[USML Announce] Hoosier Daddies

[rickgam at comcast.net]

Rich; 
I love this stuff! As you know, for better or worse, any kind of auto racing is in my blood having grown up in the shadows of the Indy 500. But come 
on now, braking problems? You go faster without brakes! Tell Joseph I'm proud of him - we need some more American representation in the racing biz. 
It's a rotten shame that most of them have gone the NASCAR route instead of true open wheel racing. One of my sporting heroes has always been Dan 
Gurney. If he's not familiar with him, tell him to read up on Dan - he was a true renaissance man of racing. He was (and is) a very intelligent man who 
not only raced and won at all levels (Indycar, Formula 1, stock cars, sports cars), but actually designed most of his own cars. Anyway, those motor-sport 
design comps are really cool - I'll keep an eye out for young Joseph Robbins. Take care 
Rick 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Robbins" <rerobbins at itinker.net> 
To: "USML Announcements" <announce at usml.net> 
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 8:53:01 PM 
Subject: [USML Announce] Hoosier Daddies 

I just got back from a college motor-sport design competition and track event in Lincoln Nebraska. 


I was too tired at night to drive to Omaha and scout the College World Series. 


At any rate, on Saturday, while walking around the pit area, I saw some Hoosier racing tires (nearly every team ran with those) with some interesting chalk marks. 


The University of Kansas team had an awesome car and solid drivers. They won. I pegged them as a super strong team about fifteen minutes after I got to the track. Illinois had a very good car. Sadly, they busted a front wing late in an endurance run and the car become too tough to steer. A team from Brazil had a very fast car. Good drivers too. Damn Brazilian race car drivers. . . 


Cal came in 15 out of about 80 entrants. The car ran strong but suffered some brake problems. Good driving kept them in the competition. They had been gunning for a top twenty finish this year, so fifteen exceeded their goal by a lot. Joseph says they want a top ten finish within the next two years. But for that pesky front brake drag they might have had a top ten finish this year. 


Cool stuff. Rick -- enjoy the picture. 


-- Rich 




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