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Message: [QUOTE="ATL11, post: 29535, member: 488"] Pinnacle, Mmmmm interesting question? pin·na·cle (pn-kl) n. 1. Architecture A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress. 2. A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak. 3. The highest point; the culmination. See Synonyms at summit. We are obviously taking the later of the definitions, the problem with the word is it has Culmination in it, as if once achieved others can then go on & achieve the same target. In F1 the Pinnacle, has to be the Drivers Championship for the Driver (of course) & the Constructors Title for the Team, but then the next season it's reset and we start again. You could have the 'Greatest Pinnacle' of all Time, but I think that is becoming foolish, and then you'd be back to definitions.... So back to Motor Sport, here overall there is no Pinnacle, you could break them down to Open Wheel, SportsCars, Tin Tops & Bikes; each has it's own characteristics: Open Wheel: F1, Indy Cars, SportsCars: Le Mans, GT, ALMS, Tin Tops: WRC, Touring Cars, NASCAR, V8's, Dakar, Bikes - Moto GP, TT, SideCar, Moto X (shoot me down if I've missed any key things out?) But within these groups there are multiple pinnacles e.g. Their respective Championship, so they can't be benchmarked to confirm if that Motor Sport is the pinnacle: Open Wheel - F1 - Perfect weekend @ Monaco, win, pole, fastest lap? Better than the Constructors? Open Wheel - Indy Car - Indy 500 Win (is it greater than the Championship?) SportsCars - 24hr Le Mans win vs Championship, etc NASCAR - Daytona Win WRC - Rally of Monte Carlo even GB win ALMS - Sebring win V8's - Bathhurst win Moto GP - World Title vs a win @ Assen? Overall - You could say speed could be a pinnacle, but SportCars are faster in a straight line than F1, NASCAR can do fastest laps without Restrictor plates and an F1 car with no rules could probably get to the moon.... I could go on, but what I'm getting at is to be a Motor Sport pinnacle it would need to be further defined, a driver to reach the pinnacle of Motor Sport would probably need to win a Championship in all 4 categories. A Motor Sport, is too convoluted, wins, speed, danger, technology, again you could go on (& I have) [/QUOTE]

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