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How An American Racing Rookie Made History At 200 Mph

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Old 06-24-2010, 02:24 PM
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The pro driver wrecks twice trying to go as fast.
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Scott Tucker started racing in 2006 at the age of 44. He had never driven a race car before, and he had never even seen a race track.
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In the four years since he began racing — he essentially entered the sport on a lark, and because it looked like fun — he has competed in an amazing 91 events (!), gaining as much seat time as the average driver sees in a decade. In that time, he has won an astonishing 40 races and been on the podium 52 times.
That's impressive. Also encouraging for the OldFart contingent
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Wow, thats really cool. Isn't Scott Tucker the reigning T1 national champ? Drove the F430 that caused so much consternation last year if I recall correctly.
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Originally Posted by argonaut
Wow, thats really cool. Isn't Scott Tucker the reigning T1 national champ? Drove the F430 that caused so much consternation last year if I recall correctly.
Yes. He also ran 2 LMP-C cars in ALMS and drove in BOTH cars during races to maximize his earning points (IIRC ALMS changed the rules because his strategy)


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I guess if you have some talent and a ba-zillion dollars, you can pay to drive anything
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With teams cruzing grammer school for talent, its nice to see a 44 yo get a shot /:\
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Hmm...not a single lap time listed.

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