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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23
and just one comment about "real" racers. its not the easiest thing to keep a 3000lb hunk of steel going in a straight line at 150+mph.... |
And even harder to make that 90 degree turn at the end of the straightaway....
Lets see ,
Drag racer.
From a dead stop when he gets a green light he accellerates as fast as he can for 1/4 mile then either jams on the brakes or pulls a parashoot to slow down along with his brakes.. while 1 other car in another lane does the same thing to see who gets to the end first..
Road racer.
Starts out with a bunch of other cars, and gets the green flag, he drives as fast as he can down to the first turn and jams on his brakes, not too much and not too little but just enought to make the corner, while trying to avoid all the other cars around him and passing as many as he can. then he accellerates again to the next corner. sometimes reaching speeds of over 150MPH.. and he does that for many laps around a circuit making right and left handed turns until 1 out of many finally wins the race...
it takes talent for both but I think it takes much more talent and skill to be a road racer.