and THIS is why the world need a new CART sim

by **Gaul** » Thu, 31 May 2001 10:32:14

> > > > Vanina Ickx?! Doesn't she run Formula Ford? She would be a GREAT
> driver
> > in
> > > > either CART or the IRL...and she's hot, too... ; )

> > > > SD

> > > She's in pro FF2000 at the moment, obviously looking to get into the
> upper
> > > echelons of American single seater racing, but she has fairly
extensive
> > > experience in European endurance sports car racing.

> > > Yes, she is pretty hot, which I find odd considering how much she
looks
> > like
> > > her father, who definately was not.

> > Does this concern you? Not that there's anything wrong with that. :-)

> > -Gault (who thinks she's pretty good looking too)

> Concern? No. Intrigue? Yes.

> It isn't the fact that she is rather pretty that intrigues me. Rather it's
> that she looks SO much like her father, who was, to be generous, rather
odd
> looking, and YET is rather pretty.

> I suppose I can contrast this to Liv Tyler, who is pretty because, thank
> GOD, she looks *nothing* like her father.

> As a race fan what concerns me is that wrapped from head to toe in nomex,
> wearing a full face helmet, stuffed into a car so that all we can see of
her
> is the top of her head and how she drives she's just frikkin' *beautiful.*

Yep. You've probably seen Sanna Pinola too, I imagine.
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

by **Gaul** » Thu, 31 May 2001 10:48:52

> > " Actually, CART (specifically Champcar) RULES. the best racing series
in
> > the
> > world."

> > American? The World is very small out there.

> Countries in which CART races:

> United States
> Canada
> Mexico
> Japan
> Australia
> Brazil (ok, they missed this year)

> and starting next year

> England
> Germany

Actually England and Germany start this year. Germany on September 15, 2001
at the Lausitzring and England on September 22nd at Rockingham Speedway in
Corby. (great... 2 tracks in the world named Rockingham now :-)

full CART schedule at http://www.cart.com/TVSchedule.asp

by **Kevin Gavit** » Thu, 31 May 2001 12:35:35

Ah, no, I havn't followed F3 for the past couple of years. I'll have to keep
an eye out.

I was also keeping an eye out for Danica Patrick who had moved from karts to
F Vauxhall, but havn't heard anything from her in a while.

www.danicaracing.com/home.html

Her web site went up in '98 and was never even really finished, let alone
maintained.

Any Brits out there with any news?

KFG

by **Eldre** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 04:31:13

>Yep. You've probably seen Sanna Pinola too, I imagine.
>http://www.sannapinola.com/

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by **Marc Fraio** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 04:51:26

>> > American? The World is very small out there.

>> Countries in which CART races:

>> United States
>> Canada
>> Mexico
>> Japan
>> Australia
>> Brazil (ok, they missed this year)

>> and starting next year

>> England
>> Germany

> Actually England and Germany start this year. Germany on September 15, 2001
> at the Lausitzring and England on September 22nd at Rockingham Speedway in
> Corby. (great... 2 tracks in the world named Rockingham now :-)

> full CART schedule at http://www.cart.com/TVSchedule.asp

Oh, ok, even better then. :)

Marc

by **Gaul** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:02:02

You betcha! :-)

by **Gaul** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:03:10

> >Yep. You've probably seen Sanna Pinola too, I imagine.
> >http://www.sannapinola.com/

> Server not found...

Strange...just worked for me. Maybe try this one
http://www.sannapinola.com/main.htm

by **Wayne Bradle** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 06:26:49

She has done it before, Why not again? Oh yeah, she is getting old. LOL

W

> Question kiddiez' & no BS... Do you think Sarah Fischer will have the
> arm, leg, body power to last a 500mile'r? I'm not belittling ladies but it
> seems when it comes to long endurance and constant heavy weighted
> pressure would be tuff on her. Curious minds would like to know! :o)

> | Nope- Sarah Fischer has done it the last 2 years as well. A shame- she
> | seems so earnest and unpretentious in her love of the sport. I'd like
to
> | see her do better.

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:22:38

I think Susan Butcher has won the Iditarod dogsled race SIX times, and
Shauna Hogan has placed in the top three overall more than once in the Race
Across America.

I could also point out that the first person to successfully swin the
English Channel, Gertrude Edderly, was a women.

I have no illusions with regard to women being cabable of great feats of
strength and indurance.

KFG

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:23:13

> > >Yep. You've probably seen Sanna Pinola too, I imagine.
> > >http://www.sannapinola.com/

> > Server not found...

> Strange...just worked for me. Maybe try this one
> http://www.sannapinola.com/main.htm

Worked for me as well.

by **Gaul** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:28:28

> > Question kiddiez' & no BS... Do you think Sarah Fischer will have the
> > arm, leg, body power to last a 500mile'r? I'm not belittling ladies but
it
> > seems when it comes to long endurance and constant heavy weighted
> > pressure would be tuff on her. Curious minds would like to know! :o)

> I think Susan Butcher has won the Iditarod dogsled race SIX times, and
> Shauna Hogan has placed in the top three overall more than once in the
Race
> Across America.

> I could also point out that the first person to successfully swin the
> English Channel, Gertrude Edderly, was a women.

> I have no illusions with regard to women being cabable of great feats of
> strength and indurance.

Well, endurance certainly

by **Thom j** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:53:24

I was just wondering.. No more.. No less!!..

| She has done it before, Why not again? Oh yeah, she is getting old. LOL
|
| W

by **Thom j** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:59:45

Kevin I think I detailed my question incorrectly!! I guess what I was really
asking was: Sarah seems very' petite & small boned so I was only curious
in this regard of the long 500 mile races with Gforces, strength after a 500
miler and would her endurance hold up week after week?
Kinda dumb question I guess now that I look back..lol.. Sorry bout dat!!

| I think Susan Butcher has won the Iditarod dogsled race SIX times, and
| Shauna Hogan has placed in the top three overall more than once in the
Race
| Across America.
|
| I could also point out that the first person to successfully swin the
| English Channel, Gertrude Edderly, was a women.
|
| I have no illusions with regard to women being cabable of great feats of
| strength and indurance.
|
| KFG

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:31:59

Well, I might ask why you don't ask the same question about the current crop
of 5'4" 125 lb. male single seater pilots?

KFG

by **Kevin Gavit** » Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:37:36

Or indurance, as the case may be. : ) I need to fire my copy editor.

If you think it dosn't take a fair amount of strength to wrestle a dog sled
or swim the channel I challenge you to do it.

I'd also point out that the most feared allied fighter squadron of WWII was
a group composed entirely of Russian women. It took a fair amount of
endurance, strength and. . . balls. . . to hurl a Yak, alone, into a
squadron of 30 Me109s, bring down several of them, and escape unharmed.

I've also seen a number of women on ESPN who look like they could break the
strongest guy I know between two fingers.

KFG