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RE: '00 Slush Series Schedule

To: "'Derek Butts'" <pnc1@earthlink.net>,
Subject: RE: '00 Slush Series Schedule
From: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@Roche.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 11:40:08 -0700
Wow, you guys are really mean:)

Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Butts [SMTP:pnc1@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:15 AM
> To:   Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}
> Cc:   'Kelly, Katie'; 'Andy McKee'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: '00 Slush Series Schedule
> 
> Peter
> 
> Did Katie run with the traction control and VSC on then? If so that would
> make
> perfect sense.
> 
> -Derek Butts
> who has plenty of people spinning his cars without Katie's help.
> 
> Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} wrote:
> 
> > Ok, fine I'll come to bat for Katie here.  She took three (!) fun runs
> in my
> > car after round 13, and didn't even come close to spinning.  Which is
> quite
> > a bit better (or worse?) than what I was able to do with Eric's S2000 at
> Sac
> > round 9!:)
> >
> > BTW, do either of you have ideas on how I should approach tire pressures
> on
> > my new Kumhos?  On my first event on them Sunday, I started around 37
> front
> > and just bled them down to about 34-35 where the amount of rollover
> looked
> > just right.  Rears settled to 33, still not even close to rolling over.
> > This is what used to work for me on street tires, same technique here or
> > would I gain from running higher than what is necessary to prevent the
> > sidewalls from rolling over?  I'm most worried about optimizing front
> end
> > grip, as the rear seems to have too much now.  I realize pressures are a
> > black art and all this will change on Marina concrete.  Here's my setup:
> >
> > F 225/45/17 on 17x7.5" rims
> > R 245/45/17 on 17x8.5" rims (Kumho doesn't make a 40, didn't get 255/40
> for
> > fear of massive understeer)
> >
> > Peter Thana
> > (not any faster, just running out of excuses)
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kelly, Katie [SMTP:kkelly@spss.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 4:17 PM
> > > To:   'Andy McKee'; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > Subject:      RE: '00 Slush Series Schedule
> > >
> > > Andy "the Dynamo" McKee writes...
> > >
> > > > Not that I am one to comment about spinning in other people's
> > > > cars, as I seem
> > > > to have problems with immovable objects.  But I was just
> > > > wondering if there
> > > > have been any incidences of Katie NOT spinning a co-drive.
> > >
> > > I didn't spin my mom's Lotus at the Divisional.
> > >
> > > I didn't spin James Creasy's Cobra.
> > >
> > > I didn't spin Suzie the 2zie (Cat's MR-2 Spyder).
> > >
> > > I didn't spin Arie's Golf.
> > >
> > > I didn't spin Josh's CM car.
> > >
> > > I didn't spin Sharon Levy's Audi... wait a minute.
> > >
> > > Time to change the subject.
> > >
> > > At least I didn't crash into anything.
> > >
> > > Later, bye.
> > >
> > > Katie
> 
> 

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