Hey Pete,
Adding weight to Jr. Karts? Isn't that abusing your power just to avoid
getting beat by your son? :)
--Navid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Mottaz [mailto:mph_16@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:19 PM
> To: veloimpreza@yahoo.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Your first experience on R compounds and Azenis vs.
> Victoracers
>
>
> Joe wrote:
> >what I experienced with the Falkens. I was about .75
> >seconds faster on the Kumhos and Lorry was about .75
> >seconds slower on the Falkens (which means Peter
> >probably would have PAXed 10th on Sunday had he been
> >driving Lorry's car (still not good enough to beat his
> >own son though ;-)).
>
> The little monster... ;-)
>
> He has also beat me in actual time several times this season
> at GGF. And
> that is with 5 hp, on tires that have been on the kart since
> the beginning
> of the 2000 season!!
> If you look at Matt Ellam's (FJr3) actual scratch time and
> pax it, he would
> have been 2nd in pax with a 39.2! Remember back two events ago, Chris
> Spencer paxed #1.
>
> The kids are getting fast - no doubt about it.
>
> Fortunately next year we'll have minimum weights for the
> Juniors...that'll
> teach 'em ;-)
>
>
> >I still LOVE my Falkens but now
> >that I've experienced the R-compounds... they're a
> >drug!
>
>
> I'm still pretty amazed with the Falken - most stick for the
> money in a
> "real" street tire.
>
> Pete
>
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