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Subject: Why Pro's Rock!
From: "Darren P. Madams" <darren@madams.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:57:48 -0800
Well, those of you who didn't make it down to the San Bernadino Pro missed 
out on a really fun weekend and some excellent weather!  The caravan back 
was absolutely hilarious, but I'll spare the guilty parties and not divulge 
the details.... :)

Lots of friendly people, and a really excellent course that really made you 
drive!  Including a tight slalom section at the end that you couldn't 
believe those big cars were making it through that fast!  Some intense 
competition -- A/Stock is looking to be exciting and there's plenty of 
benefits to running Street Touring or Street Mod car!!!!!

I encourage _all_ of you to attend the Lemore Pro coming up at the end of 
April!  It will be a blast!  I know it's a bit of a drive, but for you 
south bay people it can't be much further than Sacramento and hooking up 
with a caravan with TalkAbouts makes the drive seem short!


The new "Bonus Challenge" now officially dubbed the "Pathetic Loser" 
challenge is a great way for those of us who aren't quick enough to qualify 
for the regular challenge to match up head to head against someone from a 
completely different class!  And it's indexed off the time you ran so you 
don't have a built in disadvantage like the open challenge!

And if you drive a Street Touring, etc. car you could possibly even make 
some real money!!!


Local Results:

SS: Jim Martin couldn't find a good set of runs but looked quick all weekend.
AS: Andy ended up 2nd after leading after saturday?  Teresa did all she 
could in the Boxster but was losing too much on the launch.
CS: Derek won the class and finished 3rd in the open challenge... not too 
far off being in the top eliminator round! Phil had a nice solid 4th, and 
qualified for the "Pathetic Loser" challenge and got eliminated in the 
first round by a guy who broke out by 1.3 seconds!!  Katie never could 
match up a pair of runs the whole weekend, but she's going to "kick ass" at 
Lemoore she says!
GS: Kevin ruled in the Type R.  Pete discovered just how difficult a BMW is 
to put through short slaloms.  Katie did well in ladies qualifying 2nd or 
3rd for the ladies challenge?
F125: I drove completely mediocre the whole weekend and finished a solid 
4th, quite a ways back from the pack.  Super-sub Arie had an awesome final 
run (finally let it all out) but clipped a cone.  He was right with me all 
weekend even though it was only his second time in the kart.
FJr: Elyse Mottaz had some huge improvement on her Sunday morning runs as 
Pete did a little bit of "tuning" to her carbs.... I don't know where she 
finished but I know she jumped up into the pack!  Look for her to move fast 
in the future!


All in all, a fun weekend, and I'm only slightly sun burnt (redneck!)... If 
you're looking for the most intense and fun autocross experience (besides 
DeAnza of course) you should check out the Pro in Lemoore!

        --Darren


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