I miss the old Spa with the very long straights. Used to be 8.76 miles
long.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendell bain" <wbain@sonic.net>
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] May Ride
> Bill,
> Great video of an Incredible Lotus/Caterham at Spa. Great footage.
> Makes you wonder how legal this car is, although well driven
> especially on the brakes. I know La Source hairpin down to Eau Rouge,
> but have forgotten some of the other turns except for the relatively
> new Bus Stop Chicane. Would love to drive this track sometime.
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell Bain
> 59 Morgan
>
> On May 11, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Bill Crowe wrote:
>
>> Thoroughly enjoyed the drive and meeting some club members. Did
>> some web
>> research today and found that 3 out of 4 of my shocks had waaay too
>> much
>> preload, fixed that today and the car is completely
>> transformed....will have
>> a easier time keeping up next time, it never felt right until now
>> and the
>> drive confirmed that it wasn't handling right. Anyway, looking
>> forward to
>> next time, and FWIW in the meantime there is a most excellent race
>> video at
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEy9QEyIAqk
>> this guy had his starter fail on the grid at Spa, bump started the
>> car and
>> worked his way through a large pack, pretty thrilling...
>> bill
>>
>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Ron Engelhardt <nobbc@sonic.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Our May ride will be this coming Saturday. If anyone has an idea
>>> for a
>>> destination, let's hear it. One of the nice things about this
>>> forum is
>>> that we can suggest destinations and events before we actually
>>> show up
>>> so let's get a discussion going.
>>>
>>> My steering wheel is just about broken through but I was able to
>>> get a
>>> new one and should have it installed tomorrow or Wed.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>> 58 MGA
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