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Re: Good luck?

To: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>, "Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Good luck?
From: Eric Carman <ecarman@pop300.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 10:31:00 -0400
At 10:47 AM 9/6/00 -0700, Bill Ozinga wrote:
>Mark Sirota asked...
>
>> I got asked by friends today whether there's a good luck phrase for
>> motorsports, akin to "break a leg!" for actors.
>> 
>> The only thing I could come up with is "keep the shiny side up!"

My co-driver and I heard an instructor at a track event telling some
novices to take it easy there first couple of sessions out on track, he
said, "...only drive to about 6 tenths of your capability to get a feel for
the car and the track."  

So we joke around to calm on another down before a run and tell each other,
"Keep it below 11 tenths!"  

Eric

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