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12th August 2010, 23:06 #1
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Vince Neil...rock star, party monster..indy lights driver?
I just thought about this the other day looking at old Indy lights stats on Wikipedia. does anyone remeber that Vince Neil, from Motley Crue, drove some Indy Lights races in '92? i vaguely remember this, but i was pretty young at the time. was he any good? i think he was sponsored by a Say No To Drugs campaign or something to that effect (hows that for irony).
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13th August 2010, 03:14 #2
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Yeah I remember him driving, but I don't remember how he did. There used to be quite a few people that would try to get into indycars back in those days. Either crossing over from acting, other forms of sports, or other forms of motor racing. It used to have that kind of pull.
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13th August 2010, 13:10 #3
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Originally Posted by Otto-Matic
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13th August 2010, 16:26 #4
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Was he faster than Frankie Nunez??
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15th August 2010, 12:30 #5
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Originally Posted by nigelred5Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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15th August 2010, 14:02 #6
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Originally Posted by gm99
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16th August 2010, 13:04 #7
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I seem to remember Jason Priestley being an ok driver. Maybe not winning all the time, but getting top 5's every now and then?
The overall technical objective in racing is the achievement of a vehicle configuration, acceptable within the practical interpretation of the rules, which can traverse a given course in a minimum time. -Milliken
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16th August 2010, 20:29 #8
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Originally Posted by chuck34
Priestley finished second (to Foyt IV) in his first IPS start, beating the likes of Ed Carpenter and Luyendyk Jr. Prior to his accident, he was sixth in the overall standings (well ahead of a certain Marty Roth), although of course the field wasn't particularly strong.Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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17th August 2010, 06:56 #9
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Priestly used to run with Scott Maxwell with Multimatic in IMSA with the "Silver Hammer" Mustang in GTO (what was to become GT1). He used to hold his own and be competitive in that, and considering their car was a glorified TransAm Car, it did alright over all too.
Priestly wasn't a joke, and he ran in the touring car series up here at the time too, and did ok at that. I think OW racing though was pushing the envelope of his talent. Yes he did ok for a while, but lets face it, we were not talking the next Paul Tracy or Greg Moore. We were talking someone who had the talent to be a journeyman driver.
Nothing to sneeze at....but not the guy Roger Penske was going to tap on the shoulder either."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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17th August 2010, 12:30 #10
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Yeah, I'm not saying that Penske was gonna sign him or anything. Just a good mid-pack type of guy. Maybe a bit like Bryan Herta, or Vitor Mira maybe?
The overall technical objective in racing is the achievement of a vehicle configuration, acceptable within the practical interpretation of the rules, which can traverse a given course in a minimum time. -Milliken
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