U.S. Grand Prix

[Ross]

Starting in a few minutes on Speed in USA.
Little chance for BMW I'm afraid. Hopefully a full field this year. Right Bibendum?
I'm hoping Schumi can win this one or Kimi as my second choice.
Anyone else tired of Alonso acting like a chimp when he wins?

[JerseySi]

At least all the cars are running this year! :D
Watching it live on ITV now ( www.itv-f1.com is their site)

[Ross]

I wish I could watch ITV. But you miss David Hobbs, he's quite a character.
Kerblammo!

[SharkmanBMW]

ITV rocks for F1
But speed was doing a decent job with this race, finally they actually show interviews.....
Something ITV always seems to do.

KIMI will hopefully finish, maybe even win??!!
Schumi is a turd, but the car is fast..... he will probably run away with it,,,,, yawn.

BUT, qualifying was very exciting!

GO Jaques Villeneuve!

[Jehu]

I remember when i was a boy after seeing a good action movie, i would go out into the yard and play like i was in the movie.How many of you will , like me after watching the race get in the 5 and find some road where you can get in some 'spirited driving'?

[mikell]

At least Michelin grew the balls to compete this year.
Montoya needs to be taken out and shot. I can think of a few people who have probably considered it today.

[mikell]

Mikey wins!! A victory for old farts everywhere.

[SharkmanBMW]

Montoya said Kimi braked early... whatever.... sad for all.

Schumi is now the most winning driver at Indy with 5.

It was interesting what Jeff Gordon had to say about F1... that nascrap racers couldn't compete physically with the demands of F1.

No kidding!

[Ross]

There was a film a few years back in which JPM and Jeff Gordon drive each others cars.
JPM had a hard time finding good things to say about the hulking stocker . Gordon on the other hand was like a kid who just got a pony for Christmas.
He was just giddy and couldn't stop babbling about the brakes.
Gordon turned in a respectable performance too.

[Ross]

Returning home from a vintage racing event I also got the urge.
It was two lane state highway through a rural area. I was driving a V-12 Ferrari, the sound of these engines at sustained high revs is a siren song.
So I had it at an indicated 260 kph (I know all about Italian speedometers) when I decided this was foolish so began slowing. About that time I took a look in the rearview to a speck on the horizon with flashing lights.
The troopers inquiry began with "Do you know how fast you were going".
I answered No and he informed that his radar showed 97 MPH and would I like to see it.
I was so happy to hear only two digits I didn't argue.
Anyway it was an expensive ticket even after the trooper quite charitably reduced the speed. Had he been a mile further back I'd probably have gone to jail.
This pretty much cured me.

[NY535iManual]

I was at Lime Rock a few weeks ago in the iX for an SCCA national. Leaving the track I hooked up with a SWEET, fully-restored, Lime Green 2002 (it sounded and hauled ass like an S14 conversion), an e28 M5, a 944, and a very cool Cosworth (Ford Escort). Any way, no other traffic, clipping along the Taconic at 95 in a 55, last in line but for the M5. Hiding behind a curve and dip was Joe Trooper. The rest of us reigned in, but the '02 had no chance, got pulled over for a 40mph ticket. Moral 1: Cops know where races are taking place, and know its good hunting. Moral 2: Lime Green vintage cars often get the wrong kind of attention.

[Jehu]

Returning home from a vintage racing event I also got the urge.
It was two lane state highway through a rural area. I was driving a V-12 Ferrari, the sound of these engines at sustained high revs is a siren song.
So I had it at an indicated 260 kph (I know all about Italian speedometers) when I decided this was foolish so began slowing. About that time I took a look in the rear view to a speck on the horizon with flashing lights.
The troopers inquiry began with "Do you know how fast you were going".
I answered No and he informed that his radar showed 97 MPH and would I like to see it.
I was so happy to hear only two digits I didn't argue.
Anyway it was an expensive ticket even after the trooper quite charitably reduced the speed. Had he been a mile further back I'd probably have gone to jail.
This pretty much cured me.


i have to ask, did you know that the road would not allow you to have floored it and lost him therefore you knew you had no choice or would you just never entertain the notion? I once came upon a speed trap on the Massachusetts Turnpike I90 where a Trooper had three cars already pulled over. We made eye contact as i came around the bend doing about 80 and with a great display of authority he pointed his finger right at me then firmly motioned at me to pull over. I smiled, shook my head and floored it. It was a moment of insanity perhaps or courage or stupidity but i bet myself he was tied up with the other three cars and couldn't take off after me seeing how fast i was going anyway.I did take the next available exit though and headed off into the remote back roads just in case he decided to come looking for me.

[Airborne001]

Dumbass, at 260 you should have mashed it harder and kept going. Last year I went through a Virginia State trooper at 105 on the way to my parents, 3 miles to the state line and I just hit it harder, never saw him again.

BTW, I took a different route home that night.

[Ross]

I had already decided what I was doing was a bad idea. All I needed was for farmer brown to pull his haywagon onto the road and it would get messy.
It was time to face the music. It's also difficult to conceal a Ferrari in rural Wisconsin.