Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Random question

[LarryT (l02turner]

You wrote:<<Damn you Colin Chapman, wherever you are>>

I hope he is forever driving a Lotus and as he approaches the finish line 
some ultra lightweight widget breaks and he coasts to a stop mere inches 
from crossing the finish line and taking the victory flag! ;-)

He was the King of super light weight designs -

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <red5hilser [at] aol.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Random question


> Hey Ken: And what ever happened to numbers on F1 cars? Don't tell me that 
> they take up too much room on the cars that would exclude a few more Euro 
> making sponsor decals. Sometimes this old geezer has trouble remembering 
> the designs of the individual helmets, or the color of the camera on top 
> of the air box to identify the drivers. Hell, sometimes I even forget to 
> put my 'chops' in every morning.?These days?they all just look like 
> billboards on wheels to me. Damn you Colin Chapman, wherever you are!
>
> Yer (no corn on the cob for me, thanks) pal, Shitbox Bubba
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken rentiers rentiers [at] mac.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Random question
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2007, at 9:02 PM, Doug and Terri Anderson wrote:?
> ?
> > DOUG?
> > Brought to you by those people who convinced Ferrari they could > make 
> > more?
> > money selling T shirts than they could cars - - - - and were right.?
> ?
> Remember when racing was about cars, NFL had to do with football, not 
> overpriced jerseys and corporate suites ,and marriage was about romance, 
> not the involuntary transfer of income??
> ?
>
>
>
>
> Junior picks 88, names sponsors?
> ?
> Posted: September 19, 2007?
> DALLAS (AP) -- When Dale Earnhardt Jr. decided to drive for Rick Hendrick, 
> the car owner didn't have to worry about funding the car.?
> ?
> Sponsors immediately lined up for an opportunity to align their brands 
> with NASCAR's most popular driver, and Hendrick could have started a 
> bidding war. But he instead stayed within his own organization, showing 
> loyalty to his existing relationships with PepsiCo. and The National 
> Guard.?
> ?
> Both companies will sponsor Earnhardt's No. 88 Chevrolet next season.?
> ?
> "I got phone calls from so many companies, some of them in the sport that 
> I never talked to and some of them I had no idea even had any interest in 
> the sport," Hendrick said Wednesday. "It was just phenomenal the amount of 
> interest that was there."?
> ?
> The new sponsors feel they are a good fit for Earnhardt, who was casually 
> drinking a 16-ounce Mountain Dew Amp Energy drink during Wednesday's 
> unveiling.?
> ?
> "They got me up at 5 o'clock this morning, so I've been able to test the 
> effectiveness of the product," he joked. "I'm pleased to be sitting here 
> and not yawning."?
> ?
> <snip>?
> ?
>
>
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