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hkrause wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
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On Feb 24, 4:44 pm, hkrause wrote:
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On Feb 24, 8:57 am, wrote:
On Feb 23, 10:49 pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Sam" wrote in message
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I knew more about racing by the time I was 16 than you'll ever
know. I
grew up in a racing family.
Burp..........
They were probably *racing* to get away from him..........can
you blame
them? :-)
Idiot.
Well, they're liftin' in California.
"It never rains in southern California..." except for today, but the
skies have finally cleared.
I'm guessin' you are on your laptop with the hkrause handle, still out
west I presume? You should turn on FOX (entertainment network) and
check out what racin' has turned to. The day started with ZZ Top on
stage and some other stars. The production and crossover decisions the
sport has taken on in the last decade is facinting, just from a
business/PR point of view, and we all know you have a secret crush on
Jeff Gordon anyway.... I won't hold my breath though.

I'm in Coronado, CA, a little town on a spit of land sort of south of
San Diego. Just changed the clock on my laptop, which just got to me
because the frippin' airline "misplaced my luggage."

Dunno a Jeff Gordon, but I am guessing he is a stock car racer. I
don't follow that sort of racing, and barely follow Formula 1 or
sports car racing.

Is gordon as good as this guy:

http://www.stirlingmoss.com/

The best driver never to win the World Championship, Sir Stirling
Moss OBE is arguably the greatest all-round racing driver of all
time. Known during his career as ‘Mr Motor Racing’ he began
hillclimbing a Cooper 500 in 1948 at the age of 18. His early career
was meteoric and soon he was driving works cars for Jaguar and HWM.
In 1955 he was signed up by Mercedes-Benz to partner World Champion
Fangio. That year Stirling shadowed the great Argentine in most
Grands Prix, beating him to win the British GP. Famously, that year
he won the incredible Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio and the Tourist
Trophy – all legendary sports car races.

For four years he would finish runner-up in the World Championship
and, after M-B retired, led the Maserati and Vanwall teams. He also
continued to drive saloon and sports cars and during his remarkable
career drove more 80 different types of car.

In the late 50s and early 60s, he led the changeover to rear-engined
F1 cars, achieving the first victory for such a car at the 1958
Argentine GP and was in a class of his own during this period. A
near-fatal accident ended it all in 1962 but he was to remain a
superstar to this day. One of the original jet-setters, he still
dashes round the world fulfilling engagements and competing in
historic racing.

You trust your laptop to the airlines?

This one is an old, old laptop, and not worth much more than U.S.
currency these days. I keep the "data" on a USB drive, not on the hard
drive. No biggie if it turns up missing forever.

Sure.