Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 31, Issue 25

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

> > Dr. Steve sez ". . .The track requires a special skill set that is not 
> > usually acquired by drivers on the street, but are also not necessary and 
> > rarely used by them."

Nice write up Dr. Steve - per usual.  Quite a stable and quite a breadth. 
Ahem, um, my response to the above statement would be - the number of times 
I made a spinal cord reaction to a bad situation driving in Los Angeles - 
off the freeways (where on the weekend half the cars are not registered 
because they can't pass smog check or afford insurance) has saved my bacon 
many times.

I attribute that to many hours time trialing and track practice, um, many 
years ago, now that I reflect back on those halcyon days.  Nevertheless - I 
enjoy driving and try to stay sharp - no on/off gas pedal, sea-sick 
movements.  I try to be smooth in the turn entrances and exits, and now all 
of this is done under the speed limits, on normal streets.

As Dan Gurney once said to a reporter who asked him how often he practiced - 
he responded - every time I get in a car - and I don't have to go fast to do 
it.  But then there were times that the clatter of mental rosary beads were 
louder than the squeal of tires - but I have never heard of him involved in 
an off track crash.  Maybe he has - heh heh

DOUG
DIVISION  HOWE  APPARATUS . MODEL #R400 FIRE  TRUCK w/a 100' Tower?  And I 
thought my 5 ton Army license was big.