From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
>I don't want to burn up the tires, and I especially don't
>want to burn up the clutch.
Clutch, heck. I just blew up a halfshaft on the Lotus launching at an
autocross.
>If
>the start permits a drag start, it REQUIRES a drag start to be actively
>participating in the event.
Bingo.
>Drag starts have a disproportionate effect on the outcome of an event.
>The production of this effect incurs a disproportionate degree of wear on
>the car. The execution of a successful drag start involves skills that
>have nothing to do with any other component of autocross driving, and
>nothing to do with the stated purpose of Solo II.
>
>Just to be clear, I don't like drag starts. ;)
I'm with you all the way. So all you Triumph folks out there, enter the
2002 VTR National Convention autocross with confidence: There will be NO
drag-race start.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.vtr2002.org
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