Why do some people here have problems with businesses? I was brought up to believe that business is good and that aspiring to success in business was admirable, especially of the business was your own.
Why do some people here have problems with businesses? I was brought up to believe that business is good and that aspiring to success in business was admirable, especially of the business was your own.
Moparman wrote: In reply to NickF40: FYI: The Indy Buick turbos were V6s based on the 3.8 litre GN engine. Stock blocks were allowed to run more boos than purpose built racing engines. Buick took advantage of this. The V6 powered cars were among the fastest qualifiers, but reliability was a problem. Still it was fund to watch them qualify,
I can't imagine how bad those motors were with turbos When I worked on a Busch car we were lucky to get half a season of 150 lap races out of a crank. I would hate to see how many pieces and indy car could break them into.
As far as hating businesses I don't get it myself. Everyone I know gets their paycheck from them one way or another.
Moparman wrote: Why do some people here have problems with businesses? I was brought up to believe that business is good and that aspiring to success in business was admirable, especially of the business was your own.
It isn't really business - it is the pervasiveness of it. I get that to have big $ racing we need sponsor money... but do they have to snuff all the personality out of it? I think you are probably old enough to remember when race car drivers were allowed to be humans too. Can you picture A.J. Foyt even being allowed near a camera today?
I realize I am a bit of a dinosaur - I still think hockey was better when nobody wore a helmet.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I realize I am a bit of a dinosaur - I still think hockey was better when nobody wore a helmet.
You will be unhappy to learn that they are now taking checking away from PeeWee hockey, effective next year. I don't know how they expect the US to compete with Canada, but there you have it.
In the 60's and 70's I watched quite a bit of NASCAR. Of course then the cars were based on street cars, and the manufacturers competed.
Then I only watched Daytona through the 90's and 20's, purely for the sense of history. But the last two years I didn't even bother, COTF ruined what little interest that was left.
The Chili-Bowl National was great though! And 24hrs at Daytona was good too.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Can you picture A.J. Foyt even being allowed near a camera today?
When the movie Cars came out my nephew was learning to read. I gave him a kids book I had on Richard Petty. He found a few more in the library and read about Mario Andretti, then AJ Foyt. He asked if AJ was in Cars. My dad said he couldn't have been as he's never said anything that could appear in a kids movie.
I am a capitalist at heart and love business. However, the facts of business are that if you do not deliver the product that the customer wants, they will go to someone who does. A business must walk a fine line between giving the customer what they want and what is best for the business in terms of return on investment and cost of goods sold.
Businesses that get arrogant and insist on telling the customer what is best for them, (while ramming their own internal agenda down the consumer's throat), cross this line and will suffer for it. NASCAR would do well to note how well this worked for GM.
I think under 12 there should be no checking as learning the basic skills of teh game are more importrant, but after that, fire away!
Sorry for the off-topic rant,
In reply to NOHOME:
Agreed.
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