<VV> Why the name, "Walter Mitty"?

[Jim Houston]

You don't think running a 110 or 140 HP car around a track that normally 
sees 800HP+ cars qualifies as having a  "Walter Mitty" fantasy ???   -- 
pokita pokita ....

Jim Houston

Wrsssatty at aol.com wrote:
>  
> So, just why is this track event I keep hearing so much about called the  
> "Walter Mitty"?  I've copied and pasted, below, (with editing) what  
> Wikipedia says about the name. How does this apply to the track event? 
> Enquiring Minds Wanna Know! 
> Thanks! 
> ~Bill Stanley 
> <Walter Mitty is a _fictional character_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character)   in _James Thurber_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thurber) 's short  story "_The Secret  Life of Walter Mitty_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_Mitty) " 
> *** 
> Mitty is a meek, mild man with a vivid _fantasy_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_(psychology))  life 
> *** 
> The character's name has come into more general use to refer to an  
> ineffectual dreamer, appearing in several  dictionaries.>
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