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Originally Posted by Flash68
Geez, what a knitting club over-analysis of something. 
Mary Pozzi has been using that phrase for years in this community and she probably heard it from someone who'd been using it for umpteen years prior to that.
If you don't have talent, then there's nothing to worry about.
If you do have talent, don't run out of it while your buddies are around and/or while the GoPro is running. 
Brian -- nice times on street tires. Looks like you got some work to do, Gaetano.  |
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Originally Posted by intocarss
We been using that term "he ran out of talent" and "he had it under control right up until he lost it" for 20+ years.
It's funny reading this tonight because the guy pitted next to us crashed, we asked what happen? He said "I just ran out of talent while trying to make that pass"
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Originally Posted by Damn True
It's fairly common parlance amongst racers. In that context it isn't meant as an insult. It's a means of explaining in simplest terms that at the absolute limit sometimes stuff happens that one simply is unable to compensate for. "Stuff" can be mechanical, or driver error and it happens to everyone. Schumacher ran out of talent once in a while, Senna once too often. Certainly doesn't make them lesser drivers.
That said, HPDE drivers should never be that close to the edge of the envelope of either the ability of themselves or the car.
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Talent is what keeps you out there on the edge of failure...once you have extended your reach of your personal talent, things break or you do things unintentionally. This includes your knowing the cars ability.