Indy F1

matt borland wrote:
 > If things play out right we'll see you too Mike, how cool is that?
 >
 >
 > I'd have never thought this would happen when joining this group
 > back in '98-'99...

Me neither. You don't think about stuff like that when you join a
newsgroup just based on a common love for a car.

But you won't see me in Cleveland, that's for sure. I wouldn't go there
if I had a gun to my head.

Although, I said that about New York City, didn't I?

M


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On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:47:29 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino RemoveThis @grandprix.net>
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 >For those of you going to the Indy F1

....Perhaps, discussions were opened just this weekend.

 >who aren't too familiar with the
 >area (i.e. you don't remember the number for the Slippery Noodle Inn),
 >there is an excellent guide in the latest issue of RACER magazine
 >beginning on page 50. (July 05, Issue #159 - I have no idea why they're
 >so far ahead ...) I would be happy to clip the article and send it to
 >whoever is most inexperienced, but my roommate, Oscar Madison, hasn't
 >read it yet and once he's finished it will be deposited in one of his
 >slobby junk piles and become a part of ancient history.

Did it have any suggestions for getting a decent meal in anything
approximating real time, other than at Ruth's Chris?

....I'm still waiting for a G&T I ordered in 2003.

 >One bit of help: the number for the Slippery Noodle Inn is 317-631-6968.
 > Hoist one for me. Hell, hoist ten for me.

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F2005... wrote:
 > Did it have any suggestions for getting a decent meal in anything
 > approximating real time, other than at Ruth's Chris?

And what's wrong with eating only there? Just have drinks for breakfast
and lunch.



M

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Nino Barlini wrote:
<<But you won't see me in Cleveland, that's for sure. I wouldn't go
there if I had a gun to my head.>>

Why not? The city isn't the most appealing one that I've heard of, but
for a weekend of racing, it ain't bad.

<<Although, I said that about New York City, didn't I?>>

Indeed.

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Tiger Racing wrote:
 > Nino Barlini wrote:
 > <<But you won't see me in Cleveland, that's for sure. I wouldn't go
 > there if I had a gun to my head.>>
 >
 > Why not? The city isn't the most appealing one that I've heard of, but
 > for a weekend of racing, it ain't bad.
 >
 > <<Although, I said that about New York City, didn't I?>>
 >
 > Indeed.
 >
 > C.
 >
Yes I did. And, while watching the Mid-Ohio race I was again struck by
that beautiful in-the-distance view of the river, etc. If nothing else,
I wouldn't mind hanging around that track.

OT OT OT OT OT OT

What's up with McLure, btw? Did he make a mistake switching from Vette
to Viper?

More observations: - I think Wolf Henzler might start cleaning up in
that series like he did in the Supercup series. The guy is smooth. I'd
like to see what he can do in a different car (different marque).

Derek Bell is really having problems with that car, especially off the
blocks. I think it might have been a little premature for Volvo to try
and race it.

I liked seeing Heinricy in there, I have a lot of respect for what he's
done for the Corvette program and now the CTS-V program. Plus, there's
nothing like a ringer. Hell, Mad Max was one for awhle.

M

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Nino Barlini wrote:
<<What's up with McLure, btw? Did he make a mistake switching from
Vette to Viper?..>>

That's a very good question. McClure was on the verge of winning the
Championship 2 yrs ago when he got creamed at Road America. Then last
year SCCA bungled things, messing with the rules every 10 minutes and
screwing the Corvettes left and right, did him in. He hasn't been on
the ball at all this year. I wasn't at the first few races, so I'm not
sure what happened there. I'll look him up at Cleveland and get the
411. On a side note, he's one of the nicest guys at the track.

<<More observations: - I think Wolf Henzler might start cleaning up in
that series like he did in the Supercup series. >>

Oh, yeah. If he hadn't made that bonehead move at Road Atlanta, he
would have finished on podium there, too.

