Actor Paul Walker dead

[smuler]

This is his profile on The Pirelli World Challenge site :

http://www.world-challenge.com/drivers/bio.php?name=Roger Rodas

He certainly had the ability to drive a support race on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, if he was ever given the opportunity

He was no slouch

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[Techman]

They can call their races whatever the fuck they want, but a GRAND PRIX is a F-1 race. Nothing else, not even the 'Grand Prix' de Trois Rivieres.

Grand Prix motor racing eventually evolved into formula racing, and Formula One can be seen as its direct descendant. Each event of the Formula One World Championships is still called a Grand Prix. Formula One is still referred to as Grand Prix racing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing

Rodas was a GP quality driver my ass..

 

[Techman]

...
He certainly had the ability to drive a support race on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, if he was ever given the opportunity

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Retired Habs players have driven in support races for the Canadian GP. So that really ain't saying very much. Basically all it means is that you have the money to do so. Jay Leno took one of those Carrera GTs out on a race track and spun it out at 182 MPH. Does that make Leno a Grand Prix quality driver? No, it makes him a rich guy who can afford his toys. Same thing with Rodas. He raced because he could afford it, he wasn't a paid race car driver.

 

[Gentle]

'GRAND PRIX' means FORMULA 1, any other use of the term is ...technically incorrect.

Nop ! it would be llike ass-uming 1952 and 1953 didn't use Formula 2 instead of Formula 1 racing cars.

Also ass-uming it would be of all other races that were called grand prix of... which are gone now and were not for Formula 1 cars.
But that's beside the point isn't it ?

 

[Gentle]

Looks like someone here just went to meltdown country ass-uming I was meaning F1 racing.
Must be watchin' the game with little Doc.

Anyway ... it sounds like Walker was REALLY no BS when it came to help.

 

[smuler]

Retired Habs players have driven in support races for the Canadian GP. So that really ain't saying very much. Basically all it means is that you have the money to do so. Jay Leno took one of those Carrera GTs out on a race track and spun it out at 182 MPH.

I didn't know that about the retired Habs players

Can you give me some examples ?

I am sure that they drove a Jumior Class local series, not a Pirelli World Challenge level series

In order to race Pirelli World Challenge, you must have a proper IMSA license, which Rodas had

Jay Leno never raced in any form of motor sport as far as I know

A guy who is well regarded and certainly able is Patrick Dempsey..

Certainly no Jacques Villeneuve, but races at Lemans and Daytona :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dempsey#Auto_racing


Best Regards

Smuler

 

[Techman]

Patrice Brisebois for one, I'm pretty sure there was another player who drove in the Ferrari Challenge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Brisebois

Brisebois was not signed for the 2009-2010 NHL season as of the summer of 2009. He decided to buy a NASCAR Canada car and race in two NASCAR Canada races in August 2009.[SUP][9][/SUP]
Brisebois entered the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2009 GP3R 100, the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres, and pulled out before the end due to heat exhaustion.[SUP][10][/SUP]
Brisebois qualified in 15th for the 2009 NASCAR Canada Canadian Tire series NAPA AutoPro 100 on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a support race for the NASCAR Nationwide NAPA Auto Parts 200. He finished in 12th place

Didn't say Leno was a race driver, just that he had spun out a Carrera GT on a race track because he can afford his toys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpmuNjTEOeg

As for getting an IMSA license...if you have enough money and the right contacts, and are at least a decent driver, you'll get your license. I can think of a couple of Japanese F1 drivers who would have never gotten their Superlicense if they weren't backed up by Honda back in the day.

 

[smuler]

I can think of a couple of Japanese F1 drivers who would have never gotten their Superlicense if they weren't backed up by Honda back in the day.

Nakajima, Aguri Suzuki, etc...

I agree that they shouldn't have their seats in F1, but they certainly had the background to get a Superlicense :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIA_Super_Licence

Having the qualifications to be considered for a seat versus the politics involved in getting the seat are certainly not the same....

Recent example- Pastor Maldonado

Best Regards

Smuler

 

[master_bates]

Fast & Furious won't be the same without him but I hope they don't end them because of his passing.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Coroner's report on Walker:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/paul-walker-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t1