Ferrari Mailing List: Re: I Oughta Be in Daytona

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

F-Bubba, you have fallen into the same trap that I do occasionally.  You're 
trying to make sense of events that have no logic other than $$$$.  The reason 
to award points to the back-markers is to keep THEIR fans buying beer and 
Viagra.  There is nothing approaching 'sport' in this business.  Its about 
entertaining the bottom of the Homo sapiens barrel.

That being said, there isn't any 'sport' in F1 either - except perhaps the 
Constructor's Championship.  The rest is all entertainment.  Bring back CanAm!  
That's my vote!

rick
PS: Yea, I saw the tongue-in-cheek. :-)

--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Red5hilser [at] aol.com <Red5hilser [at] aol.com> wrote:

> From: Red5hilser [at] aol.com <Red5hilser [at] aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] I Oughta Be in Daytona
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 8:21 AM
> Hey Larry: I've always said that NA$CAR is the Roller
> Derby of Motorsports.  
> The only thing missing is the Figure 8 track layout of the
> old Jalopy Derby at 
>  Old Ascot Park. 
>  
> And some of the rules are also puzzling to me. Can anyone
> out there  tell me 
> the logic of the 40th place finisher being awarded more
> prize money than  
> sometimes the 12th? That don't make no sense to me, but
> I guess you have to be a  
> 'good 'ol boys' to get it. Or put in a southern
> vernacular,To this veteran 
> auto  racing slut, "That dog don't hunt," as
> we say down here in East Jesus,  
> Arkansas.
>  
> The other thing that has a burr under my saddle is the 35
> guaranteed  
> starting positions for the 'in-crowd.' Week after
> week, slower cars that are  
> starting because of points scored last year, or the drivers
> are former winners,  
> start in place of faster newcomers (many who are
> road-racers.)
>  
> I think that Tony (Danica: Where the couch?) George tried
> this at the Indy  
> 500 a few years ago, and ended up starting almost 40 cars,
> instead of 'The 33  
> Fastest Cars in Motorracing!' Remember? <g>
>  
> Is it any wonder that the 2nd most popular
> 'motorsport' to billy-bob ans  his 
> Cuz-wife, Peggy Sue is Monster trucks? I think not.
>  
> That said, I can hardly wait for the Daytona 500!
>  
> Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba
>  
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 2/28/2009 7:02:30 P.M. Central Standard
> Time, Haricards  
> writes:
> 
>  
> In a message dated 2/13/2009 1:29:41 P.M. Eastern Standard
> Time,  Red5hilser 
> writes:
> 
> I  ought to be in Daytona this weekend in 2008.  I'm
> close but two states  
> away.  I ought to be there and I can't give you one
> decent excuse for  not being 
> there.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hey Willi -- you missed 2008 and  2009           I believe
> that NA$CAR is in 
> real  trouble.         There weren't as many  people in
> the exhibititon areas 
> for the free shit, and pictures,    and there weren't
> any lines at any of the 
> souvenier trailers, no matter who it  was  -- They were
> practically giving 
> stuff away at the Daytona Flea  Market.        A lot of
> people went to the  races 
> dressed like an empty seat - a lot of empties, and they
> were practically  
> giving away tickets to the  racesl            Larry
> 
>  
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