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Post by mmi16 on Apr 22, 2020 3:48:35 GMT -8
Just got around to watching 'Uppity'. 
Gotta say, there are several people whom I used respect in varying degrees that I now hate from the bottom of my heart. Hobbs, Roush, Leffler, Pruitt, etc. Still loving Humpy Wheeler.
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Post by Pistola on Apr 22, 2020 7:38:39 GMT -8
Fellow I worked with became an instant fan when Willy qualified at Indy. I broke his heart twice once when I said it was no reflection on Willy as a driver but he'd be lapped inside of the first 20 green laps and again when that turned out to be true. It was a good story but just bad equipment.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 22, 2020 8:31:01 GMT -8
Fellow I worked with became an instant fan when Willy qualified at Indy. I broke his heart twice once when I said it was no reflection on Willy as a driver but he'd be lapped inside of the first 20 green laps and again when that turned out to be true. It was a good story but just bad equipment. I can guarantee you Willy gave it all he had, regardless of the equipment and team. Just the way he was. |
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Post by hairyscotsman on Apr 22, 2020 14:38:16 GMT -8
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 22, 2020 15:23:12 GMT -8
Fellow I worked with became an instant fan when Willy qualified at Indy. I broke his heart twice once when I said it was no reflection on Willy as a driver but he'd be lapped inside of the first 20 green laps and again when that turned out to be true. It was a good story but just bad equipment. I thought his engine went south very early. I thought he pitted on the opening laps. |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 22, 2020 15:34:52 GMT -8
Sounds like Ohio. Very depressing indeed. My g/f is a teacher and their plan to conduct school next fall is this. The district would be divided into into 4 quadrants. Students from each quadrant would attend school one day a week. Distant learn the other four. She is not happy about this set up as she teaches multi-handicapped kids and they need a minimum of three days in the classroom. One day for learning, one day for activities, and one day for re-hab. Not sure you can do that in one day. You can forget about fall sports if they do this. I mean this is five months off. Unreal. |
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Post by Pistola on Apr 22, 2020 15:39:58 GMT -8
Fellow I worked with became an instant fan when Willy qualified at Indy. I broke his heart twice once when I said it was no reflection on Willy as a driver but he'd be lapped inside of the first 20 green laps and again when that turned out to be true. It was a good story but just bad equipment. I thought his engine went south very early. I thought he pitted on the opening laps. I should have said that was in '93 when he started 30th in A Walker Racing car with a Ford engine. He did finish in 21st but was something like 6 laps down. It's been a couple months since I watched Uppity but I seem to remember it was played like the year he had the Buick engine ('91) was the only story worth telling of Willy and Indy. |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 22, 2020 15:51:41 GMT -8
I thought his engine went south very early. I thought he pitted on the opening laps. I should have said that was in '93 when he started 30th in A Walker Racing car with a Ford engine. He did finish in 21st but was something like 6 laps down. It's been a couple months since I watched Uppity but I seem to remember it was played like the year he had the Buick engine ('91) was the only story worth telling of Willy and Indy. Oh yeah, 1993. That was the year Walker had all his eggs in the Scott Goodyear basket. Willy and King Hiro were afterthoughts. 1994 was a disaster. Walker had all his eggs in Robbie Gordon's basket. Willy and maybe it was Hiro, or maybe it was Mark Smith really struggled at Indy. Walker brought John Andretti in to shake their cars down and try to see what was up. Both failed to qualify. |
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Post by mmi16 on Apr 22, 2020 16:02:40 GMT -8
I should have said that was in '93 when he started 30th in A Walker Racing car with a Ford engine. He did finish in 21st but was something like 6 laps down. It's been a couple months since I watched Uppity but I seem to remember it was played like the year he had the Buick engine ('91) was the only story worth telling of Willy and Indy. Oh yeah, 1993. That was the year Walker had all his eggs in the Scott Goodyear basket. Willy and King Hiro were afterthoughts. 1994 was a disaster. Walker had all his eggs in Robbie Gordon's basket. Willy and maybe it was Hiro, or maybe it was Mark Smith really struggled at Indy. Walker brought John Andretti in to shake their cars down and try to see what was up. Both failed to qualify. Oh for the days when qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a real accomplishment. |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 22, 2020 19:40:59 GMT -8
Oh yeah, 1993. That was the year Walker had all his eggs in the Scott Goodyear basket. Willy and King Hiro were afterthoughts. 1994 was a disaster. Walker had all his eggs in Robbie Gordon's basket. Willy and maybe it was Hiro, or maybe it was Mark Smith really struggled at Indy. Walker brought John Andretti in to shake their cars down and try to see what was up. Both failed to qualify. Oh for the days when qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a real accomplishment. Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. |
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Post by loudpedal on Apr 22, 2020 21:55:58 GMT -8
^While some were born when the U.S. flag still had 48 stars.  |
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Post by mmi16 on Apr 23, 2020 3:20:28 GMT -8
^While some were born when the U.S. flag still had 48 stars. And have pictures of when 49 stars were first displayed across the country for the Alaska star.  |
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Post by olderguysrule on Apr 23, 2020 5:50:05 GMT -8
Oh for the days when qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a real accomplishment. Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. they should read about 1995. The year the Penske cars all got bumped. |
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Post by mmi16 on Apr 23, 2020 9:23:02 GMT -8
Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. they should read about 1995. The year the Penske cars all got bumped. Remember it well - went from winning with the MB 'stock block' and dominating the Month of May in 1994 to not being able to qualify in 1995. |
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 23, 2020 12:21:58 GMT -8
they should read about 1995. The year the Penske cars all got bumped. Remember it well - went from winning with the MB 'stock block' and dominating the Month of May in 1994 to not being able to qualify in 1995. Bobby Rahal had been bumped in 1993 as well. He was the defending CART champion, iirc. |
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Post by Sabrina81 on Apr 23, 2020 12:40:40 GMT -8
Oh for the days when qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 was a real accomplishment. Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. Are we bored enough to rehash the split? I have to tell my students about F1 in 2000s - makes me feel old. |
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Apr 23, 2020 13:33:21 GMT -8
Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. Are we bored enough to rehash the split? I have to tell my students about F1 in 2000s - makes me feel old. Sure. Tony George sucks. The End.  |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 23, 2020 14:04:46 GMT -8
Remember it well - went from winning with the MB 'stock block' and dominating the Month of May in 1994 to not being able to qualify in 1995. Bobby Rahal had been bumped in 1993 as well. He was the defending CART champion, iirc. Eddie Cheever was the man that day!😀😎🔥 |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 23, 2020 14:07:04 GMT -8
Being a millennial, I think it is cute to hear the generation Xers or whatever they are today carry on about how there should be bumping at Indy and how important it is to the integrity of the event. They are the same folks who raved about last year's made for tv special starring Fernando Alonso. I laughed. They haven't seen real bumping. Some weren't even born last time there was real bumping. Are we bored enough to rehash the split? I have to tell my students about F1 in 2000s - makes me feel old. I wasn't rehashing the split, though, we could if you want. 😍😈😜☄🥴 |
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Post by montybriscoe on Apr 23, 2020 14:09:34 GMT -8
Are we bored enough to rehash the split? I have to tell my students about F1 in 2000s - makes me feel old. Sure. Tony George sucks. The End. You got it all wrong.....FTG!!!!😈 |
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Korean cable TV is lousy. no more NASCAR nor NHRA