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Originally Posted by DAEMANO

Pretty unrepresentative of both my points. Also just to note no one claimed drag racing isn't a motorsport, but moreover that for the purpose of defining Sportscars in the common idiom. IMO drag cars don't really apply. You also purposefully didn't address any of my Coronet points. Since it seems that, in this case, you're dead set on reductionist tactics simply to make or win a point (like there's any way to win an argument on the internet), I'll just leave it at agree to disagree and I'm going to leave this conversation at this post.

Final note, because your out of hand dismissal here of Paul Frere's concept kind of gets my goat. How disrespectful of someone that probably contributed more to your own life's occupation and hobbies than just about anyone. This through his testing for major mfgs, recommendations, education programs and motorsports outreach. Really bad look man. Importantly, Frere's definition didn't come from the book I noted, but in another article during his long stint as Editor at the Eurpoean Road & Track (not 52 years ago.) Quoting the man or understanding his thoughts through his many writings are not some weakness. Of course historical perspective and nuance matter. Still the ideas are worth more than simple reduction, redirection and dismissal (subjective or not.) Once again, he was not "some guy", in the way that Chapman, Foyt, Bondurant, Andretti, McLaren are not just "some guys". He was one of the greatest who added to motorsports, craft, and discussion in almost every conceivable way. He wrote prolifically about motorsports from age 21 to 91 all the while he becoming an Driver, Engineer, and Journalist. He won championships in motorcycle, F1 (Ferrari) and Sports Car racing (LeMans.) He has a corner named for him at Spa-Francorchamps. He didn't care of his own ego so much so he wrote the book on car handling physics in simple terms so everyone could understand and participate. Previously driving greats and press espoused that going fast came mostly a result of god given gifts. Indeed, how to go fast was an improveable skill. So sharp and valued were his insights that he continued to be a paid test driver for Mazda, Honda, and Porsche well into his 80's. He died in 2008 at 91 years old from the affects of injuries suffered testing the Civic Type-R in 2006 at the age of 89. He knew what he was talking about and deserves better than that from someone of your age and background.

I apologize for appearing to disrespect the man as there was no intent of that. I simply meant to point out that with the information and cars of the time the definition was written it may have been accurate. It no longer applies. If you were quoting one material and showing another then it is a whole different matter.


I left the Coronet topic because I was done with that point. The materials you linked said the same thing I was saying. The Bee and the R/T were two trim levels of the same thing. Not a different "sister" car as you stated.


The definition you gave stated "motor sports" not "motor sports that are convent to my argument". You dismissed it as irrelevant when in the context of the definition it totally is.