[BILLY D.]

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last i checked the lamborghini would do the national speed limit at 55mph in 1976 in two seconds and never leave second gear. that was in '76. and the countach was $250,000. can't recall what the gas mileags was, but it wasn't bad.

have you ever heard a lamborghini or a ferrari wind through the gears up to speed. makes the hair on my arms stand up. same with honda and kaw mortorcycles. what a beautiful sound. when i was in germany i used to go to all the gp races i could. we always went to the ones in germany, the netherlands, belgium, and france. those were all within 200 miles of where we lived. even made it to monza once. fact is i was at the nurburgring the day nikki lauda wrecked. he was lucky to live through that one. he was horribly burned. although he wasn't my favorite drive in f-1 i still felt bad for him.

i had two favorite drivers, ronnie peterson, john player special ford cosworth and patrick depailler, elf tyrrel, another ford cosworth. depailler's car was a bit different. it had a tandem 4wheel set up, four on the front assembly and two on the rear. the cars were fast as all get out but the problem came during tire changes. their pit times were much slower than everybody elses.

jody scheckter was a team-mate of depailler at the time. if the name scheckter rings a bell it's because his brother is driving in the irl.

one little salient point. the racing versions of those don't use gasoline. f-1 and the other euro races went to methanol before nascar did. i think, but don't quote me on that.