F1 has become Roller Derby

Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacle.

"News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
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> Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacle.


I've resorted to watching reruns of GPs from the 70's and 80's. Far more
interesting.

Host wrote:
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> "News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
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>> Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacle.
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> I've resorted to watching reruns of GPs from the 70's and 80's. Far
> more interesting.


Without a doubt, the Golden Years.

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> >> Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacle.
>


More punting, more punting! More fist fights! Pushing on the
podium! Throwing helmets!
It's a goddam competition, and races are never much good unless the
people involved hate each other.

As AJ Foy said about blocking Jim Clark at Indy, "Did he think I was
going to move over and say AFTER YOU SIR; this is not a gentleman's
club."

In article <ef53ddee-24fc-4e9e-8fcd-bcd4dad93dd7
@j33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, brafield@hotmail.com says...
> >
> > >> Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacle.
> >
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>
> More punting, more punting! More fist fights! Pushing on the
> podium! Throwing helmets!
> It's a goddam competition, and races are never much good unless the
> people involved hate each other.
>
> As AJ Foy said about blocking Jim Clark at Indy, "Did he think I was
> going to move over and say AFTER YOU SIR; this is not a gentleman's
> club."
>

Maybe if Foyt had been a faster driver he wouldn't have needed to block
Clark.

--
Halmyre

That's you that is.

On May 9, 8:35 am, Halmyre <no.s...@this.address> wrote:
> In article <ef53ddee-24fc-4e9e-8fcd-bcd4dad93dd7
> @j33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, brafi...@hotmail.com says...
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>
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> > > >> Same production values, track design, qualifying, punting, spectacl=
e.
>
> > More punting, more punting!  More fist fights!  Pushing on the
> > podium!  Throwing helmets!
> > It's a goddam competition, and races are never much good unless the
> > people involved hate each other.
>
> > As AJ Foy said about blocking Jim Clark at Indy, "Did he think I was
> > going to move over and say AFTER YOU SIR; this is not a gentleman's
> > club."
>
> Maybe if Foyt had been a faster driver he wouldn't have needed to block
> Clark.
>

Oh, Foyt knew he couldn't match Clark, and said so publicly --- he
rated Clark at the very top, but that doesn't alter the reality that
you BLOCK every sod who tries to pass you on a race track. Foy
marvelled at the way Clark at the 1963 Indy kept his lap times after
Parnelli had 'lubricated' the track, and said later there were "maybe
3 drivers in the world" who could handle a car like that.

Actually, Foyt out-qualified Clark at the 1965 Indy 500; he hung back
and hit the track with 30 secs of qual. time left.

News wrote:

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>Host wrote:

>> I've resorted to watching reruns of GPs from the 70's and 80's. Far
>> more interesting.
>
>
>Without a doubt, the Golden Years.

I'd guess you are about 40. That's usually when nostalgia begins and
the years of your youth start to look "golden" :-)

--
Trevor (who will be 70 this year)

Gongoozler wrote:
> News wrote:
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>> Host wrote:
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>>> I've resorted to watching reruns of GPs from the 70's and 80's. Far
>>> more interesting.
>>
>> Without a doubt, the Golden Years.
>
> I'd guess you are about 40. That's usually when nostalgia begins and
> the years of your youth start to look "golden" :-)
>

Oh joy, one more thing I can look forward to...

> --
> Trevor (who will be 70 this year)

Good on ya, mate. :-)

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