Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Race of Champions 2008...Carl Edwards defeatsSchumacher in 1 race

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

It doesn't take a lot of convincing for me --- 
First time I saw NASCAR drivers was at Riverside Intl Raceway in the 
mid-sixties.
Ferrari Bubba had scored great working press passes.  First time those dudes 
had been on a road course.
Lessee - Sporty car guys came with CanAm, a high class group.
Then USAC for the Rex Mays - a tough group whose motto was "eight wheels 
corners better than 4" and they didn't mind getting under a competitor and 
giving them the opportunity to go flying - -  - over the wall.
Then there was NASCAR..  Those guys were cool.  First group I saw that could 
stick a cigarette in the hole where a tooth had been and carry on a 
conversation without ever touching it.
Curtis "a new party starting in ten minutes" Turner - ayep - Read Stroker 
Ace - those antics REALLY happened.  Bank shot off a motel wall into the 
swimming pool with a rental car.  A backwards race to the airport and 
back - - -  Just not to one guy.  I recall Curtis drawling "it don't matter 
how good yer brakes are - - if yer upside down, they don't work worth a 
shit."
Fun group.  heh heh
DOUG