>>Sounds like one of those "s**t happens" things. <<
Then we nearly had diarrhea. There were three other close calls in the same
section of course.
All front wheel drive cars. I started it off on Saturday AM, first heat,
second run on the right course. Long straight, followed by a moderately
tight 3 or 4 cone slalom, 100 feet straight, ** Chicago Box **, which if you
did it right you could flat foot it. There were at least 4 of us that tried
to do it right and failed. It only cost me two and a half Hoosiers, and
probably the event, as I had to revert to my backups with 37 runs on them.
Congrats to Ken Rup who pulled two out on his last runs on both sides on
warm Hoosiers, that King Thompson (2nd) warmed up.
On to Petersburg, where if history serves me right, the way they setup
courses, the only way you can hit another car is to leave the line in
reverse.
Rick Cone
----- Original Message -----
From: "washburn" <washburn@dwave.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Peru Pro
> TeamZ3@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Is that a good enough story? Do I win a prize or something?
>
> Hmmmmm, not the kind of story I had in mind. Sorry, no prize for you.
> I'm sorry to hear it. Sounds like one of those "s**t happens" things.
> I would be interested in hearing the perspective of those involved.
>
> This made me think of several autocross courses that I have been one
> that had elements close enough that paths could cross when more than one
> car is on course, and one or the other would spin. Almost happened on
> an occasion or two where the starter did a poor job of spacing the cars
> correctly. Point being, I don't think it should necessarily be
> concluded that this is a "Pro" thing. Of course I was not there.
>
> PLW
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