RE: [alfa] Victory by Design...

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Last night, Speed showed the "Making of Victory by Design" where DeCadanet addresses many of these things regarding his driving, warm up and preparation of the cars for the filming.

He confirms Brian's point about knowing the cars before hand and setting his limits as a driver.   It's a great peice.  I meant to record it. 

It's being re-run on Saturday 12/31 at midnight eastern and twice Sunday 2/1 at 7:30pm and 11:00pm eastern with all the Victory by Design shows in between as follows:

4:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Jaguar  
5:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Aston-Martin  
6:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Porsche  
7:00 pm Speed News Sunday   
7:30 pm MAKING OF "VICTORY BY DESIGN"   
8:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Ferrari  
9:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Maserati  
10:00 pm VICTORY BY DESIGN Alfa Romeo  
11:00 pm MAKING OF "VICTORY BY DESIGN" 

-Peter

> <snip>
> > > I'd guess that most of the cars that are being thrashed about are
> > > mostly non-original in the first place.  So hammering a new panel to
> > > replace a panel that is not original, what's the big deal?
> <snip>
> 
> In the fwiw dept, I bought them all, and have been watching them on the long
> distance flights to/from Rome (appropriate, don't you think?).
> 
> To me, it looks like he does a pretty damn good job of driving them all.  I
> think it takes some skill and knowledge of those cars to deal with whatever
> quirks were common to them for the era, he seems to motor along quite
> quickly, getting loose on occasion but never really out of control.  Of
> course, I don't know what got left on the editing room floor..
> 
> He does two things that irk me.  First, on startup, it seems that some times
> the engine catches and he's on his way.  Sure, I know it's all properly
> warmed up in advance, but it would seem that a few seconds for the oil
> pressure to come up would be appropriate.
> 
> Second, his shut down method.  A lot of times I hear the engine rev up just
> before it cuts out, many times, he's shut it off as he coasts to a stop.
> Doesn't that wash down the cylinder liners?
> 
> I think that practice might have been appropriate when you're dealing with a
> race car that's getting rebuilt after every race, but on these cars?
> 
> Oh well, I think he knows more than I do in these matters..
> 
> bs
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