Comments on: Jimmy Vasser: One Word – Solid http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/jimmy-vasser-one-word-solid/ Speed is Life Fri, 24 May 2013 03:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/jimmy-vasser-one-word-solid/#comment-624 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/jimmy-vasser-one-word-solid/#comment-624 J.V. is a ‘class act,’ I’ve always said. Totally cool. Always gracious. Even when he was punted out of a race or let down by his car he never pitched his helmet or gloves or gestured in anger or frustration or expressed angst on camera. I would’ve pitched fits when suffering misfortunes year after year, team after team. I’ve always liked his demeanor and attitude. Never a sour-puss, pouty or temperamental, like some spectacular drivers (JPM) and also-rans (Danica).
I didn’t notice him in 1994 at Laguna Seca nor March ’95 in Miami, but only started following him in 1996. I’m very glad he has a second career and a means to keep his hand in the game, with a team that wins sporadically. I had hopes for Katherine Legge after she showed promise in Atlantics, and I was always a fan of Cristiano and Oriol …

]]> By: Sean http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/jimmy-vasser-one-word-solid/#comment-623 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:44:03 +0000 http://oilpressure.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/jimmy-vasser-one-word-solid/#comment-623 Unser and Rahal robbed from the split? I don’t see why anyone would say that. Neither of them won in CART after 1995, and the Penske and Rahal teams struggled mostly throughout the ’90s. Little Al won a few IRL races later but he was no longer a threat at Indy.

Actual drivers who may have been “robbed”? Michael Andretti, Greg Moore, Paul Tracy, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi. I can’t think of anyone else really because those were the guys who did the best on ovals. Little Al and Rahal were done. Moore is more overlooked than Vasser even…even though he was pretty much as good as anyone at ovals in that era of CART.

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