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Re: 8 CONE SLALOM (WAS: THANKS)

To: Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com, donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net,
Subject: Re: 8 CONE SLALOM (WAS: THANKS)
From: Smokerbros@aol.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:00:59 EDT
In a message dated 6/28/2000 5:11:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kevin_stevens@hotmail.com writes:

<< I think this may be a matter of horses for courses.  I wasn't nearly flat 
to 
 the floor through the slalom, as I mentioned before I was up to slalom speed 
 by the second cone.  And while I agree about the further distance, I think 
 it would have been worthwhile.  I was SEVERELY constrained (in my big fat 
 car) in how fast I could get through the turn after the slalom by going 
 inside the last cone - and that back straight was the second longest one on 
 the course.  >>

Yes, the width and wheelbases of our respective cars, added to drive wheel 
and hp differences, make things a wee bit different.  To me, the slalom was 
as long of a "straight" as the back one!

CHD

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