On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:10:14 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:34:05 PM UTC-5, John McCoy wrote:
Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in news:564143ef$0$52103
:

Does giving the human the ability to turn right make auto racing a sport?

*Grinning, ducking, and running.*

At the late, lamented Hialeah speedway they would occasionally
stop the entry-level race half way thru, turn everyone around,
and finish the race going clockwise. The result was usually
hilarious, because the guys who had been fastest invariably
became slowest...

John

Well, they did have to unwind! ;-)

Why would that be? Driving a race car isn't just about turning. If
the fastest drivers were more highly skilled in all aspects of racing,
why would the less talented drivers "invariably" outpace (pun intended)
them at those skills?

Hialeah is a horse track. Horses are generally trained to go only one
direction and the fastest ones can be pretty temperamental beasts.

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 6:43:36 PM UTC-5, krw wrote:
On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:10:14 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:34:05 PM UTC-5, John McCoy wrote:
Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in news:564143ef$0$52103
:

Does giving the human the ability to turn right make auto racing a sport?

*Grinning, ducking, and running.*

At the late, lamented Hialeah speedway they would occasionally
stop the entry-level race half way thru, turn everyone around,
and finish the race going clockwise. The result was usually
hilarious, because the guys who had been fastest invariably
became slowest...

John

Well, they did have to unwind! ;-)

Why would that be? Driving a race car isn't just about turning. If
the fastest drivers were more highly skilled in all aspects of racing,
why would the less talented drivers "invariably" outpace (pun intended)
them at those skills?

Hialeah is a horse track. Horses are generally trained to go only one
direction and the fastest ones can be pretty temperamental beasts.

Just like many humans at the top of their game. ;-)

krw wrote in
:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:10:14 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:34:05 PM UTC-5, John McCoy wrote:
Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
news:564143ef$0$52103 :

Does giving the human the ability to turn right make auto racing a
sport?

*Grinning, ducking, and running.*

At the late, lamented Hialeah speedway they would occasionally
stop the entry-level race half way thru, turn everyone around,
and finish the race going clockwise. The result was usually
hilarious, because the guys who had been fastest invariably
became slowest...

Why would that be? Driving a race car isn't just about turning. If
the fastest drivers were more highly skilled in all aspects of racing,
why would the less talented drivers "invariably" outpace (pun
intended) them at those skills?

Cars that only turn left usually have asymetric suspensions. The
rules for the entry-level class didn't allow any modification
to the stock suspension. The guys who were fast turning left
and slow turning right were exposed as cheating.

Hialeah is a horse track.

You're thinking of Hialeah Park. Hialeah Speedway was a different
(and significantly less glamorous) place. Now, unfortunately,
it's the parking lot of a Target.

John

On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 02:12:34 -0000 (UTC), John McCoy
wrote:

krw wrote in
:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:10:14 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 1:34:05 PM UTC-5, John McCoy wrote:
Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
news:564143ef$0$52103 :

Does giving the human the ability to turn right make auto racing a
sport?

*Grinning, ducking, and running.*

At the late, lamented Hialeah speedway they would occasionally
stop the entry-level race half way thru, turn everyone around,
and finish the race going clockwise. The result was usually
hilarious, because the guys who had been fastest invariably
became slowest...

Why would that be? Driving a race car isn't just about turning. If
the fastest drivers were more highly skilled in all aspects of racing,
why would the less talented drivers "invariably" outpace (pun
intended) them at those skills?

Cars that only turn left usually have asymetric suspensions. The
rules for the entry-level class didn't allow any modification
to the stock suspension. The guys who were fast turning left
and slow turning right were exposed as cheating.

Hialeah is a horse track.

You're thinking of Hialeah Park. Hialeah Speedway was a different
(and significantly less glamorous) place. Now, unfortunately,
it's the parking lot of a Target.

Sorry, you just said Hialeah. I didn't know there was a Hialeah
Speedway (horses turn left too ;-).