Bluenoser,

Thanks just order one for my collection.

Cheers
RER

I agree with your analysis. Unfortunately, when you watch autoracing sports in North America such as Nascar or Cart or IRL, the fans aren’t completely happy until half of the field is either in the garages getting fixed or have crashed out. I remember a Nascar race earlier this year when 25 cars were involved in a pile up. The fans were estatic to see the action first hand as it happened in fron of the grand stand. But then, when one of their greats is killed, they will go as far as threatening those they believe to be responsible. When Dale Earnhart was killed a few years back, I remember the harnesses manufacturer getting death threats at home and at the office. It was ridiculous.
North American fans will never fully understand what F1 is really about. These cars are designed to put on display not only the driver’s skills but the technology one might see in a few years on a car he might purchase. For them, unless there is a plethora of crashes and hundred of thousands of dollars destroyed, the race isn’t worth watching.
Ralf Schumacher’s crash last year, where he almost lost his life, was enough to push Michelin to make the decision to advise the teams using their tires to not compete on the grounds that they believed their product wasn’t safe to race. As much as it pissed me off because I had been waiting to see the next chapter in the Alonso and Raikkonen rivalry. But I understood and supported the decision. Ralf Schumacher’s crash on Saturday was a reminder that anything could happen and seeing what happened with the Senna crash, no team is safe from prosecution. If I had been a team principal facing this kind of decision, I would have done exactly what they did yesterday. There will be other races and maybe, the American public will calm down and realize what was at stake! But that’s just my opinion! Cheers!

Sir,

You are very un-inform and very misguide, have you ever been to a NASCAR race I’m guessing no, well I can tell you from first hand experaince that NASCAR is far more exciting to watch in public then any peice of crap F1 race since I’ve seen both. Maybe we Yanks like the idea of being able to see the whole race and have drivers who we can relete to and arebn’t afraid to let you walk and talk with them in the pit area. And you know what we ahve real racing in NASCAR you know drafting and passing and rubbing.(Thats real racing)

As for who is at fault who care F1 was dead way befor ehtis farce happen, as for your statement about HARNS getting death threats please show me where these thing are I remember the whole thing because alot of us used these Harnesess in Warbirds I know that my dads T-34 had the same Companys straps as alot of open Cart guys and for a matter of fact so does your almighty F1 who use the same ones. Get your facts straight before you go making False Statements nothing like turning this thread into a Yank Bashing thread but it doesn’t suprise me one bit.

As I try to point out in other post on this thread the reason F1 doesn’t go over in the US is because they don’t go well on US TV and plus how many US drivers are their and US model Cars and engines or better yet product if you notice the big Advert over the Start/Finsh line it was an Aussy Beer Company yes it does mean alot to racing fans hera in the States but then again you don’t get that at all.

RER

Hi Mk12,

Could you try to blow up the N# on the Goose so I might be able to cross check it with my notes.

Thanks
RER

Hi All,

Well on Sports Center they are reporting that any fan who wants a refund will recieve it and their is talk that this is going to be the last GP in the States.

RER

Hi Mk12,

The more I look at the Goose it appears to be a JRF-5 notice the footbal on top of the rear fusl. also it still has the 985s and haml. Stander prop. also behind the Tigercat is a Stearman which appears to being modfided for Crop Dusting it has the big engine mod and their is a duster bin.

So do you have any more 😀

RER

Craztmainer.

Isn’t NASCAR a bit boring? Oh, look, it’s another oval, set the car up to do the turns and the drivers main input then is avoiding wreckage. Too many crashes, too much safety car and the same endless drone as the cars go round and round with the ones who don’t smack into the wall or each other being left to see who can cross the line first.

Kev,

I never said it wasn’t boring thou if you see it live its real different then watching it on the tube. Their is alot of racing that goes on then folk really realize, setting the draft when to move up what lane to us be it the high side or the low side. I think one reason F1 doesn’t appeal to alot of the US market is because the cars get broken up into small groups that make it hard for TV. Also one thing that NASCAR has done is to try and educated the mass with all sorts of neat stuff like the chassy cam and the roof cam that turns 360 Degrees plus the drivers are very open to the general public. As for going around in circles all day all racing is that its just amatter of what type of racing we are talking about here.

RER