Re: The Day After - US Grand Prix 2005On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:51:48 -0700 (PDT), TonyMitch@gmail,com wrote:
>On May 17, 3:16 am, Man <man...@rogers,com > wrote:
>> Well, I spent the last week in Greenville South Carolina last week, and my
>> hotel was across from Michelin USA's headquarters!
>>
>> Greenville is a town of 50,000 at the top of South Carolina, they manufacture
>> many BMW automobiles there, my Techical Services Divsion is there, and across
>> from my hotel was the beautiful, magnificant US headquarters of Michelin USA.
>>
>> All I could think of when I saw that great building was "Wow! I bet that's
>> where the fur hit the fan after the 2005 USGP!"
>>
>> I shared my comments with one of my collegues, but people down there just
>> don't get F1.
>>
>> Still, that's the building where on the Monday following the 2005 USGP, the
>> board room blew up and French words were thrown like weapons!
>>
>> It's kind of like an icon!
>
>Too bad Michelin isn't in f1 anymore. When they were in F1, they were
>kicking Brigestone's ass. The same way Brigestone kicked Good-Year's
>ass when it first entered in f1. I miss the tire wars
FFS, the filthy cheats couldn't even make a wide tire that would last
a third of a race at Indy.
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