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Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Does giving the human the ability to turn right make auto racing a sport?

Puckdropper

thought it was left. ;~) Like watching tennis.

Actually, I chose that one first. I couldn't see what it was before expanding it to full screen. I didn't think it would be a good choice for a family newsgroup. ;-)

No, but turning left apparently does. ;-)

Don't forget that while two wrongs don't make a right, three lefts do! ;)

That criticism went out the door the day A.J. Foyt won LeMans.

Puckdropper wrote in news:564143ef$0$52103 $b1db1813$ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:

At the late, lamented Hialeah speedway they would occasionally stop the entry-level race half way thru, turn everyone around, and finish the race going clockwise. The result was usually hilarious, because the guys who had been fastest invariably became slowest...

John

Why would that be? Driving a race car isn't just about turning. If the fastest drivers were more highly skilled in all aspects of racing, why would the less talented drivers "invariably" outpace (pun intended) them at those skills?

Well, they did have to unwind! ;-)

Hialeah is a horse track. Horses are generally trained to go only one direction and the fastest ones can be pretty temperamental beasts.

Just like many humans at the top of their game. ;-)

krw wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Cars that only turn left usually have asymetric suspensions. The rules for the entry-level class didn't allow any modification to the stock suspension. The guys who were fast turning left and slow turning right were exposed as cheating.

You're thinking of Hialeah Park. Hialeah Speedway was a different (and significantly less glamorous) place. Now, unfortunately, it's the parking lot of a Target.

John

Sorry, you just said Hialeah. I didn't know there was a Hialeah Speedway (horses turn left too ;-).