What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
at the ring in the 60's ?
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Colin
ICQ 25485061
--Mike
Anyway, it was a nice race to watch.
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> Colin
> ICQ 25485061
> > What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> > thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> > at the ring in the 60's ?
Nick
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:46:21 GMT, "Careful with that axe, Nick"
>Nick
>> What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
>> thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
>> at the ring in the 60's ?
What about Barrichello at Hockenheim last year?
He started 18th on the grid and ended up winning the race, albeit with a
combination of extreme good fortune (loony on the track deprived Mclaren of
a 25-second lead, then it started raining on one half of the track but not
the other, and Mclaren made a bad decision on the tyres).
I still think it's pretty amazing to come from that far back in F1 to win
the race!
Aah, a quick search on www.google.com revealed this:
(taken from http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/fangio_bio.htm)
In 1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio won one of his most famous races at the
German Grand Prix. Fangio both loved and was in awe of the Nurburgring
circuit but driving an under powered Maserati he managed to come from
behind and pass the two leading Ferraris. Passing Hawthorn by
"straight lining" one of the final curves he amazed his rivals with
his virtuosity.
And another description of that race:
(taken from http://www.pinasx.com/drivers/fangio/)
He bolted Ferrari in 1957 to rejoin Maserati, winning a 5th title with
such sublime performances as the German GP at the 187-turn Nrburgring
( pictured above ) where Fangio lost 56 seconds and the lead in a pit
stop, but returned to win by letting loose the most spectacular
pursuit of his life, bettering the track record for the 14.2 mile
Nordeschlifer ("North Ring") by an amazing 12 seconds on three
consecutive laps. Fangio said, "I believe that on that day in 1957 I
finally managed to master the Nrburgring, making those leaps in the
dark on those curves where I had never before had the courage to push
things so far."
Lars G.
I like his concept of a talk show about autoracing and will continue to
support him by listening in. Not to mention I've learned a few things in
the racing world by doing so. I wish it was a show specifically and only
about Sim racing, but being a show about Real (hate that "R" word;-) racing
and has talked about Sim racing makes for a very informative mix. I was
quite surprised when he was talking to the wives of a couple of Sim racers
last night by the support they give their husbands for Sim racing. (damned
MacGreger is lucky as hell in more ways then one ;-). I was also interested
in listening to the Sim racer that called in and talked about his real
racing he did at Daytona.
Mitch
> I like his concept of a talk show about autoracing and will continue
to
> support him by listening in. Not to mention I've learned a few things in
> the racing world by doing so. I wish it was a show specifically and only
> about Sim racing, but being a show about Real (hate that "R" word;-)
racing
> and has talked about Sim racing makes for a very informative mix. I was
> quite surprised when he was talking to the wives of a couple of Sim racers
> last night by the support they give their husbands for Sim racing.
(damned
> MacGreger is lucky as hell in more ways then one ;-). I was also
interested
> in listening to the Sim racer that called in and talked about his real
> racing he did at Daytona.
> >What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> >thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> >at the ring in the 60's ?
You're not kidding - if my other half could banish me to a shed to play GPL,
I think she would!
I basically only get to play when she's out!
Somehow "real" racing seems to have more sex-appeal! ;-)
It might have been Talladega.
Either way, it was masterful.
-Larry
Michael Waltrip at Bristol. The fact that he even got in the car for that
race that weekend after absolutely DISENTIGRATING his original car in
practice.
This is the one where he hit that open-gap in the wall coming out of either
turn 2 or 4 (I forget which) and the car when from 120mph to 0mph in less
than a second.
That is the most incredible wreck I've ever seen.
I believe that car, or at least it's pile of bite-sized pieces, is on
display at the track.
-Larry
> It might have been Talladega.
> Either way, it was masterful.
> -Larry
> > What in your opinion is the greatest race comeback of all time . I
> > thought I read somewhere where a driver came back from a lap or 2 down
> > at the ring in the 60's ?
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