speedvision world challenge

George Roffe geo3@earthlink.net
Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:27:54 -0600


Alex C. Chang wrote:

>The *ONLY* reason why Roger Foo won at Laguna Seca was because qualifying
>was completely screwed up.

So the big boys got qualifying wrong.  So what?  Roger Foo still did one
hell of a job.  My hat's off to him.

>To have David Leslie qualify at pole with an inferior Mazda...

The car may be inferior (but less so than you imply - it has run at or near
the front all season), but David Leslie is probably the best driver in the
whole damned field.

>And Roger *SHOULD* have the driver's advantage over the field...  He
>considers Laguna his home track!

A lot of drivers consider Laguna Seca their home track and don't win there.

Don't take away from Roger's achievements.  He got the job done and the
other guys did not.  The rest is just excuses.

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20  (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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