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Formula 1 Pit Stops 1950 Versus Today
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/pitstop1.html ^
Posted on 04/15/2014 2:31:03 PM PDT by navysealdad
This is a comparison of a Formula 1 pit stop in the 1950s to a more current one. It's amazing to see how far the technology has progressed looking at them side by side.
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To: navysealdad
Well, it is 64 years later and so one would expect some improvement.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:34:57 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
To: navysealdad
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:35:43 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
To: navysealdad
yeah... but the guy in the 50’s got his windshield cleaned!
lol
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:36:20 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama lied .. the economy died.)
To: navysealdad
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:37:08 PM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: navysealdad
To: navysealdad
Hah. Too easy. If it were me designing these races they’d have to have a six-year-old girl as a passenger who had to pee every 10 laps. Keep it real!
To: navysealdad
UMMM, That is Indy 500 then F1, Big difference. Still cool though.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:42:09 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: Chode; nascarnation; SgtBob; McGruff; umgud; al baby; prisoner6; The_Sword_of_Groo; ...
PING for a flash to the past.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:42:34 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: ansel12
Should have been split screen
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:43:57 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: TexasFreeper2009
They use “Tear Off’s” these days. Open wheel/cockpit cars it’s on the Drivers Visor. NASCAR it covers the whole winshield.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:46:17 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
To: navysealdad
It seems to me that in Formula One all they did was to increase the number of people allowed on the pit crew.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:57:41 PM PDT
by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(What we need is to sucker the fedthugs into a "Tiananmen Square"-like incident on the National Mall!)
To: mabarker1
UMMM, That is Indy 500 then F1, Big difference. Still cool though. The biggest motor racing changes in that period were probably not at F1 or "stock car" racing venues, but at Le Mans (due in part to the horrific crash there in '55). Ever see that video on YouTube? Chilling.
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posted on
04/15/2014 2:57:46 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: navysealdad
Shoot, if you look at a current Indy car pitstop, it still looks slow compared to F1!
To: navysealdad
The F1 stop was incredible, but... did they put any gas in the car? Sure didn’t look like it.
To: navysealdad
In the F1 stop he did not take on fuel, just a tire change.
Still quite astounding as to the team work.
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posted on
04/15/2014 3:07:25 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
To: Charles Martel
What is remarkable about the Le Mans accident a that the race continued to completion after more than 80 spectators were killed.
To: navysealdad
They could only use four people in 1950, now they have an army of people in the pits, each person with just one thing to do - and they get to use power tools at that.
So probably not a fair comparison.
To: mabarker1
and knock-offs were state of the art too
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posted on
04/15/2014 3:13:12 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Charles Martel
Yes, many times. F1 had some bad ones in the early years also. And a few in the latter when they used pressurized fuel rigs.
The NASCAR Boyz in the early years would just light up a smoke in the fire on Pit Road stand back and let it burn out on its own;)
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posted on
04/15/2014 3:18:23 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
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