i demand a manual recount of the pax index results. i will argue that mr
merritt lacks the proper discretion to certify the results of this contest.
clearly this partisan bickering is bad for the entire autox community, so i
call on the short hair sloths to concede and so TLH can get on with the
business of ruling the street tire class.
-james c
"My hair is rooting for TLH"
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Merritt <cmerritt@ati.com>
>Ah, well, we would have to agree on some rules first... (remember, we
>shelved that discussion until AFTER the race =P.
>
>Here's my suggestion:
>
>First off, we need to talk about the number of teams. Not that it really
>matters, but Team Sloth might want to develop some sort of political rift
>(BMW snobs pulling out and forming their own team?) since they are much
>bigger than TLH.
>
>Derive an average index for each team. Since there are quite a few drivers
>that are using street tires, I would recommend we apply an additional
street
>tire index. The easy way to get this index is take Street Touring and
>subtract Street Touring S's index from it and you get .027, or 1.62 seconds
>per 60 seconds (a conservative number, but not bad and better than
nothing).
>So my ESP 300ZX's index would fall from a .822 to a .795.
>
>Next, (and I'm sure I'm going to get lots of flack for this idea) I would
>suggest that we approach this kinda like a Pro-Solo finale...take the
>average indexed time for each team and apply a handicap modifier so that
all
>teams fished with an IDENTICAL time for this first event. Then for the
next
>two events, each team to win has to IMPROVE their times against how they
did
>in the first event because of the handicap index set in the first event.
>Make sense?
>
>-Carl
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Creasy [mailto:black94pgt@pacbell.net]
>> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 9:58 AM
>> To: Carl Merritt; ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> Cc: clubzbiz@listbot.com
>> Subject: Re: TLH Tears it up in Marina
>>
>>
>> it is interesting to see the drivers. sherry is so calm when she is
>> driving.
>>
>> so who won?
>>
>> -james c
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Carl Merritt <cmerritt@ati.com>
>> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> Cc: <clubzbiz@listbot.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 9:10 AM
>> Subject: TLH Tears it up in Marina
>>
>>
>> > As I edited this video together, I tried to emphasize the
>> fun we were
>> > having. So the two runs (one by my self one by my
>> co-driver Sherry) you
>> > will find in here are not the fastest, cleanest, smoothest
>> runs...no, they
>> > were chosen for entertainment value. My apologies in
>> advance to Sherry,
>> > despite all the cones on previous runs (and how I make it
>> look in the
>> > video), she cleaned up her 4th run and finished within a
>> second of my
>> > fastest time.
>> >
>> > Small (4.2MB)
>> > http://www.binaryvista.simplenet.com/temp/TLH100.zip
>> >
>> > Large (11MB)
>> > http://www.binaryvista.simplenet.com/temp/TLH300.zip
>> >
>> > SuperSized (32MB)
>> > http://www.binaryvista.simplenet.com/temp/TLH900.zip
>> >
>> > Glossary of Inside Jokes:
>> > 0:05 Having fun with a new camera angle. I have LOTS of
>> footage aiming
>> > out the front of the car, but that gets dull after a while,
>> so this time
>> > around I'm shooting the driver.
>> >
>> > 0:08 Having a little too much fun with the Team Challenge
>> aspect of this
>> > fall NASA mini-series. Team Long Hair vs. Team Sloth.
>> >
>> > 0:15 I told Sherry that my Z has every luxury option
>> imaginable, which is
>> > why it weighs around 3400lbs, however...
>> >
>> > 0:24 If you downloaded either the Large or SuperSized
>> versions, you can
>> > hear this and other cones bonking their way down the
>> undercarriage in
>> > stereo.
>> >
>> > 0:37 Charlie is talking about incriminating Sherry with
>> this footage at
>> > Thanksgiving. Charlie, I can have this video on VHS tomorrow if you
>> want...
>> > ;-)
>> >
>> > 2:27-2:33 The sound of a cone working it's way out from
>> under the car
>> > is clearly audible.
>> >
>> > 3:06 Showing off my long hair of course.
>> >
>> > 4:30 Katie (Team Long Hair) was co-driving Jim's (of Team
>> Sloth) black
>> > M3, and was rather put out that he beat her time.
>> >
>> > That was a blast! I can't wait until the next event, I
>> hope my tires hold
>> > up... ;-)
>> >
>> > -Carl
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