And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
He was a fabulous driver and won four of the LeMans races for Porsche. Here's a link to a short (<7 minutes) video of him describing what it felt like to drive the Porsche 936 and 956 on the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcuhp7UUNM
Never won an F1 championship, altough he was a runner up two times. He came very close when Jochen Rindt died with enough points to clinch it, even when not around anymore to enjoy it. Ickx mentioned he was happy not to have won it because that would just be wrong. A true class act, besides an amazing driver on anything with wheels, two, four, and more!
Watching the Indy 500 or any F-1 race I am amazed at the roundness and balance of the tires that is required. Watching those tires spin in excess of 200 mph makes me think that the slightest imbalance or out round would be a catastrophe. There must be a lot of work that goes into setting up a wheel/tire assembly and getting it ready for a race. You can see a bunch of weights on that one.
Bias ply tires needed to be spun at the speeds they would run at to get an accurate balance, and some times you had to tweak the balance to work with two speeds. Radial types are much less speed sensitive in comparison. The problem seems to have been the diameter growth variances due to the speed of rotation.
Had a friend who was head of Indy car race timing a few years ago. After that she became the head of tires for Firestone. All th tires were mounted and balanced in their garage at each track. Teams could only maintain pressure within Firestone specs. Bubbarust
Jacky Ickx is still around, age 79. In addition to F1 racing he won LeMans 6 times.
ReplyDeleteAnd a true gentleman. As any of his interviews can show!
DeleteHe was a fabulous driver and won four of the LeMans races for Porsche. Here's a link to a short (<7 minutes) video of him describing what it felt like to drive the Porsche 936 and 956 on the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcuhp7UUNM
ReplyDeleteNever won an F1 championship, altough he was a runner up two times. He came very close when Jochen Rindt died with enough points to clinch it, even when not around anymore to enjoy it. Ickx mentioned he was happy not to have won it because that would just be wrong. A true class act, besides an amazing driver on anything with wheels, two, four, and more!
DeleteWatching the Indy 500 or any F-1 race I am amazed at the roundness and balance of the tires that is required. Watching those tires spin in excess of 200 mph makes me think that the slightest imbalance or out round would be a catastrophe. There must be a lot of work that goes into setting up a wheel/tire assembly and getting it ready for a race. You can see a bunch of weights on that one.
ReplyDeleteBias ply tires needed to be spun at the speeds they would run at to get an accurate balance, and some times you had to tweak the balance to work with two speeds. Radial types are much less speed sensitive in comparison. The problem seems to have been the diameter growth variances due to the speed of rotation.
DeleteHad a friend who was head of Indy car race timing a few years ago. After that she became the head of tires for Firestone. All th tires were mounted and
ReplyDeletebalanced in their garage at each track.
Teams could only maintain pressure within Firestone specs.
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