Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And then there's the Formula One race at the Nurburgring yesterday...a fantastic finish with a McLaren losing the front suspension on the last lap allowing the Renault of Fernando Alonso win his fourth race of the season followed closely by Nick Hedfield of BMW Williams. Next up....Canada and then the USGP....the pinnacle of motorsport! Robert Clark Lancaster, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Painter" <dennis@hale-pohaku.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Anyone Else Watching History in the Making... > So I'm coming into this thread a little late. > > Patrick was impressive. The last 20 laps are the race at Indy. She was > cool under fire and with a bit more methanol in the tank it could have > been really > interesting. Bobby Rahal is one of the sharpest in the business and she > will keep learning a lot from him that will move her up faster. Still, > she's got what it > takes and proved it. > > F1 - the pinnacle of racing. But for the amount of $$$$$ spent it should > be. It's been said: "To make a small fortune in racing first you must > start with a > large fortune" > > Got some slides I took with my Leica when F1 was racing at the Long Beach > Grand Prix in the '70s. (close to on topic ;-) I need to find some time > someday. > > NASCAR - it's a joke. Four barrel carburetors, huh? what's that?, can I > get one on my new showroom Chevy? or whatever. It's a circus, a show, > guess who the > ringmaster is. Must be what the average person in the US thinks is > racing. > > CART is now Champ Car. Their future remains to be seen but I liked > watching CART. Tony George didn't, and now there's not much open wheel > racing worth watching > in the US. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >