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- From: chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry)
- Subject: Re: Question
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:00:36 GMT
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- In article <1k913gINN6ir@bigboote.WPI.EDU> giants@wpi.WPI.EDU (J Scott Kearney) writes:
- > How much does the height of a driver matter...meaning the design of
- >the car, aerodynamics over a taller driver's head? (of course we are talking
- >about open cockpit machines) Is a lack of height (under 6 ft. maybe 5'6"...
- >not to offend anyone who may be sensitive) a preferred quality in a driver.
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- In a formula car, driver height is crucial! This is one reason Tommy
- Kendall isn't racing Indy cars -- he's too tall to fit. Scott Pruett
- also had problems, until Truesports designed the car around him!
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- At least as important as height is weight. In the top ranks of the
- sport, the car is weighed less driver, so a smaller driver is a big
- advantage (more so in Formula One, where the minimum weight is
- ridiculously low).
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- > Of course we all know how tiny Prost is, but what are some of the
- >heights of F1/Indy pilots today. (or should I have written Indy/F1...haha)
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- I think the Al Unsers, father and son, are both around 5'9" or so.
- The M. Andrettis are about the same, maybe a little shorter. Rahal's
- about 6'. These are from memory -- don't quote me.
-
- -- Chuck Fry Chucko@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
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