The funny thing was that neither one of us took any notice of the downpour
while we were driving, except for the surface conditions...(and, um....the
tidal wave that washed over and into the car when I spun ;-).
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
To: "Debbie" <Debbie.Cunningham@attbi.com>; "Bryan Nemy"
<bnemy@pacbell.net>; "Bay Area Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: Autocrossing in a Monsoon~Was: San Diego Tour
> >Autocrossing in a Monsoon~Was: San Diego Tour
> > Have you ever tried it?
>
> yes. in the cobra. with the top up, which merely slows the velocity of
the
> water hitting you. it was at (candlestick/3COM/nee candlestick) and i was
> spitting out sand and combing it out of my hair for days after.
curiously,
> having no windshield wipers didnt seem to matter much.
>
> congrats on enjoying the experience. =)
>
> -james
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debbie" <Debbie.Cunningham@attbi.com>
> To: "Bryan Nemy" <bnemy@pacbell.net>; "Bay Area Autocross"
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:15 PM
> Subject: Autocrossing in a Monsoon~Was: San Diego Tour
>
>
> > Have you ever tried it? That's what our run group (last) turned out to
be
> > on Saturday. Torrential rain and gusty winds. There were huge puddles
> > (quasi-lakes) at the start and the finish (in the flats). Folks told me
> > that when the Miata was coming through the finish the water shot up so
> high
> > around it that you couldn't see the car. LOLOL!!! Kinda like the Log
> > Flume...
> >
> > The kicker is that Tom and I both drove all of our runs with the top
down.
> > We each spun out once in that lake at the finish. When I did it, I
ended
> up
> > with a Tsunami in my lap. I can't remember the last time I was so wet
for
> > so long with all of my clothes on!
> >
> > Sunday was dry. Tom ROCKED through the course to a third place trophy.
> I
> > sucked (actually drove better in the monsoon the day before:-) but will
be
> > going to Atwater in May where I intend to redeem myself =).
> >
> > In short, a great time was had by all! Ok...well, maybe not all, but a
> > great time was had by crazies like Tom and I!
> >
> > Debbie
> > #99 CSP
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bryan Nemy" <bnemy@pacbell.net>
> > To: "Bay Area Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:19 PM
> > Subject: San Diego Tour
> >
> >
> > > Congrats to all who trophied from SFR at the San Diego tour. It was
my
> > > first time and I can see why San Diego is so popular, as the lot is
> great.
> > > A very fast course that we seem to rarely be able to duplicate here.
Of
> > > course going down hill with the gas pedal all the way to the floor is
> > > impossible to do at the sites we have.
> > >
> > > Weather at Lake Qualcomm on Saturday was miserable and the 5th Run
Group
> > had
> > > to be cancelled as it was too dark and wet. You had to see the
Shifter
> > > Karts in the rain. They needed snorkels an wet suits.
> > >
> > > We had 59 SFR competitors, some of which live elsewhere, but retain
> there
> > > loyalty to SFR. 27 SFR people trophied. Andy McKee pulled off a great
> win
> > > in a sea of S2000's in BS. Mitch Fagundes got 4th. Kevin Mccormick
got
> a
> > > 2nd in CS. My car owner, Rick Grefsrud kicked butt in the rain on
> > Saturday
> > > ending up 3rd in SS and held on for 4th overall and a trophy. Sobie
got
> a
> > > 2nd in his new Z06. There were only 2 RX-7's and a single Porsche in
> the
> > > Z06 class. In ASP Rob Boynton finally beat his brother Chris and
ended
> up
> > > 5th, just out of the trophies. Katie Elder drove Rick Gould's fast
> Miata
> > to
> > > the CSPL win. Peter Thana got a 2nd in ES for this first ever trophy
at
> a
> > > National level event. Randy Noll got a 5th. Robert Krider got a 4th
in
> > GS.
> > > Michael Butler ended up 3rd in HS in his return to National level Solo
2
> > > competition. BSP saw Harold Olsen in the 3rd spot. Peter Mottaz got
a
> > 2nd
> > > in DS. CSP saw 3 SFR places - 2nd for Rick Gould, 3rd for Tom Kubo
and
> > 5th
> > > for Jim Norman. Pilar got 1st in APL where the BMW got bumped up.
Jan
> > > Knudsen got 1st in BPL and Bill Martin got 1st in CP. Elise Geiger
> pulled
> > a
> > > 1st in SML and FJ was won by Jake Mottaz. Street Mod had Rob Luis in
> 1st
> > > and Vic Sias in 2nd. The real show was DSP where the podium was full
> of
> > > SFR member. 1st - Ben Martinez, 2nd - Derrick Butts and 3rd - Teresa
> > Neidel.
> > >
> > > A great time for me although the drive is a killer.
> > >
> > > Great going SFR.
> > >
> > > Bryan
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