Hey j17, now i see where u hang out all day...lol. I sort of stopped watching F-1, but did alot back in the Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve days....do the races still come on at 4:00 a.m...ha, ha...
racerwanttabe, looks like u found us, okay, welcome to tha group, and every one else that found us lately.
Yeah, Dr. B, LeMans, Spa, British GP, and the Nurburgring are still on my bucket list. I have had the pleasure of watching F1 races at Monaco, Montreal, and Monza (I have all the tracks down that begin with "MON", LOL). So little time (and these days, spare cash) and so much to do. LOL
phototc - Sounds like you managed some good races between the maneuvers. I've never been to any GP's in Europe, just The Glen ('78, '79 and '80), Montreal ('81) and Detroit ('82). Since then, it's been spectating at different pro & amateur events at The Glen, Lime Rock, Pocono, etc., with a little of my own racing (Russell and Barber schools & some SCCA Regional racing in a Formula Ford and an ITS Datsun 240Z). I'd love to go to a British GP, to Spa, Monza and Monaco, and to LeMans some day. Never been to a bike race, but they've been showing the Isle of Man TT in HD on one of my cable channels, and I've been watching that. Very cool watching them race on the country roads and some really great on-bike shots. It must have been awesome back in the days when they also had a car race on the same circuit. As for the Goodwood Revival, I've got my dad's old Army uniforms (WWII era), but now I need to loose enough weight to be able to fit in them! Have fun at the Moto GP & I'm looking forward to the pix.
Sadly I have never been to Goodwood, I found those pictures on the net. I could do it too. I have a camera from 1975 and another from 1955 so if I could get the clothes right it would work.
Three years in the Army in Germany and I never got to England. Three times I planned to go to Le Mans and three times we were on maneuvers. I did make it to Monaco twice (Hooray!) and to Hockenheim twice (uh,well, rah,I guess). I got to Venice(it looks better than it smells)and to Bad Tolz for Platoon Confidence Training (it's more fun than it sounds.It's really hard to get me lost, and I know a hundred ways to blow stuff up)But I never made it to Monza (we were in the field a lot).
Now days I voyage the stormy seas of the internet, and dodge wrecking race cars at the Speedway(To us old hands it's never Indy, it's always the Speedway). This weekend it's Moto GP, the best racing on the planet. Not the most interesting, that's F1 with it's weekly soap opera of off track shenanagains, but for on track action nothing else can touch it. Back next week with (hopefully) some good bike pix.
cva11 - I'm sure we all appreciate your tales and photos - I know I do. Keep 'em coming. You are correct - $25,000 in '78 was a whole different animal than $25,000 today. I've got my SCCA Regional License, but I don't think that will cut it with the FIA (also, it expired about 13 or so years ago, as well), so I'm not waiting by the phone for Luca de M's call. I say Ferrari should give Natacha a shot - Natacha in Red!
Fox is off the charts for ineptitude. Just became sufficiently ept to change my avatar - permit me to interrupt myself - has anyone looked at "avatar" in a dictionary? in Hindu religion, a god's coming down to earth in bodily form, ergo: incarnation. hoo-hah!
Thought the photo might be of interest here though I almost didn't post it as "hey look at me" is not my style or temperament; it's a photo taken at the Petersen Museum's opening reception for its Ferrari exhibition in the '90's when they introduced the new 550 Maranello. They invited my prototype 365GTC to be in the exhibition and I met Piero Ferrari who agreed to be photographed by the Petersen photographer and there we are behind the GTC which, incidentally, I bought in 1978 for $25,000. Different dollar of course.
finally take the opportunity to post here; I've been on the site before but haven't posted. Fox really - reel-ly - sucks. Tried to post just now on the Rubens wins article; each time 40-50 seconds go by, then this is what I see:
The website cannot display the page
HTTP 500
Most likely causes:
The website is under maintenance.
The website has a programming error.
Fox = inadequate coverage and when they cover, it's bad writing; on top of that, terribly bad processes, altogether atrocious performance. Call Rupert Murdock.
Now, what I wanted to write about:
since many of you - jayhawk seems the most anxious of all for a call from Domenicali - seem to be wanting a seat in the red car, you need an FIA international racing license to go motor racing in Formula 1. Does anyone have one?
By Jove, yes I do. Issued by the Royal Autmobile Club of Great Britain. Let me see if I can find it.
Hey j17, now i see where u hang out all day...lol. I sort of stopped watching F-1, but did alot back in the Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve days....do the races still come on at 4:00 a.m...ha, ha...
boknowsmadden11:30 AM PST