<<Derek Bell is really having problems with that car, especially off
the blocks. I think it might have been a little premature for Volvo to
try and race it.>>

Derek is THE nicest guy at the track and he's said himself that the
Volvo's got issues. Funny thing though, this is the second time in two
races that I've had to hold my breath and not hit him at the start. <g>

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"Nino Barlini" <nino.DeleteThis@grandprix.net> wrote in message

And, while watching the Mid-Ohio race I was again struck by
 > that beautiful in-the-distance view of the river, etc. If nothing else,
 > I wouldn't mind hanging around that track.


More OT OT OT OT OT........



It's a great track, plenty of good places to sit and watch the action,
easy to get nice and close. The food ain't half bad either...


I'll be driving on it in a 924S SE (with M030 sport suspension)
in a couple weeks, after several years of attending events and
trackdays just wishing I could drive out there...

It's just a driver's ed type event but I'm just thrilled I finally saved
the scratch to go...




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On Mon, 30 May 2005 11:05:00 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino DeleteThis @grandprix.net>
wrote:
 >F2005... wrote:
  >> Did it have any suggestions for getting a decent meal in anything
  >> approximating real time, other than at Ruth's Chris?
 >And what's wrong with eating only there?

It's a rather monotonous menu.

 >Just have drinks for breakfast and lunch.

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F2005... wrote:
 > EtOH alone.

Too obtuse for me. Spell it out, so I can look like an idiot in front
of everybody.

M


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On Tue, 31 May 2005 21:07:05 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino.TakeThisOut@grandprix.net>
wrote:
 >F2005... wrote:
  >> EtOH alone.
 >
 >Too obtuse for me. Spell it out, so I can look like an idiot in front
 >of everybody.

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F2005... wrote:
 > On Tue, 31 May 2005 21:07:05 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino.RemoveThis@grandprix.net>
 > wrote:
 >
  >>F2005... wrote:
  >>
   >>>EtOH alone.
  >>
  >>Too obtuse for me. Spell it out, so I can look like an idiot in front
  >>of everybody.
 >
 >
 > Ethyl alcohol.
 >
I hated chemistry. As long as they taste OK I don't care if my drinks
are made from gasoline. For all the shit I've run through this vessel,
and all the shit doctors have run (and are running) through it, my liver
values are still normal. Go figure. I still think that if I were
autopsied all the doctors would pull out my right side is this little
dog-turd looking thing.

I'll never be autopsied, I can guarantee that.

M

ps - just don't give up the sauce before I get a chance to come out
there again; I might have a little Chalone or Santa Cruz Mtn. Vineyards
something or other to quaff. There are no wineries in Arizona
(Kokopelli Vineyards doesn't count; makes good marinade). As long as
California doesn't keep sliding down hillsides I'll still be able to
procure. (To some they may be just rich people living foolishly on the
side of a hill, but not to me - I lived only a mile from Bluebird Canyon
for a spell and it is a beautiful, beautiful place.)

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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:18:49 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino.RemoveThis@grandprix.net>
wrote:

 >I hated chemistry. As long as they taste OK I don't care if my drinks
 >are made from gasoline.

You'll like grappa then. Good grappa, mind you. Seriously.
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Dean Dark wrote:
 > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:18:49 -0700, Nino Barlini <nino.RemoveThis@grandprix.net>
 > wrote:
 >
 >
  >>I hated chemistry. As long as they taste OK I don't care if my drinks
  >>are made from gasoline.
 >
 >
 > You'll like grappa then. Good grappa, mind you. Seriously.

I didn't say "taste like gasoline". I hate grappa. Coming from an
Italian family, I've been subjected to that crap for years - homemade or
high-quality, it didn't matter. I wouldn't pour grappa for my worst enemy.

Wait, yes I would.

Same goes for that horrible pear liquer, it usually has a pear in the
bottle (Williams). Horrible stuff. (I worked in the liquor industry
for years.) Give me some Wild Turkey Rare Breed or - on a very special
occasion - some special-label Johnny Walker. Now that I've been ruined
by a gift of JW Blue, I'm not sure if Black or Gold will ever suffice again.

We can always use new blood here, lurker. I know you've come out of the
woods a couple times, but c'mon - you haven't lived until you've been
shredded by Mark or calculatingly cut to pieces by Tiger or - if you're
really foul - had obscenities and threats of death screamed at you, in
ALL CAPS, by me.

But I've mellowed.

M

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