my kumhos have about 60 runs on them now and no significant tread left, but
i was still able to get WOT in 1st and 2nd. on my 110th to 125th runs on
kumhos last year (right before cording) at GGF they got VERY slippery. i
rode with derek on brand new kumhos yesterday and we slid into a lot of
cones... no traction.
concrete is better, but i like GGF. i think it is better than the old
coliseum surface. THAT was slippery.
> My main gripe about this is all the debris that ends up on the line,
on the line? you are lucky, a lot of that debris ends up INSIDE my car! =)
> It also looks like competition is picking up in my class!
well, if you get bored you are welcome in OSP. all the stock cars are doing
it these days :P
-james creasy
OSP #74, now featuring tranny mount bolts
----- Original Message -----
From: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
To: Bay_Area_Autocross_List <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:51 PM
Subject: GGF musings...
> Well, most of you know my opinion of GGF by now, and that it usually
> contains some words I'd best not use in polite company. That hasn't
changed
> much, but I'm not here to revisit that. Just a few observations on
today's
> event.
>
> First of all, all those of you who say full-depth Kumhos are the way to go
> at GGF, I now believe you. I came out with a brand-spankin' new set of
them
> today and I've never felt as hooked up as I did today. I still did a
little
> sliding around out there, but I don't think that will ever go away.
>
> Speaking of the sliding around, is there any way to design a course such
> that we avoid the broken pavement? I know it may not be completely
> avoidable, but perhaps we could try to minimize it by either putting
> straights over it or just not running over the broken stuff where we can
> avoid it. My main gripe about this is all the debris that ends up on the
> line, but we also need to think about this: Just how long do we think GGF
> will tolerate us tearing up their asphalt?
>
> It also looks like competition is picking up in my class! I won today,
but
> I would have lost narrowly to Jack Daniels had his last run been clean.
Of
> course I'm still having trouble with Randy, but he didn't come out to play
> today. I was also thrilled at setting top time of day (at least until
Round
> 2 went out, anyway ;).
>
> Lastly, while on grid I heard from my CD player what should be GGF's
> official theme song. I thought it appropriate because it describes a
car's
> behavior while autoxing at GGF. The song? "Possessed to Skate" by
Suicidal
> Tendencies.
>
> Scot
> '91 CS Miata
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