Das Borgen Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I consider mylsef a Boris Said fan here's a nice article on him http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2006-08-01-said-cover_x.htm some nice takeaways Before his first race in 1987, Said was asked if he wanted to buy tires. "I don't need tires, these are brand new and they last 30,000 miles," he said. No, a BF Goodrich employee explained, you need a more durable version for racing. "I thought, 'Yeah, right. I'm no idiot; they're trying to rip me off,' " Said recalls saying. He finished second in a 40-minute race that turned his street tires into smoldering chunks. He tried renting a Mustang for the next race so he would have spare wheels. Instead, he cannibalized the car for spare parts when the fuel pump in his race car failed. "I called Hertz and said, 'Sorry, your car won't start, and I don't know why. I've got to get to the airport,' " he says. "If you ask me how I got from there to becoming a Nextel Cup team owner, I have no idea." he became the first American to win a 24-hour event at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, a 15½-mile road course in Germany that requires 110 shifts a lap He went missing once after a wreck at Watkins Glen International. "Everyone was worried he had a head injury and was wandering around the track about to get run over," Simo says. "Twenty minutes later Boris came walking back with a slice of pizza from the concession stand." http://bhchili.com/images/lbgp-2.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Very cool. The post-crash pizza one is pure win and is how racing should still be. However needing 110 shifts to circle the Nordschliffe is really only boggling for a circle-track fan. Monaco and Suzuka are each around 46-48 gear-shifts in a F1 race and those are only 2mi and 3.5mi circuits respectively. And those are only the 4th highest in number of shifts. The 'ring is relatively easy on transmissions, but diabolical on engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I wanna drive the 'ring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 I wanna drive the 'ring! You and me both. Going to have to start a CR 'Ring Records thread when GT5 comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiColin Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 Grabbing a slice of pizza after wrecking is awesome. Thats pretty cool, good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Jalopnik did a piece on him this week too that was pretty good. I heard some stories about him running races with no pit crew. He would pull into the pits, get out of his car, change his own tires, then get back in and continue racing. Not sure if it's legend or truth, but he's definitely a pretty cool guy. I respect guys like Boris Said and Randy Probst a lot because they started out on their own. True grassroots racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted November 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Mallard, it's truth http://jalopnik.com/5683163/why-boris-said-is-absolutely-the-man I too like Randy. I was really happy to watch him race his KPAX Volvo at Mid-OH this year. A friend of mine got to talk to him for a while and he told me about how nice and welcoming Randy was all the while giving him a tour of the Volvo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 You and me both. Going to have to start a CR 'Ring Records thread when GT5 comes out. :o:o:o:o:o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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