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by **GraDe** » Thu, 04 Jan 2001 03:49:00

> >Considering those Rally drivers are insane themselves, I guess they just
> >plow through the field without caring much for a random spectator that
think
> >he's cool being that close to a race car flying-by.

> I remember McRae saying in the 99 season that he COULD drive faster,
> but that he didn't dare to drive faster because of the audience
> standing allmost on the track at the corners.
> Or perhaps this was just a bad excuse from him :)

A Rally round p of the WRC season was on Eurosport a few days ago. While
watching a lot of the time on a lot of rallies, spectators were filling the
track, ducking out of the way as the car comes and then quickly fill the
track again, madness!

by **A Thoma** » Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:42:42

Fans in southern Europe (Portuguese, Italians and Greeks) are without doubt
the craziest , standing in the middle of the road just after a jump for
example. Mind you , Fangio used to hate the Mille Miglia for the same reason
so it's not limited to rallying alone . Moss said he used to play with the
steering wheel to make the fans think he'd lost control . Didn't do him any
harm when he won it in '55

Andrew

by **Grant Reev** » Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:40:33

> >Considering those Rally drivers are insane themselves, I guess they just
> >plow through the field without caring much for a random spectator that think
> >he's cool being that close to a race car flying-by.

> I remember McRae saying in the 99 season that he COULD drive faster,
> but that he didn't dare to drive faster because of the audience
> standing allmost on the track at the corners.
> Or perhaps this was just a bad excuse from him :)

A valid excuse, since in the '98 New Zealand rally he mowed down an
idiot
spectator who thought he could get a good picture from the apex of a
corner
that McRae was cut by a huge amount. The spectator got himself a broken
leg, damn lucky not to get any worse!

by **Andre Warring** » Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:07:03

On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:40:33 GMT, Grant Reeve

>A valid excuse, since in the '98 New Zealand rally he mowed down an
>idiot
>spectator who thought he could get a good picture from the apex of a
>corner
>that McRae was cut by a huge amount. The spectator got himself a broken
>leg, damn lucky not to get any worse!

I didn't knew that.. I can't have the least bit of mercy for that
spectator..

Andre

by **Alex Kihuran** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:17:22

Buy the 98 review, all of a sudden McRae comes around a corner and you see a
guy do a big flip and a piece of McRae's car falls off. He clipped the guys
right leg and he flipped SO FAST.

Thanks,
Alex

> On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:40:33 GMT, Grant Reeve

> >A valid excuse, since in the '98 New Zealand rally he mowed down an
> >idiot
> >spectator who thought he could get a good picture from the apex of a
> >corner
> >that McRae was cut by a huge amount. The spectator got himself a broken
> >leg, damn lucky not to get any worse!

> I didn't knew that.. I can't have the least bit of mercy for that
> spectator..

> Andre

by **Alex Kihuran** » Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:19:16

I've been watching rallying since I was born since my dad is from Kenya, so
it almost doesn't seem crazy anymore, and I'm American! Anyways, if you go
to any rallies here in the US, the spectators stand in safe spots (not in
run-off areas) and few feet from the road because of sue happy people here.
Anyways, there's nothing more thrilling than a rally car sliding past your
toes at 100mph!

Thanks,
Alex

by **Dave S** » Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:06:39

I stood next to the fence at an Indy car race...the power of those cars
flying by was unbelievable. Can't imagine standing next to the cars at a
rally, must be one helluva rush.

> I've been watching rallying since I was born since my dad is from Kenya,
so
> it almost doesn't seem crazy anymore, and I'm American! Anyways, if you go
> to any rallies here in the US, the spectators stand in safe spots (not in
> run-off areas) and few feet from the road because of sue happy people
here.
> Anyways, there's nothing more thrilling than a rally car sliding past your
> toes at 100mph!

> Thanks,
> Alex

> > I'm watching the rally 'recap' on Speedvision. I can't *believe* the
> > spectators line up right NEXT to the road. I even saw people sitting ON
> the
> > outside guardrail on several turns... WTF? Stupid...

> > Eldred
> > --
> > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
> > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> > GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73

> > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
> you
> > with experience...
> > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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