how to start a racing career?
05-02-2005, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WarrenW,Apr 29 2005, 11:40 PM
Oh please 
Anyone can drive in circles turing left all day. Kind of like drag racing, any idiot can do that.
Anyone can drive in circles turing left all day. Kind of like drag racing, any idiot can do that.
05-02-2005, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RACER,May 2 2005, 06:23 PM
When it comes to stock cars, the drivers are not exactly weaklings either. Those guys run fender to fender, bumper to bumper at speeds in excess of 180 mph for 500 miles
Warren
05-02-2005, 07:56 PM
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Yeah, I am serious. And I do participate in four-wheeled competition (autox and hopefully soon road racing).
Yesterday, I spent the whole say shooting the import drag race at Englishtown for ESPN 2. While watching it, I thought I could do this, no sweat. Just put your foot to the floor, keep the wheel straight and shift as fast as you can.
I also shoot Nascar stuff for ESPN. Drive in circles all damn day, how freakin' hard can that be??? Hell, you don't even shift once you get up to speed, just keep your foot to the floor and turn left, big deal.
Now road racing on the other hand, that takes skill. Maneuvering through heavy traffic at 150mph, braking from 150 down to 40 mph. You brake, downshift from 6th gear to 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd, turn right, then left then right again, then accelerate hard out of the turn and upshift through 3rd 4th, 5th and 6th, as your heart beats faster and faster while you try to pass the driver in front of you without getting passed by the driver behind you, as other drivers try doing the same thing at the same time! Now that my friends is racing!
The odd thing is, I love road racing (F1, Champ Car, ALMS, SCCA, etc.) but all I get calls for is circle tracks and drag racing. Guess I should say I hate road racing and love ovals and drags, and they'd only call me to shoot road racing.
Warren
Yesterday, I spent the whole say shooting the import drag race at Englishtown for ESPN 2. While watching it, I thought I could do this, no sweat. Just put your foot to the floor, keep the wheel straight and shift as fast as you can.
I also shoot Nascar stuff for ESPN. Drive in circles all damn day, how freakin' hard can that be??? Hell, you don't even shift once you get up to speed, just keep your foot to the floor and turn left, big deal.
Now road racing on the other hand, that takes skill. Maneuvering through heavy traffic at 150mph, braking from 150 down to 40 mph. You brake, downshift from 6th gear to 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd, turn right, then left then right again, then accelerate hard out of the turn and upshift through 3rd 4th, 5th and 6th, as your heart beats faster and faster while you try to pass the driver in front of you without getting passed by the driver behind you, as other drivers try doing the same thing at the same time! Now that my friends is racing!
The odd thing is, I love road racing (F1, Champ Car, ALMS, SCCA, etc.) but all I get calls for is circle tracks and drag racing. Guess I should say I hate road racing and love ovals and drags, and they'd only call me to shoot road racing.
Warren
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05-02-2005, 11:30 PM
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I'm going to go with rlaifatt and assume you're trolling. That would reflect more favorably on you than the alternative, which would be that you're talking s*** about forms of racing that you apparently know very little about.
Steve
- struggles mightily to cut consistent 0.5xx lights in a 236 hp car
Steve
- struggles mightily to cut consistent 0.5xx lights in a 236 hp car