Ahhhh yes but what about braking? The Vipers 8L motor will brearh through
a smaller straw than intended to even it up a little for the rest of the
class this year ;-)
sbw
-----Original Message-----
From: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>
To: 'rohns@doitnow.com' <rohns@doitnow.com>
Cc: 'autox@autox.team.net' <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 12:50 PM
Subject: RE: Viper guy crosses over ;-)
>In the latest Road and Track (or is that Car & Driver, I never remember
>which one), They did a comparison of the "best handling cars in the U.S."
>and the Viper scored a possible 100 out of 100 for each of segement times
on
>a road course, slalom and skidpad, but was places 4th because Mario didn't
>like it as much. It may not have the same "feel" as an NSX, but besting
>every car in each performance category must be good for something...
>
>I was dissapointed that some cars that probably handled better than any of
>those cars (like a Miata, for instance) wasn't included in the test.
>----
>John Steczkowski
>Director, Server I/O
>Crossroads Systems, Inc.
>512-794-2742
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rohns@doitnow.com [mailto:rohns@doitnow.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:24 PM
>> To: autox@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Viper guy crosses over ;-)
>>
>>
>> At 12:27 PM 5/7/99, Scotty *BOB* White wrote:
>> >Jeff Altenburg, former T1 Viper racer has come over to Corvette
>>
>> hey, he used an f body to win his 1st SCCA Championship, in
>> Solo II. .. so
>> he's not a complete stranger to good handling cars. I only
>> hope he's not
>> disappointed with the C5 :-)
>>
>> snip
>>
>> >MTI Racing negotiated the purchase of a blk 99 FRC
>> >from Monica at Maxie Price in Atlanta for him
>>
>> you mean to tell me they gave them a better deal than Les
>> Standford ???? ;-)
>>
>> Jim Rohn
>> Beater Racing
>>
>>
>
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