but oh so right.  cars in general, not so great.  but really, really, really fast cars?  so great.  soooooo great.  as i often say, it's like staring directly into a rainbow.  for those familiar with the modern history between cart and irl, the recent news is, well, better than what was before.  at least, as this link shows, they are trying to make it interesting.  for formula 1, that might work, but for other stuff, there's great beauty in the chaos of the start.

reminds me of when we ran cyclocross races over in bowie.  every race began with people putting their bikes down on a 50m marked line.  then backing up 50m more and, at the horn, running to their bikes and trying to get going.  so great.  soooooo great.  getting the holeshot required a supreme exertion.  we would never do anything like that anymore.  cross is all serious now, with points and ranking and callups.  it used to be that a well placed (and well made) six-pack was more than good for a callup.  no more.  the tyranny of the serious reigns supreme.

we need another bike race in this area with a le mans start.  it needs to be a 3 mile circuit race, which is somehow engineered so that you are constantly climbing, all three miles, with 2 half-mile deep gravel and mud sections.  and there should be a le mans start.  i think i need to make that bike race happen.  and the awards cermony would be in a hot tub on the back of a flatbed with some great band jamming.  yessir.  now that's a bike race.

-sg

update: before you freak out and get all up in my area, read this link.  and then, if you still think it's not cool, then, and only then, will we talk.  until that point, i will take no more mail on this topic.  i'm busy.