Dennis,
Let's pose the question this way: Would you run Pinky in a RallyCross? :)
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Hale [mailto:dhale_510@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:16 AM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re:RallyCross
>
>
> I have been an instigator in this whole rallycross
> thing for years now and have some answers, maybe;
>
> >So how hard is RallyCross on the car?
>
> The premise is it will be just like autocross vs
> roadracing wrgt "prorally". It should not be very hard
> on the car. No jumps, no ditches, no trees, small
> berms, short duration runs.
>
> >How rough and gravelly is the field that you'll use?
>
>
> The area to be used is the "meadow" at the track
> entrance below the water tower. It is a large bowl
> shaped area with a gentle rise of maybe 50 feet to it.
> We had a proposed course disc plowed out there a
> couple of years ago for those who frequent the place.
> It all looked a bit like a freeway firebreak actually.
> The terrain is not gravelly but gets plenty hard when
> dry. Perhaps the disced clods will feel like rocks in
> June though. We wanted to start the game in the wetter
> time of year, but that mud is sooo sticky.....
>
> >How do my chances of rolling change compared to
> autocross, and how much damage should I expect my
> [rental] car to incur? (I mean, I would want to get
> my whole deposit back.)
>
> This is one of the things that has taken so long to
> get the program launced. The first events must have no
> rollovers if the game is to continue. The subtlties of
> course design to acheive this goal have been subject
> to years of debate. It is very good that someone is
> actually going to go out and do something instead of
> just having another committee meeting.
> That said, you are ultimately responsible for your
> driving and such. Act responsibly and get through the
> day without damage silly goose.
> I doubt renting a car is what anyone ought to do, and
> trying to return a rolled one will be a real lesson in
> growing up I trust.
>
> =====
> Dennis Hale
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