2012年(464)
分类: Delphi
2012-05-16 14:53:07
Because China has higher inflation than America, this oddly implies a steady
depreciation in the yuan’s nominal rate against the dollar of 10% over the next
five years. The forecast surplus would be smaller if you instead assume that the
yuan’s nominal exchange rate will stay constant.
The men who race the cars
are generally small, with a tight, nervous look. They range from the early 20s
to the middle 40s, and it is usually their nerves that go first.
Fear is the
driver's constant companion, and tragedy can be just a step behind. Scarcely a
man in the 500 does not carry the scars of ancient crashes. The mark of the
plastic surgeon is everywhere, and burned skin is common. Sometimes a driver's
scars are invisible, part of his heritage. Two young drivers, Billy Vukovich and
Gary Bettenhausen, raced in their first 500 in 1968. Less than 20 years before,
their fathers also competed against one another on the Indy track—and died
there.
All this the drivers accept. Over the years, they have learned to
trust their own techniques, reflexes, and courage. They depend, too, on a
trusted servant—scientific engineering. Though they may not have had a great
deal of schooling (an exception is New Zealand's Bruce McLaren, who has an
engineering degree), many drivers are gifted mechanics, with a feeling for their
engines that amount to kinship.
A few top drivers have become extremely
wealthy, with six-figure incomes from prize money, endorsements, and jobs with
auto-product manufacturers. Some have businesses of their own. McLaren designs
racing chassis . Dan Gurney's California factory manufactured the chassis of
three of the first four ears in the 1968 Indy 500, including his own second
place car.
Yet money is not the only reason why men race cars. Perhaps it
isn't even the major reason. Three-time Indy winner(1961, 1964, 1967) A. J.
Foyt, for example, can frequently be found competing on dirty tracks in
minor-league races, where money, crowds and safety features are limited, and
only the danger is not. Why does he do it? Sometimes Foyt answers, "It's in my
blood. " Other times he says, "It's good practice. " Now and then he replies,
"Don't ask dumb questions. "
Car races has already become a fashion for some
young rich second generation. While in mining machinery industry, it seems not
that thing. Each processing in production, the
workers should pay more attention to safety. Good quality of car or
all produced in that way.