From: "John Oellrich" 

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Paul,

I think you missed my point, that being in F1 and the like the race =
engineer (crew chief in NASCAR, I guess) gets readouts about all the =
little minutia going on in the car and is less reliant on the driver to =
tell him/her what is happening. The F1 driver doesn't have to (but very =
well may) be able to relate to the engineer what is going on with the =
car. In NASCAR it is critical that the driver can do that.

While generally not a very good movie, "Days of Thunder" had a
great = scene where Robert Duvall (crew chief) asks Tom Cruise (driver) to
tell = him what is going on with the car. Cruise says "I can't",
Duvall asks = why, Cruise responds "I don't know anything about
cars". While not the = norm, there are drivers that aren't good at it.
On the real difficult = tracks, that becomes a very big burden.

--=20
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net
  "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message =
news:3dc27d45$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  I think the race engineer is equally important, perhaps more so. IMO =
there are quite a few good enough to win at NASCAR drivers out there, = but
rather fewer race engineers who could make it happen regularly.

  Paul

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Paul,
 
I think you missed my point, that being in F1 and the like the race =

engineer (crew chief in NASCAR, I guess) gets readouts about all the = little=20
minutia going on in the car and is less reliant on the driver to tell = him/her=20
what is happening. The F1 driver doesn't have to (but very well may) be = able to=20
relate to the engineer what is going on with the car. In NASCAR it is = critical=20
that the driver can do that.
 
While generally not a very good movie, "Days of Thunder" had a =
great scene=20
where Robert Duvall (crew chief) asks Tom Cruise (driver) to tell him = what is=20
going on with the car. Cruise says "I can't", Duvall asks why,
Cruise = responds=20
"I don't know anything about cars". While not the norm, there are
= drivers that=20
aren't good at it. On the real difficult tracks, that becomes a very big =

burden.
-- john
 
oellrich{at}earthlink.net">mailto:oellrich{at}earthlink.net">oellrich{at}earthlink.net

  "Paul Ranson" <paul{at}barkto.com>">mailto:paul{at}barkto.com">paul{at}barkto.com>
wrote in =
message news:3dc27d45$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  I think the race engineer is equally =
important,=20
  perhaps more so. IMO there are quite a few good enough to win at =
NASCAR=20
  drivers out there, but rather fewer race engineers who could make it =
happen=20
  regularly.
   
  Paul
  

   
 

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