On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:38:23 -0700, Ron Bauer wrote:
> I talked with Mark at Nationals last year, and he likes his cars to be
set
> up in an interesting way. True, his car was different from a lot of the
> other Neons in setup, but he's of the opinion that most people would slow
> down if they drove his setup (ie: they might spin....) because he likes
the
> rear of the car so loose. Basically, from what he said, when others have
> driven his car, they got out of it and couldn't believe it could be
driven
> competitively with the setup he uses.
>
> Ron Bauer
>
Lose does tend to be fast for some, that's for sure. Makes a car very hard
to drive like you say, but if you have the talent, which he obviously does,
then it can work well for you. Well, I'd better get practicing... :D
-------------------
Mike Lamfalusi
'97 VW Jetta GLX
GS - Chicago Region
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lamfalusi <lamfalus@excite.com>
> To: Popsracr@aol.com <Popsracr@aol.com>; autox@autox.team.net
> <autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Stock class reclassings
>
>
> >
> >On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:05:12 EDT, Popsracr@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> In a message dated 07/06/2000 6:09:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >> solo2inseattle@wa.freei.net writes:
> >>
> >> << I've never met daddio or watched him drive but that must have been
a
> >> superhuman (and unlikely for us regular joe's to duplicate) effort
to
> >get
> >> the car that fast. >>
> >>
> >> I think you've discovered the secret. Daddio's actually an alien
like
> >Jeff
> >> Cashmore and Bob Tunnell, and a few others (insert any past Nat Champ
> >name
> >> here). They're all from the city of Fastfootia from the province of
> >Nolifta
> >> on the planet Lookaheada.
> >
> >Yes, they do seem to posess super human driving skills and I would love
to
> >be able to some day equal their capabilities. In certain cases though,
> like
> >in DS with Daddio, I bet the car was prepared to a degree to which I
DOUBT
> >many people would be able to reach (less than 5%?). I can just picture
a
> >few techs in a Chrysler parts warehouse, individually weighing and
> measuring
> >every single Neon part to get the lightest part out of the bin and then
> >putting them together to make his car. Stock of course, but how many
> people
> >get to pick the lightest parts (pistons, connecting rods, etc.) to get
put
> >in their car? I could be totally wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if
> that
> >were actaully the case. Again, even in a car straight off the reject
line,
> >any of these guys could kick my a$$ every day of the week and twice on
> >Sunday, but just a note that I bet his Neon was as equally "alien" as
his
> >driving skills :)
> >
> >-------------------
> >Mike Lamfalusi
> >'97 VW Jetta GLX
> >GS - Chicago Region
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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