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Originally posted by mattdavis11
No, F1 blows goats too. I will admit that Micheal Shoemaker had some talent, but all the others couldn't out race a snail. There is no talent in any of the open wheeled series. I do admire Whan Pablo Montoya for trying to race. He isn't worth a damn, but at least he's trying.
I asked of my parents neighbor who took the family to the race back in the seventies, "Why did it matter"?
I guess I don't understand why racing a big arse go cart matters.
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Sherwood, indeed, you answered this?
Whan Pablo?? Kimi can't out race a snail?
Let's take another approach: In recent history (not talking Gurney or Hill here) a couple of drivers with success in American racing went over to Europe to race the snails and got their head handed to them, thank you. Could I be mentioning this same Whan feller?
But wait, there's more: I'm thinking real hard here to find another driver of any American experience to have much success in Europe. Well, there was Shelby, whose career was cut short, Andretti, who returned to Europe to race with success, and of course the aforementioned characters named Gurney and Hill. Oh, throw in Foyt for the heck of it since he did Le mans.
Only one of them that cut his teeth on the oval was Foyt, and to the best of my knowledge, he never piloted an open wheel car in Europe in competition. (He might have come close if he were still racing when CART went to Germany.)
Well, in conclusion, I too, think Shoemaker had some talent..................on horses.