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[Turn7]

I found out where some of last years crapwagons went.

http://www.driving101.com/courses.htm

[rabbit]

The rest went here...

http://indyracing.artemisimages.com/Big/imsce2392.JPG

[Don Quixote]

Originally posted by rabbit
The rest went here...

:rofl:

[JoeBob]

I got that email from them (and have since asked them to remove me from their mailing list)

I want what the person who wrote http://www.driving101.com/newslettertime.asp was smoking:


And, to increase the thrill of the driving experience, we are in the process of converting our fleet of full sized, open wheel racecars to IRL style bodies, which will help improve the overall look and performance of Driving 101's Indy-style Race Cars. The new and improved Indy-style Race Cars will add even more excitement and sensation to the program. If you've driven with us before, you'll need to comeback…and if you haven't tried Driving 101 before, now's the time!

[RaceGrrl]

"And, to increase the thrill of the driving experience, we are in the process of converting our fleet of full sized, open wheel racecars to IRL style bodies, which will help improve the overall look and performance of Driving 101's Indy-style Race Cars... "

"If you've driven with us before, you'll need to comeback…and if you haven't tried Driving 101 before, now's the time!"

Under truth in advertising laws, shouldn't that read, "If you've never broken your back before, come drive one of our crapwagons"?

http://smilies.crowd9.com/cwm/cwm/puke.gif

[pchall]

"Free Halo™ device with every purchase."

[WickerBill]

Racewriter is fond of saying that those cars were plenty safe for the 2002 ender at Texas but are suddenly way too unsafe for the IRL drivers now.

So... let's let the fans drive them instead!

[GoBlue]

Montoya DID say his grandmother could drive one of those cars, so I guess Driving 101 is doing this to ease their liability.

"But Mr. Insurance Guy, Grandmum Montoya could drive one of these cars, so this was obviously driver error on Ms. Fisher's part. By the way, can you make her stop saying 'I'm SOOOOOO sorry!'??"

[cart7]

I wonder if, at the end of my driving experience, I could stop payment on the check and walk away claiming the cars they were providing me were unsafe to drive at any speed due structural fatigue from previous crashes? When they go to sue me, I'll get ahold of Schektars lawyers.;)

[mnkywrch]

I saw somewhere they're thinking about running some of them in the BOSS F1 series... and, no, I can't find the link...

[ChrisB]

It does make sense for them to be associated with the IRL, being all-oval. The 101 cars were originally part of Mark Alderson's American Spirit Racing series which was intending to be a feeder to the IRL with tubeframe-based oval formula cars.

Here's a pic of the original American Spirit car circa '97, when it looked very much like an IRL car... and probably will again if they put back the airbox:

http://www.netaxs.com/~gg1/race/ars.jpg

From the RE sprinter page (http://www.netaxs.com/~gg1/race/resc.htm)

[oddlycalm]

$9000 for 30 laps in a crapwagon...? Um, pass. ;) For that kind of money I could rent a 'show up and drive' Star Mazda car for a couple entire weekends.

I'm amused that they can put John Q. Public in the seat and drive the car at 9/10's safely. Tends to lend credence to Montoya's 'gramdmother' comment.

A track day around here is $100 plus gas and tire wear. Thats five 30 minute sessions minimum, sometimes six. Reaching 145mph on the off-camber back 'straight' at the local road course requires a lot more attention from me than driving at 9/10's on an oval in a formula car. The sense of speed and the pucker factor is a lot higher as well IMO.