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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Alan Baker a no-show again
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:01:37 -0700
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On 2025-06-20 14:35, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 6/20/2025 1:45 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-06-20 10:40, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 6/19/2025 5:54 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2025-06-19 13:30, -hh wrote:
>>>>> On 6/19/25 08:40, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/2/2025 6:41 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-06-02 15:21, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/18/2025 2:12 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-05-18 08:36, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/12/2025 11:30 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-05-12 07:05, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/9/2025 1:32 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-05-09 06:57, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/30/2025 7:53 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-04-29 13:30, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Liarchild Baker, pleading something out of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his control for no doubt, failed to enter
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the first SCCBC FF weekend event this past
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> week. Apparently his #21 is sitting idle,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the most part for years now, tires
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rotting out and otherwise rusting away. In
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the mean time some new drivers are showing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up and running fast times.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan's window for ever winning a FF season
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trophy is closing fast. He has not been
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> competitive for a long, long, time. That
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> despite his claim to have run a few fast laps in the past.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LOL!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With every post about this, all you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> demonstrate is your own ignorance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you get your pilot's license without a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> medical, Liarboy?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, yes: I didn't enter a race that I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't attend, because I couldn't get a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> medical, and thus couldn't get my license.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But I'm still teaching racing to new
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> students, and despite your claims of "a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> long, long, time", I've been competitive every time I've 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote from my post "pleading something out of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his control". That could be passing a medical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exam. You simply proved you are too ignorant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to read plain English.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> he term "competitive" includes showing up and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> running a race. The last time you did even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that on a regular base was 5 or 6 years ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last year you ran in one race, had a wreck,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and did not show up again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You shouldn't post after you've had too much to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> drink, Liarboy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Unable to deny facts, you default to deflection
>>>>>>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You were hardly competitive in the one race you
>>>>>>>>>>>> entered last year. There are no results to prove
>>>>>>>>>>>> that at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Are you kidding?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> First, I entered TWO races last year, which you
>>>>>>>>>>> knew.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you now claiming I only entered one would be a
>>>>>>>>>>> lie, wouldn't it?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I amend my comment, I should have said you only ran on
>>>>>>>>>> 1 weekend (September) and in only 1 race that weekend.
>>>>>>>>>> That's from the club championship page at:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And you're still wrong.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.sccbc.net/racers/club-championship/2024-
>>>>>>>>>> sccbc-club- standings/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I suppose it is possible that you entered other
>>>>>>>>>> weekends and then canceled. That would not be on the
>>>>>>>>>> cited record, would it?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The substance of the comment is unchanged. You have
>>>>>>>>>> not competed on a regular basis in years.
>>>>>>>>> I TOLD you about the other race weekend I participated
>>>>>>>>> in last year, Asshole.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But it was not a SBBC points race. And as I recall you
>>>>>>>> took the restrictor plate out to increase power of your
>>>>>>>> already incredible detuned Honda engine. Fail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I took the restrictor out because I was bored with beating
>>>>>>> the available FF competition and wanted to see if I could
>>>>>>> play with the faster classes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And regardless of whether or not it was an SCCBC points
>>>>>>> race, I did compete in it...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...I still told you about it...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...asshole.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One race completed since 10/9/2022? That's it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Too embarrassed to admit the truth? Your racing days are over
>>>>>> and not even 65 yet? Poor health and/or finances? Or just lost
>>>>>> interest? Come on Alan, be honest for a change. CSMA wants to
>>>>>> know the truth.
>>>>>
>>>>> Once again, besides Alan, the only person who seems to care
>>>>> about it is a luzer stalker located 2,350 miles away who's never
>>>>> tracked an open wheel car.
>>>>
>>>> And remember that this all stems from me having the temerity to
>>>> point out that wheel-to-wheel road racing requires more continuous
>>>> focus than pleasure flying.
>>>>
>>>> I can tell you one thing:
>>>>
>>>> As a racing driver, I never have time during a race to just look
>>>> at the sights.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> And you have no idea what it takes to fly an airplane by yourself
>>> in marginal weather while monitoring aircraft systems, always alert
>>> for an ATC call, worried about weather, fuel state, thinking about a
>>> plan B and C in case things go south. Granted, good weather flying
>>> is less intense. Like the 12 hours I flew just this week, well most
>>> of that. On one flight I went VFR on top and had to use Plan B to
>>> get down. On another I saw rainbow!
>>
>> And here we go again.
>>
>> Yes: there are OCCASIONS when flying a light plane requires a high 
>> level of focus.
>>
>> I never denied that even ONCE, Liarboy.
>>
>> But let's face a few facts.
>>
>> In "marginal weather", you avoid flying, don't you?
>>
>> "Always alert for an ATC call" means not putting cotton in your ears. 
>> You're trying to compare listening for a human voice in your headset 
>> with the continuous focus that is always necessary when driving a 
>> racing car at speed.
>>
>> You talk about the (relatively) brief periods where you actually need 
>> to focus...
>>
>> ...whereas a road racing driver might get a couple of moments on the 
>> main straight where he can relax his mind just slightly.
>>
>> If there's a rainbow out there when I'm driving, I don't have time to 
>> see it.
> 
> No I do not avoid marginal weather. Leaving Little Rock we entered 
> clouds and rain at 300 agl and we in the soup for about 1.5 hours. There 
> were severe thunderstorms just north of the track we took, seen by radar 
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