How about a #6?
You get no respect when the trophy is a photo of your car in the event,
there are 42 cars in the class, and they take pictures of all the cars but
yours..... and you place second!!! In my case, they gave me the picture
frame with a dealership postcard of a similar car.
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Hughes <ka1ult@channel1.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: Team SOL
>> Membership requirements:
>>
>> Driver or car must meet one or more of the following criteria:
>>
>> 1. You drive in a car anyone else would be embarrassed to ride in
>> with you.
>
>Aw, man, that counts me out. The BMW is, well, a BMW, and the Mercury
>Tracer looks all right - even if it is an econobox, it's not as "revolting"
>as a Yugo or Pinto.
>
>> 2. You drive a car classed in such a way, that you have ever so slim
>> chances of winning. (you know who you are folks...)
>
>No chance in the Tracer - 88hp to an automatic? Shya right, even in HS!!!
>
>> 3. You're been the worst driver of the day, more than once.
>
>Been there, done that - at least, last year... :)
>
>> 4. You've completed an entire event, without getting a time.
>
>My first event! :)
>
>> 5. Your "race" tires are so hard, they feel like hockey pucks.
>
>
>What if you have no race tires? I ran the Tracer on its Cooper all seasons
>for a while. And scrubbed the hell out of them!
>
> - Justin
>
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