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Re: Radical, Original Solution (was Re: Stock Shock Chalk Talk)

To: "Paul S (#51 STS)" <ibisbike@yahoo.com>, jake@codeworm.com,
Subject: Re: Radical, Original Solution (was Re: Stock Shock Chalk Talk)
From: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:57:56 -0700
Don't forget Joe's 996tt. :)
--Pat K

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>From: "Paul S \(#51 STS\)" <ibisbike@yahoo.com>
>To: jake@codeworm.com, tas@darthracing.com
>Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Radical, Original Solution (was Re: Stock Shock Chalk Talk)
>Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2002, 10:53 AM
>

> I think I'm moving to ASP so I can get a shot at Rob's
> GT2!!
>
> There...got in first on this great idea!!
>
> Paul
>
>
> --- jake@codeworm.com wrote:
>> Awesome.. So that new guy out for his first event
>> gets
>> the keys to MY car?  MY car that I need to drive
>> home
>> and to work tomorrow?  And he gets to plow off the
>> course on MY tires, that no matter how crappy still
>> cost me $300 a set?  Look at Speedring karts to see
>> what your car (the one that makes up 98% of your net
>> worth as a college student and that you really can't
>> afford to be racing in the first place) will look
>> like
>> after a season.
>>
>> I think I'm going to start running my crappy Honda
>> in
>> DP so I can get a shot at that Lotus 7. :)
>>
>> Jake
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 08 August 2002, Todd Stiers wrote:
>> >
>> > I read *all( the messages to make sure this
>> suggestion
>> > hasn't come up.
>> >
>> > Its very simple - drivers in a class don't drive
>> their
>> > own cars. Everyone in a class grids a car, puts
>> card
>> or
>> > keys into
>> > a hat, then proceeds to pull a card or key out of
>> said
>> > hat.
>> >
>> > The motivation to pour tons of cash into a car, OR
>> to
>> > bring in a total
>> > wreck are limited. Any advantage/disadvantage due
>> to
>> > the cars/setup
>> > should even out with time, and we'd all be better
>> > drivers for
>> > experiencing alternative autos and setups.
>> >
>> > Perhaps this could be done randomly for certain
>> classes
>> > at certain
>> > events, sort of like &quot;drug testing&quot; the
>> cars within a
>> > class.
>> > Any sudden or obvious changes in driver placings
>> could
>> > hint at &quot;issues&quot;
>> > with a vehicle, as well open up a new method to
>> improve
>> > the
>> > classification indicies of vehicles and/or their
>> > accessories.
>> >
>> > Anyone in STS up for this radical approach? I'd
>> likely
>> > end up in a
>> > random Celica, but I'd be wiser for the experience
>> ;)
>> >
>> > Todd
>> > STS #42 (Darth Rabbit)
>> > freshly tuned for $ &gt; blue book
>
>
> =====
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