From: bradley@reed.edu (Ben Bradley)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Re: Proposal: rec.autos.formula1
Keywords: racing autos formula1 newsgroups
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:12:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Aug21.001255.11306
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon

In article <1992Aug20.180026.26058@walter.cray.com> lgb@romulus.cray.com (Larry Briski) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.095300.26130@hplb.hpl.hp.com> rik@hplb.hpl.hp.com writes:
>>
>>In article <1992Aug20.035251.12027@sequent.com>, dafuller@sequent.com
>>(David Fuller) writes:
>>|> I'm willing to go through with the process of voting and dealing with
>>|> the various postings to create a group for Formula 1.
>>|> 
>>|> I think that it's stifling discussion of a broad range of topics that
>>|> should be discussed in a "sporting" automotive group.
>>|> 
>>
>>	Well said !! I'm an avid F1 fan and am fed up with wading through
>>	loads of "Re: reliable cars" and all this Nascar (what is it ?) stuff.
>                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>>		RIK
>>
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Rik O'Chet, Bristol, England.		
>>Email: rik@hplb.hpl.hp.com		One's never alone with a Rubber Duck !
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     I am starting to agree with DAVE, lets get rid of all these pompous
>F1 fans and put them in their own little world. 
>
>     RIK, I don't know what you're complaing about on the NASCAR stuff. 
>Since Monday there has been 1 - yes, one only - Nascar posting.  The rest 
>of the postings, excepting the reliable cars posts, have been almost totally F1.  
>     Personally I'm getting tired about all the posts about how little
>Senna wants to be paid if he drives for Williams.  And who Mansell will or
>will not drive with, that is if he doesn't retire first.
>
>     Once again, I believe in what DAVE is saying.  That the F1 posts are
>stifling other commentary from getting on the network.
>
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>    Lawrence Briski                  |  
>    Cray Research Inc.               |
>    Chippewa Falls, WI  54729        | 
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>                            All Disclaimers Apply 
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Sigh.  These discussions become tiresome in a hurry.  I do not
like the notion of splitting r.a.s. into separate groups.  While
I am not a big NASCAR fan, I have learned a lot since I've started
reading the group and have started to quite enjoy watching the GOBs
on Sunday morning.  And I have fun guessing every week or two in the
Guess Six competition (keep up the good work Tom).  I am more of
an F1 fan, but folks the entertainment value is not at an all-time
high there.  The technological innovations are wonderful, but 
I do get tired of the prima donna drivers making more money per race
than I'll ever see in my lifetime (potential lottery winnings
excluded) pouting if they have to drive with xx on xx team.  But,
the beauty is, there's this button I've found, "n", which solves
the problem in a hurry.  The volume of this group is not prohibitive
(article wise), and it is hard to beat the distribution speed and
the diverse perspectives on all kinds of racing.

I can do without the diesel Rabbit discussion, however, although
it might be fun to watch a 40 car grid of these at say Sears Point.

Ben

P.S.  And I take offense to the idea of excluding rallying from
      a usa distribution list.  Just my $0.02.
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Ben Bradley                                 Rally Drivers Do It Sideways!!
Reed College
Portland, OR                                RIP CITY!!!
bradley@reed.edu                            Wait Until Next Year
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