Ferrari Mailing List: Car and driver Jan 2022 issue

[Douglas Anderson (dnt]

Picture this – December 2, 1968, Riverside International Raceway, the Rex Mays 300.  THE last USAC race of the STP door stop turbines.  As a hanger on photographer as a guest of the Fullerton News Tribune and Ferrari Bubba, the primo spot to catch full frame race cars was turn 6.  A nice right hand double apex 180 degree turn.  Cars were light and you could shoot very slow, blur the back ground and get a great shot.  So what.

 

The ‘what’ is all the cars, ‘cepting maybe three but for sure the two STP turbines were quick there – BUT . . . . but – no sound.

 

The cars powering through turn six sounded somewhat like either a ROOOOR from a variety of standard Indy cars or whoosh from a turbine.  The turn sounded something like: ROOOOR, ROOOOOR, whoosh, ROOOOR, ROOOOR, ROOOOR, whoosh - - - and similar to the Nissan NSX exhaust system, a mighty big disappointment.

 

And disappointment in the drag racing world?  I watched, on TV, Don Garlits electric dragster.  Managed to do 189 or so.  As it took off – squeal squeal squeak go the huge slicks . . . and then, to borrow the title of a book . . . “…The Raucous Roar of Silence.”  All that instead of the ear bleeding 150 dB full throttle take off of a top fuel dragster.

 

The hue and cry – down with vehicles using planet collapsing fossil fuels (Top Fuel nor do Indy cars but tell that to the local yokels) which are branded to spell the end of earth as we know it in less than 10 presidential campaigns.

 

Oh well, at least the people of New York were happy 22,000 years ago when the great ice cap receded into Canada as a result of the unregulated nuclear furnace 93,000,000 miles from us.  Were there people around then?  Gotta ask Anthony (AKA Tony) or CLyDe. ß---- [note patented ‘Clyde’ signature from 25 years ago]

 

Good news today: after 17 tries, my carbureted 1978 308 GTS passed it biennial smog check.

 

Cheers

Doug

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Robert W. Garven Jr.
Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 12:10 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Car and driver Jan 2022 issue

 

Friends,

 

It’s obvious an electric car can beat at any gas powered car but electric car or Ferrari SUV will never be as cool as, or have the history, or panache of a gas powered Ferrari, especially one with carburetors and a gear lever!

 

I know that’s where the future headed and anyone that thinks that global warming isn’t destroying human existence (the world will be fine) isn’t thinking critically,  but that said my love for these old Ferraris will only increase as the world becomes progressively more electric until we all wiped away just like the dinosaurs.

 

If I could afford a electric car I would  by a Lucid it looks a lot cooler than the Tesla and it doesn’t have a bond villain for a CEO……

 

 

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