 SCOTT
WALKER IS A BAD SON
Hi: I have this problem. Every time I need an oil change,
I call my son Scott and ask for help. But he just won't come up from
Florida to help his little ole mom out. What do you suggest? Guess I
will just have to drive down there to get him to look at my car, eh?
Thank you.
Georgie Walker
Canada
Let's see - December in Canada or December in Florida.
. . Mom, head south! DRO's "More Horses" guru Scott has plenty of room
at his house and he might even find time to put that supercharged 509
in the old Cadillac. - Editor
SAFETY FIRST
Right on Burk! I read your editorial about the safety
issue and John Lingenfelter's accident at Pomona. I was there and noticed
that he wasn't wearing a full-face helmet. The neck protection (or lack
thereof) I didn't notice. I have heard drivers say on more than one
occasion that a GM sponsorship requires them to wear the HANS-device.
I don't really know about his sponsorship and what GM wishes apply in
his particular situation. Taking some editorial license with the old
Mario Andretti TV promo for seatbelts -- "There is only one word to
describe people who go that fast and don't wear a full-face helmet and
a neck restraint -- STUPID!"
I agree with Burk; it's time!
John Meyer
La Verne, California
SAFETY SECOND
Right on the mark, Jeff!
Al Booton
SAFETY THIRD
I privately disagreed with you about one of your earlier
editorials, but I feel strongly enough about your editorial concerning
driver safety that I want to publicly agree with you and give you an
"attaboy."
If we were ignorant of the effects of unrestrained driver
head movement in high-speed impacts, there might be some excuse for
allowing the current situation to continue. But the facts are clear
and we don't need to keep learning the same thing over and over again.
Even NASCAR, who some compare with the Luddites when it
comes to driver safety, has finally seen the light and the results are
clear to see - drivers who have been involved in crashes that appear
to be at least as severe as Earnhardt's are still with us. A couple
have even sustained cracked vertebrae, but they are expected to fully
recover and drive again.
Larry Dixon and Gary Scelzi were each wearing the HANS
device when they survived what looked like career- or life-ending crashes.
I'm not sure the 80-mph T/SA driver really needs it, but
the 150 mph (and faster) competitors surely do. After all, they have
wives and kids too, just like the big boys.
Larry Sullivan
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