Or Khumos or whatever... is the gravel and rough surface as bad for those
as it is my Bridgestones?
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Pat Kelly wrote:
> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:26:37 -0700
> From: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@attbi.com>
> To: Adam Steffes <asteffes@asteffes.com>
> Cc: Bay Area Autocross List <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
>
> Real race rubber, as in non-DOT? Just fine, thank you! Not a problem at all.
> --Pat K
>
> ----------
> >From: Adam Steffes <asteffes@asteffes.com>
> >Cc: Bay Area Autocross List <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
> >Date: Mon, Jun 3, 2002, 10:12 AM
> >
>
> > It also chews up street tires like there is no tomorrow. I usually tell
> > friends who want to try Solo-2 to wait for an event at any other venue.
> > What's it like at GGF for those who run on race rubber?
> > -Adam
> >
> > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Michael R. Clements wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:53:28 -0700
> >> From: Michael R. Clements <mrclem@telocity.com>
> >> To: 'Joe' <joe@bea.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: RE: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
> >>
> >> I believe there were attempts to clean up the gravel at GGF but it was
> >> just like the cat -- it kept coming back. I appreciate the efforts made
> >> to get the GGF site but I won't go there any more because it ruins the
> >> paint job on my car.
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe
> >> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 09:26
> >> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> >> > Subject: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi all.
> >> >
> >> > I just ran in an all-day autocross with the PCA at Golden
> >> > Gate Fields yesterday and it was very irritating, almost to
> >> > the point that I would skip events there. There is so much
> >> > loose gravel all over the lot that the first group must have
> >> > bead-blasted their undercarriages to clean a line. The 'line'
> >> > was essentially point-to-point because with no traction
> >> > that's the shortest way around. Even in the afternoon, this
> >> > was a 'drive-a-stupid-line-as-fast-as-you-can' event because
> >> > any attempt to vary put you into the drifts of displaced
> >> > marbles. There was a typical thirty-paces slalom where the
> >> > cleared 'line' was precisely straight from one side of one
> >> > cone to the other side of the next cone.
> >> >
> >> > Have we ever paid someone to sweep a lot? I would gladly chip
> >> > in for this, rather than be chipped away by the gravel. Joe Weinstein
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