I drag raced for most of my adult life. I run the Lucas Oil Series in NHRA. My Class is called Super Stock. I can give you an in-car camera shot of one of my qualifying passes. Lets go for a ride ....
Does Formula 1 racing and high end audio go together for anyone else?
I don't think nearly as many in the US are into F1 racing, as a sport, as others around the world are. At least that's my understanding. I just turned onto it a couple of years ago but really enjoy it a lot. I turned onto it the season before the big rivalry came to a head last year between my man Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
My big system is actually in my bedroom b/c I live in a high rise in an urban community and the other big reason is b/c acoustically it appears to be pretty good.
I'm obviously not a hard core purist, because I've got my seventy five inch big screen between my ML Summits. Anyway, I'm curious if F1 racing is a thing with anyone else and more interested in what others think about the way things are looking for Mercedes and more specifically Mr. Hamilton.
I've been enjoying alternating between listening sessions and the practice sessions and the qualifying laps yesterday and would love to hear what others have to say about the distance b/w Verstappen and Hamilton leading p to the race today.
I find it kind of hard to feel sorry for Hamilton, personally, b/c he has a tendency to come off with such an air about him. At the same time, I do feel a little bit sorry for him b/c he appears to've lost his confidence on the track. I don't think he can blame his performance this weekend on the car.
I'm also loving the competition Ferrari is showing Verstappen on the track right out of the starting gate this season.
I've found that audiophiles tend to have some similar traits in common as far as things we appreciate about life and I'm curious if anyone else around here enjoys F1 like I do? And especially thoughts about the rivalry b/w Verstappen and Hamilton and the season so far in general.
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No, we don’t get out past the Mississippi. We’re from Ohio. A year ago this Easter we had the fastest SS/JA pass in History in Adel Georgia @ South Georgia Motorsports Park with a 9.54 @ 138. A couple years before that we won the Sportnationals in Bowling Green Kentucky. Our bucket list was always to win the Us Nationals and we came oh so close several times, but could never kick the door in. Semi Finals 3 times.. Won Class Eliminations at the US Nationals several times though. On the way home from Adel we (my brother who is my crew chief) and I made the decision to sell our operation. Amazingly the entire operation sold in 6 hours !! I’m 66 and my loving wife has waited decades for me to finally move pass this money funnel. Racing is as bad as any drug ever created. It’s worse than audiophiles! LOL Thanks for asking Jeff Niceswanger NHRA superstock 3740 SS/JA and GT/KA |
@tablejockey that's a cool video! I love Rossi's persona. The Ducati mechanic here in KC was a riding buddy of mine years ago when I used to ride, I can only imagine what it would be like to ride with Valentino casually. It would be so cool if he made it into the Formula one scene. @chetatkins I tried to get into that netflix series about F1 last year when I started getting way into the sport as a hobby and I was kind of amused because when I tried to watch it I literally couldn't understand all the drama. I was like, what is this sh*t?lol My impression was that they were just trying to spin drama around racing to attract an audience. No racing? lol @sns which model Ducati did you get? I used to ride an ST2 years ago, which is the sport touring model. I used to love to travel on my bike. But retired from the hobby after a lil fall down go boom. I have some seriously cool memories, because I was about as avid about my interest in riding as my love of music. Mario, the Ducati mechanic here in KC did a custom job for me and made a four valve motor from an ST4S, which is a much more powerful motor, fit in the ST2 frame. It was a really cool bike. The two valve motor was actually more fun, in a sense, b/c it had so much low end torque. That made it really fun to ride on the twisties, especially with the sound of the dry clutch. The clatter of the dry clutch sounded so cool. I don't know how to post pictures here but it would be fun for some of us to share pictures of our old rides, Can anyone else get that ball rolling? And is anybody willing to post some simple instructions to make it easier for others to share pictures of their sexy Italian motorcycles? |
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