Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari versus Ford/Shelby

[LtWacko (ltwacko]

That's awesome.  Did Bondurant tell you anything that was left out of the 
interviews?  What a time to be in racing.  No CAD aerodynamics. No ECU's.  Just 
good old fashioned hard driving and cheatin'!  

Well, Ford did bring back the GT and kicked some major butt with it.  I haven't 
heard much from their racing program about it.  Anyone know of Ford getting 
serious in ALMS or anywhere in Europe with it?  I'd assume any spending from 
the Big 3 has to be on or near the back burner.  it would be nice to see more 
Ferrari's at the track to take on Porsche and Corvette.  I can't stand the 
Pontiac.  It has no mojo! 

As nice as the new cars are, it is a completely different driving style with 
all the electronics.  I'm glad they got rid of traction control in F1.  I 
recently jumped into a friends old race car.  It's like I forgot how to drive a 
pure racer.  Of course a few laps later and I was able to smok'em sideways like 
days of yore...  heh heh heh.   Can ya smell it?  Burnt rubber.  Ain't nothing 
like it!

Rodney


In a message dated 11/17/08 21:33:41 Central Standard Time, lashdeep [at] 
yahoo.com writes:
Wacko, I agree that it is awesome. I purchased a copy at Monterey this summer 
and can't stop watching it... 

I also met Bondurant there and asked him about the Shelby years briefly. He was 
a great guy to talk to and the DVD backed up some of his great stories. 

Now, we have the 599GTB and 4 wheel drive exotics. 

What happened? 

LS 



----- Original Message ---- 
From: LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com> 
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> 
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:22:10 PM 
Subject: [Ferrari] Ferrari versus Ford/Shelby 

I finally got through the 2nd DVD with deleted scenes and driver interviews.  
It's like an entire different video.  The behind the scenes stories of the 
battle on the track and between drivers.  Ford's determination to beat Ferrari. 
 How Ferrari canceled Monza to insure a manufacture's championship.  When 
Shelby asked Ford what are the financial constraints, there weren't any!  
Interviews with the European team drivers that never made it to the original 
broadcast.  Honestly, I can't wait to watch it again.  I had it playing in my 
office in the background and missed some of the footage.  Just the audio alone 
was intriguing!  I purchased my copy at spiritlevelfilm.com.  It's the same 
place I picked up my copy of Rendezvous. 

Rodney 
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