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WarGamer

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8. I just thought maybe you'd bump into other supporters here and there...

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 26, 2023, 05:02 PM

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Billionaire dies on private race track..fails to navigate turn [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2023 OP

Thoughts and Prayers? LiberalFighter Jun 2023 #1

It's official: Earth has had enough of the billionaire class's bullshit. Aristus Jun 2023 #2

Billionaires on average live 14 years longer than their poorer counterparts TheProle Jun 2023 #16

I know. Aristus Jun 2023 #17

I can appreciate that. TheProle Jun 2023 #20

Before people mock him... a big (D) donor WarGamer Jun 2023 #3

Yep...spending his money for good Demovictory9 Jun 2023 #4

Good for him. My immediate thought was, finally a billionaire who actually okaawhatever Jun 2023 #27

And what'e the relevance on his wealth? brooklynite Jun 2023 #5

Did you know him? A big (D) donor WarGamer Jun 2023 #6

No. No reason to. brooklynite Jun 2023 #7

I just thought maybe you'd bump into other supporters here and there... WarGamer Jun 2023 #8

He was in Chicago, not NYC. brooklynite Jun 2023 #9

If I was a billionaire, I'd never drive myself anywhere. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2023 #10

Even if you loved driving? MichMan Jun 2023 #23

Yes. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2023 #25

Great wealth is no protection from great stupidity or great carelessness. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #11

I can tell you where it happened, too jmowreader Jun 2023 #12

That's true for most if not all road courses Zeitghost Jun 2023 #13

Take a closer look at the hairpin at the right end of the backstretch jmowreader Jun 2023 #24

Watkins Glen has that hard (near 180) right bend at the end of bullwinkle428 Jun 2023 #31

why have a wall for a car to slam into, have hay bundles or something softer BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 #21

It wasn't always a private track. My first amature motorcyle roadrace was on the track around 1979. Hotler Jun 2023 #30

he should have onethatcares Jun 2023 #14

What if he... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #15

I'm sure there are some poor people who are sad and will miss him. Not just rich people. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #18

We Have One Of Those Clubs Near Here ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #19

and the member would need to have the funds to hobnob with the other members BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2023 #22

What jumped out to me was Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #26

Because older people don't like to drive fast cars? brooklynite Jun 2023 #28

What he is doing in that video is not racing and that's not a race car. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #29

I assume you never heard of NASCAR HOF driver Red Farmer MichMan Jun 2023 #32

An avid enthusiast is a bit different than a professional GenThePerservering Jun 2023 #33

Oh, there are exceptions, to be sure. Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #34

He died in an Aspen? Kennah Jun 2023 #35