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Old 09-03-2007, 07:03 PM   #24
Michael Beard
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Default Re: the Terminator,,,,,,biondo

-=shrug=- I was .018, .015, .018 in eliminations on Sunday, but as it turns out, you have to drive *both* ends of the race track!

Peter is a phenomenal driver, but he's far from being an anomoly.

As a student of the sport, you may find a large number of examples of driving talent on this level. Luke Bogacki had 3 R/U's and 2 Wins in two days at Abliene this weekend. Austin Welch has footbraked his way to Box class wins at Roxboro not once but twice this year. Chip Horton has won over 700 races and 23 track championships -- and he only has one leg! (footbrake, no hand controls) Terry Brouse won the Stick class championship three years in a row at Beaver Springs, and he only has one arm - his left one! Jeff Verdi is 59-9 this year. You'll find a lot of statistical data in the IHRA Summit Super Series points where a number of drivers have finished 28-2 this year.

Point being, if you open up your field of vision, you will have better perspective.

As someone pointed out to Shooter on DRR when he insisted that anytime you drive the finish line to double-oh that it's luck... "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean that it can't be done."
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