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> <schla66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mar 27, 9:56 am, "." <....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Dan the Man" <dan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Mar 26, 4:17 pm, "." <....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:> In an article penned
by
> >> his own team's public relations
> >> > department graham rahal admitted that while attempting
> >> > to pass another race car ... he caught ... and overtook ...
> >> > and was almost past him ... on a higher line than (he) had
> >> > been taking ... that was a lot bumpier with a little less grip.
> >> > The car sustained a large amount of damage to the gear-
> >> > box, bell housing and three of four corners.
> >>
> >> > "The rear stepped out on me and I caught it and then it
> >> > did it a second time and I couldn't catch it and crashed."
> >> > You see, it was the bumpier line and the car repeatedly
> >> > stepping out on him that was the problem, not his
> >>
> >> driving.http://motors****t.com/news/article.asp?ID=283165&FS=INDYCAR
> >>
> >> Sounds like he's blaming the "bumpy" track more than his car.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Both actually, and will use the outcome as an excuse to not
> >> race in an event he's (always been) too afraid to participate
> >>
in.http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-graham-rahal-withdrawn...
> >
> > classic . illogic. knowing Newman and Haas, if they could put a car
> > in they would. Rahal didn't back out the team did. yet another feeble
> > attempt by the dot to deflect this from being IRL's fault since they
> > barely gave each CCWS team enough stuff to start, left them with
> > another race to work on anyway in two weeks across the country, so it
> > just seems to be a sound business decision given the circumstances.
>
> How is Champ Car's last minute fold-up the IRL's fault? The IRL gave NHL
a
> car as promised ...
And free of charge yet. Reminiscent of the passage in Woody
Allen's 'Annie Hall': Two elderly women are at a Catskill
mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this
place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know;
and such small ****tions".
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