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Re: Chicago Box (was Peru Pro)

To: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Chicago Box (was Peru Pro)
From: Curt and Kim Bennett - Houston Region <ktetzloff@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 07:46:40 -0500
I'm thinking the '67 - '69 lotus elan i.e. Mark Huffman, Rex Carle, Craig Carr.

-Curt

Scot Zediker wrote:

> Whose Lotus would that be?  IIRC, the Kellys' Lotus is ~900 lb with 70 hp,
> though I could be wrong.
>
> Scot - who's seen the Kellys' Lotus in action many, many times (I'm an SFR
> d00d)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Curt and Kim Bennett - Houston Region <ktetzloff@worldnet.att.net>
> To: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> Cc: Mari L Clements <mrndr2@juno.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Chicago Box (was Peru Pro)
>
> > Yeah right, don't be intimidated by a 1500 pound car with 190 horsepower.
> >
> > -Curt
> >
> > Pat Kelly wrote:
> >
> > > Yeah...since then the national courses have become much wider so there
> > > is no advantage to having a skinny car.
> > > BTW, don't be put off by the name "Lotus." It's just a car and any car
> > > can be made to handle like a Lotus.
> > > --Pat Kelly
> > >
> > > Mari L Clements wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 24 May 2000 08:01:09 -0700 Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> > > > writes:
> > > > > The problem with earlier Chicago Boxes wasn't so much the visual
> > > > > distraction but the distance between the entrance and exit was less
> > > > than the
> > > > > prescribed 45 foot minimum now required in slaloms. Only the very
> > > > skinny cars
> > > > > could fit through with hardly a lift.
> > > > > --Pat Kelly
> > > >
> > > > Like, say, a Lotus? ( :
> > > >
> > > > mlc
> > > > '91 MR2 NA
> > > > -----anything after this, I didn't write, and don't necessarily agree
> > > > with----
> > > >
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> >


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