Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:05:42PM -0400, Mike F wrote:

> Well, I _can_ see your point. And the same applies to NASCAR fans as
> well - they just don't understand other forms of racing. I think it's
> just particularly frustrating because in this country NASCAR gets 99%
> of the media attention when it comes to racing, and so many people
> think it's the *only* form of racing.

Yep, and it really sucks.

A lot of people don't even realize that there is good rally racing in
the US, and its often far more interesting than the European rally.
I think the back roads are often worse in the US, making for some
"interesting" races.

A few weeks ago I watched a US rally on what could only be accurately
described as a "walking trail", not a road.  They still managed to go
over 100kph on it.

\begin{aside}

I have to pause a moment to marvel at the guts of the navigator in a
rally car.  I don't think I could sit there and do that while someone
else drove me through the woods at 50-100mph.  They probably couldn't
air the audio from my navigation.  

    Ahead 100, left 5 [beep] tightens [beep] [beep] into [beep]
    straight, [beep] crest at 100 into right [beep] 3, do not [beep]
    cut, [beep] [beep] [beep] [beep] [beep]-ing [beep] [beep]

\end{aside}

There are a lot of seldom covered road courses in the US, very good
ones.  In fact, I think it is an absolute shame that the US GP is at
Indy.  Other tracks would have be a lot more interesting.

I'm so sick of NASCAR and drag racing...



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