I really enjoyed the twisty parts and the uphill stretches as I was a skinny kid, but it was a downright tire-marble-and-car-fluid-enhanced skating rink in the rain. Of course, the main straight was also a drag strip.
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Assuming that all the stop time was required for refueling, they could have shaved off at least another 7 minutes using a TDI
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As you noted, rain was an entirely different experience. The 2015 race was held under intermittent rain showers. The rain stopped around the same time as the first races finished. The first round of races had so many crashes that the second round was delayed 30 minutes to allow all the ambulances to return from the local hospital. When my field was on the start grid, the rain started again. Having driven cars on wet tracks, I warned my teammates to stay on the front and be very careful holding their lines. As we finished lap one, I heard that terrible combination of sounds that meant a big crash behind me. A lap later, I found out one of my teammates had hit the deck hard and was on his way to the hospital. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured - just the "usual" broken collarbone. We all ended up at the hospital checking on our injured friend. Nearly every bed in the emergency room was occupied by a bike racer... Greg |
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Okay it's really dumb but the first "race " was when I was in H.S. in '71 and a buddy and I poured over Car and Driver every month. Brock Yates wrote for the magazine and he was very entertaining.
He's his article from a later race: https://www.cottonowens.com/archives/Cannonball_Run.php Yates knew it was dumb and pulled the plug on it when when it was gaining popularity before something bad happened, like dying. I'm amazed these guys made such a fast time. Lots of inside info, luck and planning. Plus, one heck of a car.
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