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Originally Posted by Steve W
Actually every Singer built has extensive track time at Willow Springs, as part of the extensive road and track test shake down for performance, tuning, and reliability, prior to each delivery. It's just done privately and not as a spectacle in a public wheel to wheel race. They are not purpose built race cars, and each is individually owned by the owner that provided the chassis, so there's no reason to trash a new $400k car in wheel to wheel racing.
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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
Guess you missed the story about Leh Keen flogging McNiel's Singer at Laguna Sega about a weeks prior to RR?
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Good for them !
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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
You know to get on track at RR you need a car with factory provenance, right? It is a RACE weekend. Neither Singer nor Magnus build racecars, so I'm not really sure what your point is.
Can their cars run on the track? Yes. They are well built and are not some thrown together mix of parts that don't work with each other. But they aren't racecars.
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Look, I'm sure the man's a nice guy and was an experienced racer.
But he doesn't seem to be proving his mettle anymore on the track these days in his latest "outlaws".
If he starts doing that, I'll give him the thumbs up.
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Originally Posted by BrakeL8
The moment I've got 7 figures in Porsches and post projects and my garage here and people trash me when I start making a living at it is the moment I SERIOUSLY start laughing at the haters.
This isn't my favorite car, but let's get real:
1) Many of us, myself included, have done some dumb things in a car whether due to ego, distraction, etc. I'm not going to sit and judge Magnus' spin as if I'm holier than thou.
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There's a huge difference here ...
Mr Walker has marketed himself as a public figure so the public has the right to comment on his activities.
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Originally Posted by Steve W
And Magnus has been a licensed Cup racer with the POC for probably about 15 years. He does know how to drive and race, but occasionally does have his bad moments. But who of us hasn't?
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On the contrary, he was an accident waiting to happen.
And as an owner of these cars, speaking up against public stunts like this one below is almost obligatory.
Magnus Walker drives like a chump...