2006-06-24 13:17:52 · 13 answers · asked by psychoticlawnjockey 4 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Yes, I was driving on the freeway in the winter and was doing about 25 and one car passed me (bad weather conditions) and while he was doing approximately 45 until I passed him later and he was off the road in a ditch. Under right conditions slower is faster.
2006-06-24 13:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by miknave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While nobody ever wins a race by driving slow I will tell you that many races have been won by being steady. The majority of Richard Petty's 200 wins were won not because he was fastest but because he outlasted his competitors and was there at the end of the race to have the opportunity to win.
2006-06-26 00:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steady, but not slow. Rick Mears did a lot of steady driving and won races that way. He's possibly the only open-wheel driver I can recall who often finished a race with a better-handling car than the one he started with.
How did he do this? Excellent feedback to his crew during pit stops.
2006-06-24 19:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often it can happen. For example, in Nascar you'll often see driver's go really hard right at the beginning and then get into an accident, tear their car up, or just really beat the crap out of it and lose the perfect car. You'll see some driver's hang back and keep somewhere around the front..but not really overdrive it, and then end up being able to outrun those guys who ran hard in the beginning. Does it always happen.. No, but can it?? Sure can.
Greg gave a perfect example of Rick Mears.. Also, current driver's like Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth aren't set out to lead every alp..but just the most important one, and often it works out for them. They are high in points rankings and Matty does have one championship. There have been incidents of it through the years, and I would need a whole other identity to even begin to list them all.
2006-06-24 20:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by smokes_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The turtle did beat the hare in the race to the finish line. He won it with patience and endurance(slow and steady)
2006-06-24 13:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in real life. I have a relative who started attending college, but was unable to go full time, so he went part time, sometimes 1/4 time. He kept chipping away, and away. 12 years later, and now he has a great job, as a senior scientist with the Water Company.
BTW, he is still in school.
Old Soldier
2006-06-24 13:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by Old Soldier 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gerald Ford?
2006-06-24 13:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by mitchskram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, like when your racing a car, and there are tight curves and your going really fast, you spin out if you dont have enough control, so if u brake a little more on curves and turns but dont brake too much, then you have a good chance of winnning one on one
2006-06-24 13:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by teenqueenof13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the stupid Hair in the Tortoise and the Hair was just an idiot! The Tortoise was stupid too. No one has ever seen it happen because it's just not true!
2006-06-24 13:21:49 · answer #9 · answered by emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the "slow one" has a solid plan, and a back-up plan...and another plan incase the back-up dosen't work.
So yes it is possible.
2006-06-24 13:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by megnalon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