Re: Indy Star Commentary on Tony George

On Mar 6, 2:39 pm, Ken Plotkin <kplot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> Was that really '96?  In '96 IRL ran turbos.  They were using leftover
> CART cars and engines.
>

Brain Fart Alert!!!

I can't remember which race it was and it was '97. Charlotte maybe?
Just a touch of dementia setting in...


> F1 usually gets the sensual part right.  I was at the USGP in '00 and
> '01.  Engines sounded great.  The BANG-BANG-BANG as they down****fted
> into the hairpins sounded great.  The glowing red brakes looked great,
> and I'm sure would have sounded great if converted to sound.
>
> NA engines, of course.

As I have shown, I am so old I was at Long Beach in the late '70s
(notice how I avoid the exact reference mistakes of the past) and
heard the Cosworths screaming into turn one. A sight and sound I will
never forget.