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**kertionderf** · 04-28-2010, 01:57 PM

No, ALL WINGS MUST GO TO HEAVEN

Big fan of Mister Jim Hall, former F1 pilot, nice guy, great car builder and designer who raced his own creations, but sometimes I wish he had not done what he done....but if not him, then someone else i guess

First wing ( a proper wing ) on a race car was at Indy in 1962. Smokey Yunick put a wing on Jim Rathman's roadster....USAC banned it...but the seed was planted.

I hate the wings really..and all the turbulence off a modern f1 car. It has made passing so hard (in conjunction with carbon fiber brakes) that it has almost made f1 the parade many believe it already is. The only real excitment and unpredictability seems to be when it is raining or just wet...then we see the evident skill.

04-28-2010, 01:57 PM	#39
kertionderf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 498 Senior Member	No, ALL WINGS MUST GO TO HEAVEN Big fan of Mister Jim Hall, former F1 pilot, nice guy, great car builder and designer who raced his own creations, but sometimes I wish he had not done what he done....but if not him, then someone else i guess First wing ( a proper wing ) on a race car was at Indy in 1962. Smokey Yunick put a wing on Jim Rathman's roadster....USAC banned it...but the seed was planted. I hate the wings really..and all the turbulence off a modern f1 car. It has made passing so hard (in conjunction with carbon fiber brakes) that it has almost made f1 the parade many believe it already is. The only real excitment and unpredictability seems to be when it is raining or just wet...then we see the evident skill.
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