I don't think it's very professional to comment on someone else's drive, he made few mistakes, did a good job, for the most part. My comment lies more with the series: he was hard charger by going from 13th to 9th!?

I stand with my view of professionals versus not.

Tangent: I love videos like that one and the one that started this thread. You can learn a LOT from them. Yours or anyone elses', watch them often. I re-watch mine a few times a month to do my best and relive the moments I should probably remember.

 

maybe i am missing matt's comment after jimmy posted that wc video of graham.

i am only about half way throught the video at the moment. but, i remember watching this on speed. i was all pumped up at the time, but i think graham was either 3rd or 4th on the last lap and made a bobble. that bobble cost him a few spots, if i am wrong, i will "take that back". i guess i will find out shortly. regardless of finishing position, i think that was a great driver. the car might have been setup just as well as any other tc car at the time. but, what about the budget or "spec" tire etc?

also, to what matt said, i enjoy watching these videos. graham might not be a boris said or scott pruett etc, but he can drive and has some hardware to show it. the hardware might not be a conti st trophy or anything of the likes, but i noticed a lot in this video that you don't see on "normal" coverage.

some of the things i noticed graham do. towards the end of the first stint, the mazdas and the bmw are locking up often. what does he do, he backs it down and "saves" the brakes and tires. that "plan" might have worked given that yellow had not came out. he got "bullied" a few times, did that seem to get in his head? no, he seemed to be driving his race and not worrying about the others around him.

thanks for posting that video, jimmy.

 

This topic is very narrow of scope - and narrowness of scope might be a difference between a pro driver and you that you can live with.

Steve Jobs just died, giving you an easy opportunity if you haven't seen it before to watch his Stanford commencement speech from one rotation back on lifes wheel of fortune. If you're narrow of scope you might boil it down to the casual and usual "follow your dreams", but he says alot more than that. A mind can do alot with the freedom to wander about.

Jacky Ickx is still alive so far as I know. He says something about the mentality of the young pro racing driver in the recent Nurburgring issue of Motorsport. A thoughtful man apparently, his mind seems to have opened beautifully as the years pushed him toward eternity.

"The difference between a pro driver and you!" It's just silly. If this is a big deal to you, you might resemble too much the character in the "Flatout" animated video classic. About almost everything in life there is an incremental cost. Know how much you're paying. Find, follow even, your passion. And have some perspective. Reflect. Life offers much and passion blinds many. The best things are free, and lifes greatest rewards are for character and not acheivement.

Scott, who may be failing foward even now and has never been better...