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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Penske Race Museum, Scottsdale, AZ
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:21:32 +0000
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Certainly in the old days...
I still remember people who thought they would be better off without 
seatbelts, or Jochen Rindt for example, who found crotch straps 
uncomfortable and refused to use them, maybe he would be alive today...
Frank

On 2 Dec, 2009, at 11:04, Robert D. Baron wrote:

> Perhaps 'biased' but definitely more experienced.  ;-) Nonetheless, I
> keep thinking  of a visit I paid to the museum at the Indianapolis
> Motor Speedway a few years back.....well, maybe ten years or so
> ago...and a tour around that track....and thinking "they did that in
> those?".....
> 
> --Bob
> 
> ===On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I know I am biased but the amount by which a recent race car safely 
>> exceeds that of a typical street car is h-u-g-e. Motor racing is not 
>> nearly as dangerous as it was.
>> I think driving in fog and ice is much more "fearless"!
>> Frank
>> 
>> On 1 Dec, 2009, at 22:54, Robert D. Baron wrote:
>> 
>>> A close look at these cars reminds you of how brave the drivers have
>>> to be....or maybe 'fearless' is the better word.
>> 
>> 
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