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RE: site loss

To: "'Jeff Parker'" <lugnut@texas.net>
Subject: RE: site loss
From: "Colbert, Raymond J." <Raymond.Colbert@alcoa.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 19:32:33 -0400
Jeff,

My club has had a similar problem about 15 years ago on a freshly paved lot
(we still use today)  The lot broke up when some CP Mustangs sucked up the
pavement (one guy actally had a coating on the full surface of the slick)
We banned slicks.  We can run DOT tires only on this lot.

Ray Colbert

> ----------
> From:         Jeff Parker[SMTP:lugnut@texas.net]
> Reply To:     Jeff Parker
> Sent:         Saturday, May 20, 2000 4:47 PM
> To:   autox@autox.team.net
> Subject:      site loss
> 
> With all the blathering about karts causing site loss, insurance etc., we
> have had an actual site loss for our local club.
> 
> It had nothing to do with karts.  We have  never run karts there.  It was
> mainly due to heavy, high horsepower cars tearing up their pavement
> sealing.
> That and wanting to project a good image to the NCAA.  We had been using
> their football stadium parking lot.
> 
> This is a for real site loss.  Not some conjecture about what MIGHT
> happen
> IF  something should go wrong.   Now I expect to see all kinds of
> hysterical
> messages about banning those big, heavy, torque monster cars.  Good bye to
> CP and ESP.
> 
> Jeff Parker
> 

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