Comments on: Trivia: For the “Love” of Armco Edition http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition A Member of the Thunder Lounge Network Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:47 +0000 http://thunderlounge.com/?v=2.6 By: Marc http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2385 Marc Wed, 09 May 2007 20:48:31 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2385 Charlie... and it's a <em>bad thing</em> to get tossed from your race car at 150mph? Isn't there a ride like that at Disney World? Charlie… and it’s a bad thing to get tossed from your race car at 150mph?

Isn’t there a ride like that at Disney World?

]]> By: Charlie Turner http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2384 Charlie Turner Wed, 09 May 2007 19:39:01 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2384 YES! I WON! It's not about the prizes. It's about the competition. BTW. Just how big are your balls when you drive a race car without seat belts so that when you crash you are thrown away from the car so you don't burn up in the combined gasoline-magnesium rolling coffin you helped build. Ask Mrs. Gurney. YES! I WON! It’s not about the prizes. It’s about the competition. BTW. Just how big are your balls when you drive a race car without seat belts so that when you crash you are thrown away from the car so you don’t burn up in the combined gasoline-magnesium rolling coffin you helped build. Ask Mrs. Gurney.

]]> By: Marc http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2383 Marc Mon, 07 May 2007 06:43:35 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2383 BTW Peter, you doth protest too much. When push comes to shove you failed to give the correct answer anyway, Charlie did. (Nordschleife) I thought I would overlook you asserting the track was "old Nurburgring" when in fact it was given a name. Soooo THERE, whine about my "prize" selection all you want I'll' just send it along to Charlie and he can "enjoy" listening to <em>Wake Me Up Before You Go Go</em>. AND... I'd say anyone that raced in any type of car be it NASCAR, F1 or Le Mans in the fifties thru the mid-sixties must all have had a set of balls the size of grapefruits. BTW Peter, you doth protest too much.

When push comes to shove you failed to give the correct answer anyway, Charlie did. (Nordschleife) I thought I would overlook you asserting the track was “old Nurburgring” when in fact it was given a name.

Soooo THERE, whine about my “prize” selection all you want I’ll’ just send it along to Charlie and he can “enjoy” listening to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.

AND… I’d say anyone that raced in any type of car be it NASCAR, F1 or Le Mans in the fifties thru the mid-sixties must all have had a set of balls the size of grapefruits.

]]> By: peterg http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2382 peterg Mon, 07 May 2007 01:20:06 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2382 Marc I don't wish to be ungrateful, but as both of your prizes are totally useless i.e. NASCAR's rule book & a direct feed to Bernie & Max voices, I will have to pass. Your stats have shown me something I was unaware of, while everybody knows Niki did the course in under 7 minutes, can you imagine the size of Phil Hills balls to set a time under 9 minutes in a shark nose Ferrari in 1961? F**K me! talk about taking your life into your own hands. Regarding Charlies question about the armco, I'm guessing Jackie thoughts were that armco was the only known or viable option at the time. Hitting the armco was probably seen as better than going off into the trees; as Charlie points out neither of those two options would be acceptable today. Marc I don’t wish to be ungrateful, but as both of your prizes are totally useless i.e. NASCAR’s rule book & a direct feed to Bernie & Max voices, I will have to pass.

Your stats have shown me something I was unaware of, while everybody knows Niki did the course in under 7 minutes, can you imagine the size of Phil Hills balls to set a time under 9 minutes in a shark nose Ferrari in 1961? F**K me! talk about taking your life into your own hands.

Regarding Charlies question about the armco, I’m guessing Jackie thoughts were that armco was the only known or viable option at the time. Hitting the armco was probably seen as better than going off into the trees; as Charlie points out neither of those two options would be acceptable today.

]]> By: charlie http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2381 charlie Mon, 07 May 2007 00:19:33 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2381 Marc do you find it at all ironic that one of the main changes that Jackie Stewart wanted implemented on Grand Prix circuits, when he became the spokesman for safety in F1, was more armco? The Nordschleife was thought top be too big to be lined sufficiently with the stuff. Nice vid. Marc do you find it at all ironic that one of the main changes that Jackie Stewart wanted implemented on Grand Prix circuits, when he became the spokesman for safety in F1, was more armco? The Nordschleife was thought top be too big to be lined sufficiently with the stuff. Nice vid.

]]> By: Marc http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2380 Marc Sun, 06 May 2007 08:21:55 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2380 Who me?!! Punish someone?!!! Never... honest. BTW, which "prize" are you selecting? Who me?!! Punish someone?!!!

Never… honest.

BTW, which “prize” are you selecting?

]]> By: peterg http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition#comment-2379 peterg Sun, 06 May 2007 04:00:52 +0000 http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2007/05/05/trivia-for-the-love-of-armco-edition/#comment-2379 I know it would be logistically impossible for old Nurburgring & it's 22km (!) length to accommodate a modern GP, but I was always disappointed with the modern one. How, with the amount of space & track the organisers had to work with, they ended up with the creation on offer is a mystery. Marc, did you put this in as a punishment for my cruel Niki Lauda & the rabbit joke I posted? I know it would be logistically impossible for old Nurburgring & it’s 22km (!) length to accommodate a modern GP, but I was always disappointed with the modern one. How, with the amount of space & track the organisers had to work with, they ended up with the creation on offer is a mystery.

Marc, did you put this in as a punishment for my cruel Niki Lauda & the rabbit joke I posted?

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