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Old 01-12-2005
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Re: Fit to Race

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Originally Posted by Racing Yoda
The night before I won my first SCCA National race, I drank virtually a case of beer (wretched excess, but I did win the next day).

The night before the Championship race in 1982 (the year i won the Championship) I shared a full bottle of Remy with several of my competitors, and still was successful the next day.
Again, I'm not advocating, I'm just trying to temper modern fanatical extemism with a more balanced view.
Racing Yoda
All I know is that there were several drivers at Tremblant this year that partied HARD on Saturday night (Yager, Tequila, etc...), and on Sunday morning stumbled into their cars and ran some of the best races they've ever done.



Is this irresponsible or what?
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