From: "curtis repen" <curtis.repen@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: paul tracey
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:29:17 EST
Reply-To: "curtis repen" <curtis.repen@canrem.com>
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In article : <1992Jul20.165443.17266@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
        in : rec.autos.sport
             dwv@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Dave Vollman) writes:

DV> BTW, why did Mears allow Tracy to drive his car. I missed the first
DV> 15 minutes of the race. Me thinks it's about time for Roger to
DV> start running a three car team again, or someone else is going to
DV> hire Tracy away from him.

  Assuming that wasn't a rhetorical question, Mears let Tracey drive his
  car because he was still hurting from his accident at Indy, and felt
  he couldn't do the car justice on a street circuit. Also, I can't
  recall the exact details, but I believe arrangements have already been
  made for a third car for Tracey. He has been impressive.
 
DV> How do you folks north of the border feel about Tracy?

  I was going to post about this right after the Molson Indy, but never
  got around to it. But since you asked . . .

  Am I the only person in Toronto who thinks Tracey was under-rated
  before the race, and over-rated after it?

  Anyone who follows auto racing in Toronto knows that Goodyear has had
  nothing but trouble on street courses this year, while Tracy has had
  two outstanding street runs (Detroit and ??Portland??). Yet right up
  until the green flag, most of the focus and expectation was on
  Goodyear. This despite the fact that Tracey had qual'd 4th, even
  though he was in the slower, morning session, while Goodyear barely
  managed 11th.

  Then after the race, it's "Hail Tracey, brilliant drive". Despite the
  fact he DNF'd, while Goodyear hung in for 6th. I don't know this for
  sure, but from what I know of F1 and Indy, and the fact that it was
  the gearbox that failed both at Detroit and Toronto, does it not
  strike some of you as possible that Tracey broke the car? This is not
  exactly uncommon for fast, agressive young drivers in high profile
  races.

  Don't get me wrong, I think Tracey is a future star, and I'm thrilled
  that two of the best young prospects in Indy are Canadian. The
  successes this year of Tracey and Goodyear have been a tremendous
  boost to autosports awareness in Canada. I just think that the
  Canadian media mishandled this horribly, probably due to the shortage
  of experienced reporters up here.

DV>                                                        Would you
DV> like to see him go into F1, or stay with the Indy Cars?

  Being an F1 fan first, Indy fan second, I would love to see Tracey go
  F1. Also, since he appears to be better on streets than ovals, I think
  it might be possible. Goodyear (or his car) don't seem to have that
  option.

  regards,
    curtis

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