Charlie Davis writes:
San Francisco Region ran The Vallejo Grand Prix from '84 to about '88, I
think. It was invitational, and I think we had atleast one car into a curb
each
year. Toward the end we had one where Pati Park nailed a mailbox, Bill
Madamba
hit a tree, Brian Hobaugh got a no parking sign, and there may have been a
couple of others... The event was just too scary to continue...
I ran that one twice - Fun event - Nothing like ripping down a street lined
with spectators (behind hay bales, of course). The course ran right by a senior
center! I do remember one CP competitor looking at the course and loading
back up. Not for the meek! Also there was a Livermore, CA street race run
(once)
by the SF Region. I ran that in an A-Mod car. At one point you had to make a
U-turn around a cone on a fairly narrow street. The width of the street was
just about equal to 2X my Lola's turning radius. I was also never able to find
reverse in that damn Hewland. (It was in there.) If didn't quite make the turn,
I would have been stopped, face into the curb, waiting for the spectators to
push me back! Arrgh! - That didn't happen though. It was a ball running
through a downtown area. - Seth Emerson
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