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Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR
ABC News ^ | 18 Aug, 2022 | JENNA FRYER

Posted on 08/20/2022 10:03:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 08/20/2022 10:03:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Raikkonen won the F1 World Championship in 2007 driving for Ferrari.


2 posted on 08/20/2022 10:03:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Chode

Ping. This is in your neck of the woods.


3 posted on 08/20/2022 10:04:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Party boy...


4 posted on 08/20/2022 10:09:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: MtnClimber

He’s Finnish; but not finished.


5 posted on 08/20/2022 10:10:44 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: MtnClimber

NASCAR and F1 / IndyCar are two different beasts.

Danica Patrick was pretty good and rising in IndyCar, but did poorly after transitioning to NASCAR.


6 posted on 08/20/2022 10:16:50 AM PDT by Yossarian
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That is so true. Look also to JPM, he was ok but never a threat to win at most tracks.


7 posted on 08/20/2022 10:19:40 AM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Yossarian

I hope he doesn’t try to turn right...


8 posted on 08/20/2022 10:20:00 AM PDT by EEGator
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It's like semi-retirement.
He already knows how to go fast. Now he only has to turn LEFT, shift only once or twice the whole race, and brake only on pit road...
9 posted on 08/20/2022 10:20:09 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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and Andretti’s kid dint fare well in F1...


10 posted on 08/20/2022 10:31:39 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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I’m waiting for geriatric NASCAR, where the minimum age is 75 and they’re all driving Coupe DeVilles, Oldsmobiles, or Chrysler Newports.

Now, that would be entertaining.


11 posted on 08/20/2022 10:34:15 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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I’m waiting for geriatric NASCAR, where the minimum age is 75 and they’re all driving Coupe DeVilles, Oldsmobiles, or Chrysler Newports.

Now, that would be entertaining.


12 posted on 08/20/2022 10:34:30 AM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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Danica Patrick spent more time on her back in NASCAR than she did racing.


13 posted on 08/20/2022 10:41:56 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (The modern world demands that we approve what it should not even dare ask us to tolerate.)
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I’m waiting for geriatric NASCAR, where the minimum age is 75 and they’re all driving Coupe DeVilles, Oldsmobiles, or Chrysler Newports.

And the cars would be equipped with curb feelers.

14 posted on 08/20/2022 10:50:18 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: MtnClimber

In racing-If you want to win hire a Finn


15 posted on 08/20/2022 10:54:41 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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I’m trying to remember who was the last driver from another form of racing to come to NASCAR and find success right away. I think it was Tony Stewart.

Anyone have a more recent example?


16 posted on 08/20/2022 11:08:28 AM PDT by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Obama)
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Sounds more like Kimi is just going to run this one road race. Just being paid for some PR work.

Starting a complete circuit when over 40 does’t seem likely.


17 posted on 08/20/2022 11:19:13 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: EEGator
He'll have to turn right occasionally at Watkins Glen.
18 posted on 08/20/2022 11:25:39 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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He might forget how by then.


19 posted on 08/20/2022 11:29:08 AM PDT by EEGator
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Red farmer kept racing until he was in his 70’s. He just dropped down in divisions.
20 posted on 08/20/2022 11:54:40 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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