Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

Parkinson was the first promotor to organise a truly WW F1powerboat race series. He did it first with the Canon series and later with the Fonda series, which became the benchmark for all competition powerboating. He did have help from People like Charlie Shepherd, Claude Bladinaire and Fred Hauenstien. But in the end it was mostly his own efforts that improved the sport.
all this he did in spite of the efforts by the then head of the UIM, Rolf Frohling. He tried to oust Parkinson for years, took him nine years before he finally managed it!

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I resurrected these spokeshaves and put them on ebay. Unfortunately i called them DRAWKNIVES. They were blacklisted immediately.
What in Gods name is wrong with people these days. These are craftsman’s tools, been made by Blacksmiths and forgers for centuries . Used for making wheels and chairs for nearly five hundred years/. Time to get a grip methinks,

Relist them with the word Vintage in the title. No self respecting “road man” would tool up with anything more than 2 years old....

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First time in four years I cleaned out from under the bench. Weighed in 120 lbs of scrap brass, aluminium and stainless.
unearthed the MALIBUSTANG yet again, found the box of mints a well wisher gave me some years back. And thats just the first shelf ——same aaabout a dozen times over, but that will have to be tomorrow.

Oh yes, i almost forgot. Thats the original hardtop for the Rolls Royce trophy Rich commissioned me to do. I will send it over in the next box of concepts .

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...another great mercury photo jackman! love it...:thumbsup:... https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...7&d=1605165637

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David and i would take off on a friday afternoon and play a round of golf. We weren’t the best of golfers , but it was where we would put the world to rights . Parky loved a pint. Had to be English traditional ale . Now i know the colonials laugh at the english lukewarm ale which is alien to most Americans .. Preferred taste in beer is usually ice cold .. not from the fridge , but from the deep freeze. Doesnt seem to matter whether it is COORS< BUDWIESER< MILLER , SCHLITZ . As long as its ice cold —.

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WAS UP AT CRACK O SPARRER SATURDAY, had to Finnish Eddies gates and fence, was the last chance i have before christmas to finish the job. It absolutely chucked it down all morning. By noon i was soaked , wet and miserable, but the jobs done. Well, thats my parts done anyway, the electrification is not my department, i just said i would make and hang the gates. Incidentally, i could not have managed to hang them on my own, IAN HEASEMAN did all the heaving and the craft bit, i just acted as foreman. JOB DONE>

Well,well, well, looks like Hamilton had a bit more luck today. He just won the Turkish GP.
THE LIKELY CONTENDERS WHO WOULD OUTDRIVE HIM IF THEY ONLY HAD THE CAR all kept spinning out. Verstappen four times, Bottas five times. Leclerc twice . But the mercedes of Lewis Hamilton just kept going on and on. He did the last 54 laps on the same set of tyres. Course, the win was nothing to do with Lewis, it was just the car.
Coincidence that he’s now a seven times world champion. More pole positions than anyone else. More outright wins than anyone else.
I dont ever remember any race driver in any motorised sport that didn't get the acclaim for his ability. Never before has anyone ever claimed it was the car, not the driver.
In motorised sport throughout the world since competitions began, has the machine been the winner , not the driver.
Fact remains, no cars any good unless it has a driver, and to win, you need the best driver, which mercedes have.

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Originally Posted by jackiewilson

I dont ever remember any race driver in any motorised sport that didn't get the acclaim for his ability. Never before has anyone ever claimed it was the car, not the driver.
In motorised sport throughout the world since competitions began, has the machine been the winner , not the driver.
Fact remains, no cars any good unless it has a driver, and to win, you need the best driver, which mercedes have.

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It seems it has been an argument ongoing, with ambiguous support more for the driver's skill or it was the vehicles undisputed superiority. One side will say put another driver in the winner's vehicle, and you will get the same winners result.

Then a lot of opinions will state it was 60% driver's skill and 40% vehicle's capability, or vice a versa.
The sliding scale of subjectivity is more art than science. But makes for interesting conversation.

Albeit champion drivers lean to, the scale favoring a greater percentage toward their skill level.
And engineers and mechanics might lean to the technology, being the higher percentage for winning.

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Originally Posted by Lake X Kid

It seems it has been an argument ongoing, with ambiguous support more for the driver's skill or it was the vehicles undisputed superiority. One side will say put another driver in the winner's vehicle, and you will get the same winners result.

Then a lot of opinions will state it was 60% driver's skill and 40% vehicle's capability, or vice a versa.
The sliding scale of subjectivity is more art than science. But makes for interesting conversation.

Albeit champion drivers lean to, the scale favoring a greater percentage toward their skill level.
And engineers and mechanics might lean to the technology, being the higher percentage for winning.

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Another interesting slant on the world of motorsport Roy.
Afraid i have to take you to task here. Any motor of any description can only perform as well as its designers and manufacturers make it. It may have the ability to balance things out in performing , it doesnt have a brain, Neither does it have any level of skill or ability.
A machine will give 100% of its performance all the time, a driver has to go way beyond that. ITS CALLED THE HUMAN FACTOR.
Thats where the equation turns to worms, machines can give no more than their maximum output,
Simple fact is, some drivers are better than others regardless of the machine they drive.
This is where speculation comes into the equation, and opinions .
Point i was making was that never before in the history of the sport has the machine been given the credit for the win. Its ALWAYS been the driver ( until now).