Richard Pilfold -C.S.C.C. BSP 240Z
"rpilfold@gdmoore.com"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TeamZ3@aol.com [SMTP:TeamZ3@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 10:05 AM
> To: svann@schoollink.net
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: San Diego Tour
>
> svann@schoollink.net writes:
>
> > How about a description of the course at San Diego. Give us some
> idea
> > of speeds, flow of the course,and use of cones (many or few) gates
> or
> > mini road course.
>
>
> I think most of us would be happy just to see some *results* :-)
>
> M Sipe
>
> San Diego 3-21-99
> Weather perfect
> Start - accelerate hard - 2nd gear - touch brake - 90 right 90 left -
> foot on floor
> long series of 5 offset gates - 3rd gear after 2nd gate - foot on
> floor - lift just a
> tiny bit at 4th gate ( and wish you hadn't) - real brave, flat thru
> 5th gate - brake
> hard - 2nd gear - left 170 uphill accel hard out thru left kink -
> touch brake 80
> right, accel hard uphill - flat thru left kink into 3 cone slalom -
> 1st cone passenger
> side - lift slightly at cone 2, accel hard past cone 3 - medium brake
> into left 180
> accel hard out, flat thru left kink gate - brake hard into sharp off
> camber
> "button hole" 180 , hold in tight,accel out -flat out thru 3 gate
> slalom - brake into
> downhill left 90 - foot on floor down hill, brake - right 80 - accel -
> brake - left 100
> foot on floor - right kink - finish line..
> Then you realise it was so exhilarating, with adrenaline pumping at a
> zillion
> gallons per hour and you stopped breathing for the whole 60 seconds,
> and you
> can hardly wait to do it all again.
> God!! I love autocrossing
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