Is Drag Racing a "Real Motorsport"?

[jabba]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Its definately a motorsport.

As a side comparrison of the relative skills of Drag v Curcuit Id be really interested to see how David Grubnic would go trying to complete 1 lap around monarco in an F1 car? (let alone get anywhere near the lapping pace of the F1 guys).
In the same way i wonder how long it would take Mark Webber to go 4 seconds in a T/F rail?
My money would be on Webber to come to terms with a T/F rail MUCH MUCH quicker than Grubnic would in an F1...
Im not saying Elite level Drag races don't posses exceptional skills but to be successful in curcuit racing you need ALL the skills of a drag racer plus the ability to "balance" and control a car through corners on the edge of adhession, co-ordinate gear changes, negotiate traffic and "gaps" and concentrate on applying all those skills for at least 45 mins at a time.

A-MEN....

Something else to think about is, How many over weight, Cancer riddled, 50+ year olds or females do you see in F1, Indy cars, or V8 Supercars. None.. However I just describe half the drivers in top fuelers....

Now so the women

[XRQTOR]

Originally Posted by jabba

So in say that, Take you 15 to 12sec Falcon and try and put that through turn one at Phillip Island at 200kph+. I bet you can't, in fact I would say most you could not... But I asure you, you could all run down the 1/4 with no problems at all

Throw us the keys to your ute mate and i'll be more than happy to give it a go.

[Gammaboy]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Throw us the keys to your ute mate and i'll be more than happy to give it a go.

Why, have you run out of driveshafts?

Oh, and by the way everyone....

[XRQTOR]

Originally Posted by Gammaboy

Why, have you run out of driveshafts?

Oh, and by the way everyone....

Na just cv's, the upper cv let go at 1ook's as i left work tonight. Got the cradle out already and just need to put the new 1 back in, should have it finished in about another hour.

[jabba]

Originally Posted by jabba

A-MEN....

Something else to think about is, How many over weight, Cancer riddled, 50+ year olds or females do you see in F1, Indy cars, or V8 Supercars. None.. However I just describe half the drivers in top fuelers....

Now so the women

Ladies I didn't get to finish my post due to computer trouble so hears the rest.....


Now so the women don't think I am having ago a go at them, I'll try to explain....
Firstly, Rachel Splat is my favourite driver in Drag racing.... Reason.. women in motorsport are usually the underdog and Rachel has proven her self to be able to mix it with the best and beat them... Rachel went away for about 6-7 years to start a family and have a few kiddies, now she is back and kicking butt again..

Secondly, I don't why women don't do well in motorsport as men, But history has proven that in the elite class the males dominate. Which is odd really because of the levels of concentration that is required and you don't have to be exsessivly strong to drive a racing car, so in that you would think that the woman would be a better race driver... I will also add, back in my Go karting days there was a girl raced in a different class of Kart to what I raced in. She use to always take the win in her races.. I am glad she did not race in my class, she would of Kick my butt.....

[jabba]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Throw us the keys to your ute mate and i'll be more than happy to give it a go.

If you come up here, your more then welcome

[XRQTOR]

Originally Posted by jabba

If you come up here, your more then welcome

Bahaha your a very very silly man if you'd give me the keys to your pride and joy.

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by jabba

A-MEN....

Something else to think about is, How many over weight, Cancer riddled, 50+ year olds or females do you see in F1, Indy cars, or V8 Supercars. None.. However I just describe half the drivers in top fuelers....

Now so the women

You loose a lot of credibility, with anyone taking any of your posts in this thread serious after reading this..
Care to name these ''over weight, Cancer riddled, 50+ year olds or females''

[jabba]

Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Bahaha your a very very silly man if you'd give me the keys to your pride and joy.

Yes but you have lots of money, and what you brake you buy, you buy a BF XR8 for me..LOL

[jabba]

Originally Posted by SpoolMan

You loose a lot of credibility, with anyone taking any of your posts in this thread serious after reading this..
Care to name these ''over weight, Cancer riddled, 50+ year olds or females''

Over weight... Victor Bray, well over 100kg and mostly beer gut...
Cancer and over 50... Jim reed.... Sure he is in remission.
Female... Rachel Splat.....

Sorry, Victor bray races Doorslammer

Do something for me Spoolman... Name me any drivers that race in the pinnacle motorsport around the world that fit in to the same description as I mentioned above..

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by jabba

Over weight... Victor Bray, well over 100kg and mostly beer gut...
Cancer and over 50... Jim reed.... Sure he is in remission.
Female... Rachel Splat.....

Sorry, Victor bray races Doorslammer

when was the last time Jim Reed raced a top fuel, and what does anyone's illness has to do with there ability to participate in any sport/motorsport.

Any more of the half of these drivers that are overweight racing top fuelers?

[russellw]

Sad when you consider the achievements of both Victor Bray and Jim Read that some keyboard warrior should be able to slag them off to support a point of view that is fundamentally flawed.

I'd been prepared to let the thread go on for the entertainment value (if nothing else) but that's too much to allow it to go on. Opinions of that nature only serve to mark the arrogance of the author. The thread is closed.

Russ