>>Quoted:
>>I really dislike this idea that some people have about
>>reducing the level of compitition rahter than improving
>>their own driving. I like to race the best, I learn from
>>them and get better. Wanting to win with out good
>>compitition is dishonest to your self.
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>Derek,
>Let me know when you can beat Tom McGeer, Pat Richard,
>Sprongl and ACP. (and how to spell)
Dave Shindle, what a snotty comment. Look at your spelling of Tompson before you make pointlessly snide comments which have nothing to do with the point raised. What's your excuse for such a sloppy error when the correct spelling is immediately to the left!!!! OK? Apologize to Derek, if you're a man.
And he did not suggest that he could, he stated that he enjoys racing with the best and he learns from them, and he gets better.
And in that he is right, the driving skill shown by the top British crews is simply_better_ than the domestic crews, and they are also somewhat faster. They are different things, and it is good to watch _good- driving IF:::::IF!!! one is interested in improving ones skills, and I know Derek is interested in improving his driving skills.
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>>Quoted:
>>I would perfer that efforts are put forth to make a level
>>class such as one make of cars all built to a controled spec
>>rather than try to keep participation down.
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>The British are coming with Prodrive's newest and most
>expensive rallycars. Are you sure you can afford one to meet
>their spec?
He did not suggest that we should all try to mimic the level of expenditure which all the recent nonsense has risen to.
He may have been beginning to open the debate to some preliminary discussion on how a define FUN spec class might look like, and since the Canadian series and it's leadership are _not_ know nothing, never have been competitiors like our beloved "Leiter", and as Canada is just up the road 95 miles North of here, maybe it would be smart to discuss things with the clearly more open, progressive and alert folks up there.
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>If not, buy the Suzuki Swift GT and run P1 or a Nissan
>2000SX or what ever they call it in Canada and race Roger
>Sanderson and Robin Fleugl. A true spec class won't happen
>in Canada for a long time.
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>Nobody said reduce the level of competition in Canada. It
>has been growning just fine and is better than ever.
>Sprongls return, Tompson winning 2 final stages at
>Charlevoix, ACP leading rallies, Pat winning the
>championship, McGeer perhaps to run the full season next
>year. Don't tell me you know all they do about driving.
He didn't. And he didn't imply or infer he did or does.
However, results alone does nor equate to one persons "knowledge", as is obvious from the recent results it very very often shows simply expenditure of massive amounts of money.
The technical superiorty of the modern 4wd turbo charged cars completely obscures the question of the drivers Knowledge.
Surely you know that. Don't you?
And the US series has not been ruined by the Pommie Basteeeerds, and Irish crazies, it has been ruined primarily by the weak, spineless rearrangement of all the rules to favor them.
They are all within their rights to ask for anything and everything, it is up to Federation to mitigate and prevent the outright buying of the series and as you well know, SCCA under "der Spitzners" blighted regime, it has done the opposite.
And don't give me any crap if I may have overlooked a spelling error!
PS I know Derek is perfectly able to buy a ride from Prodrive if he chose to as is the mode, however he is a smart fellow, he knows there is no point in wasting hundreds of thousands of his money for nothing.
It proves nothing.
You should note that he, like many of us in the Seattle area, admires what one man in North America has done, cause he got his start right here so we all sorta follow his progress: Pat Richard is the only man to measure himself against any of the rest of the world in the last 10 years.
And interestinly Pat chose to compete in a OneMake series so that _his_ driving would be what decided results. He showed he knows something.
Congratulations Pat! And Call! Your engine has been done since April!!!
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John Vanlandingham
Seattle, WA. 98168
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