Lets have some fun
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Lets have some fun
If you could pick one professional driver from each of these four popular racing series to coach you in a HPDE event in your corvette, who would it be and why. Now I know these four racing series I picked is kind of subjective and I certainly don't mean to imply that other series do not have some really good drivers, but lets go with these four and see what happens.
1) Formula One
2) American open wheel (CART/IRL)
3) NASCAR (this should be interesting)
4) American Lemans Series
I'll start. 1) Formula One: Rubens Barrichello. A great driver and I think probably a really nice guy. 2) CART/IRL. Tony Kanan. Seems to drive well on both circle tracks and road courses and I think would be a fun guy to be around. 3) NASCAR. Probably Tony Stewart. A very talented driver who has proven he can drive just about anything. 4) ALMS. That is an easy one, Ron Fellows. Great driver, kicks azz on road courses and knows corvettes.
1) Formula One
2) American open wheel (CART/IRL)
3) NASCAR (this should be interesting)
4) American Lemans Series
I'll start. 1) Formula One: Rubens Barrichello. A great driver and I think probably a really nice guy. 2) CART/IRL. Tony Kanan. Seems to drive well on both circle tracks and road courses and I think would be a fun guy to be around. 3) NASCAR. Probably Tony Stewart. A very talented driver who has proven he can drive just about anything. 4) ALMS. That is an easy one, Ron Fellows. Great driver, kicks azz on road courses and knows corvettes.
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you forgot World Challenge
1. Shumacher great driver
2. Tracy aggressive IRL hate it
3. Stewart drives all types agressive
4. O'Connel patient controlled
5. Lou Gigliotti self made, fast knows car from burned chassis to completion
1. Shumacher great driver
2. Tracy aggressive IRL hate it
3. Stewart drives all types agressive
4. O'Connel patient controlled
5. Lou Gigliotti self made, fast knows car from burned chassis to completion
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I definitely would choose none of them. My obvious choice would have been ALMS, but not Ron. He's a great team player, but not as fast or aggressive as many of his running mates. O'Connel maybe......
Lou is a great driver, but I don't see him being a very good passenger!
Lou is a great driver, but I don't see him being a very good passenger!
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Originally Posted by John Shiels
you forgot World Challenge
1. Shumacher great driver
2. Tracy aggressive IRL hate it
3. Stewart drives all types agressive
4. O'Connel patient controlled
5. Lou Gigliotti self made, fast knows car from burned chassis to completion
1. Shumacher great driver
2. Tracy aggressive IRL hate it
3. Stewart drives all types agressive
4. O'Connel patient controlled
5. Lou Gigliotti self made, fast knows car from burned chassis to completion
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The best driver is not always the best teacher. There is no way for me to know who would be the best teacher or even who is the best driver. As far as I'm concerned I think in most of the series it more car than it is driver. In Nascar I think there are 25 guys that can win every week if they are in the best car. I assume it is less that way in road racing but it seems that certain cars/teams dominate each year.
I like;
Button
Tracy
Petty
Johnny OConnell
But there may be lots of guys that teach better. My favorite instructor is a guy name Wayne Manor (run with NASA). No other instructor I've had even comes close.
Jerry
I like;
Button
Tracy
Petty
Johnny OConnell
But there may be lots of guys that teach better. My favorite instructor is a guy name Wayne Manor (run with NASA). No other instructor I've had even comes close.
Jerry
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Maybe Jan Magnussen because he drives so many diverse types of racing cars/series in so many countries...as great as Formula One drivers are, their racing is so different from everything else out there...I don't think we would have much in common to talk about. I think that someone from world challenge could be the most effective for our types of cars. They would have a better understanding of how a street based heavy car will respond than F1/CART/IRL. I would definately want someone who is dialed into a Corvette of some kind.
Last edited by 95jersey; Nov 11, 2005 at 08:39 AM.
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OK, if anyone could line these up for me for 2006 that would be appreciated. I also added the tracks I would want each one at:
1. M. Shumacher (VIR)
2. Helio Castroneves (Mid Ohio)
3. Rusty Wallace (Watkins Glen)
4. Lou Gigliotte (Sonoma)
1. M. Shumacher (VIR)
2. Helio Castroneves (Mid Ohio)
3. Rusty Wallace (Watkins Glen)
4. Lou Gigliotte (Sonoma)
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Originally Posted by Slalom4me
1) Formula One: Alex Zanardi
2) CART/IRL: Danica Patrick & Katherine Legge
3) NASCAR: Mark Martin
4) ALMS: Max Papis
WRC: Marcus Gronholm
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2) CART/IRL: Danica Patrick & Katherine Legge
3) NASCAR: Mark Martin
4) ALMS: Max Papis
WRC: Marcus Gronholm
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I'd like to have fun with that but they are too good
as drivers.
Patrick should have won the 500 this year. I saw Legge
outclass everyone else in Edmonton and pull off a particularly
gutsy move to get the lead that ultimately put her on the
podium here.
These two are no 'flash-in-the-pan', let's get the crowd
fads. They can DRIVE.
Every chance I get, I point them out to my daughter
when they are racing on Speed Channel.
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as drivers.
Patrick should have won the 500 this year. I saw Legge
outclass everyone else in Edmonton and pull off a particularly
gutsy move to get the lead that ultimately put her on the
podium here.
These two are no 'flash-in-the-pan', let's get the crowd
fads. They can DRIVE.
Every chance I get, I point them out to my daughter
when they are racing on Speed Channel.
.