And kopi has just demonstrated my point that football is the
sport for the masses.
You can play football with Ahmad, Ah Seng, and Muthusamy.
You can't go racing with them.
I didn't look in here yesterday, so I'll chip in, while
respecting your opinion.
In football you can use the same balls and boots as the top
players if you have the money but you have to start somewhere small
with friends, don't you? You can't have the big stadiums and
training facilities, and make do with traffic cones for goals.
The same goes with motor racing, same thrills can be had in
small, cheaper go-karts that can tire you out and test your
racecraft and car control skills like the big machines. They're
quite inaccessible in Singapore of course, but in other countries
gatherings for racing in karts or roadcars at circuits are more
common.
It may not be as easy to make the connection between the
different levels of motorsport as it is in football because the
cars have different formulae, technology and rules but the skills
and the thrills are common.
So for people like my classmate, who was captivated by what she
saw and heard for the first time, and want to know where to begin,
that's where they can go.