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1. Re: Wine whine (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:57:17 -0600
Hay, Mark -- my local paper had a feature story the other day about how that red stuff from a box actually is a good deal. Something about how the plastic bag inside deflates as you consume the red s
/html/autox/2006-02/msg00034.html (7,223 bytes)

2. Re: [evolution-disc.] Ft Myers protests (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:31:16 -0600
Uh, no, it's called solo. Purposely distinct from racing. It's supposed to be way cheaper than racing. Yes, it's not easy. But wheel-to-wheel is not among its challenges. And it is one of the safest
/html/autox/2006-02/msg00076.html (8,928 bytes)

3. Re: [evolution-disc.] Ft Myers protests (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:41:33 -0600
By creating awareness. Who remembers many years ago when Houston Region was put on probation for 1) too fast course [a 900-foot straight was cited] and 2) bump-drafting on parade laps [i.e. broken t
/html/autox/2006-02/msg00077.html (9,058 bytes)

4. Re: Got Sirota PAX analysis? (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:19:38 -0600
No, no, Eric! The point of the PAX is to illustrate that it IS the Fangios in the Hondas and the nimrods in the Vipers. That is, money may buy you speed but it won't buy you talent. --Rocky Entriken
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00032.html (8,441 bytes)

5. Re: PAX Factors (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:58:26 -0600
I might imagine that Hemingway might regard our little corner of motorsport in the games category (if it can't kill ya, it ain't a sport). Never mind that people have been killed playing baseball and
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00033.html (9,723 bytes)

6. Re: Origin of Chicago boxes (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:35:42 -0600
1982 Solo II Nationals, Marriott's Great America Amusement Park, Gurnee, Ill., Sept. 9-12. Host, Chicago Region. Just before the finish on Course A. It was the first time most competitors had seen th
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00049.html (8,617 bytes)

7. Re: Re:was Origin of Chicago boxes now nickname the new (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:10:48 -0600
Seen it. Used it in my courses on occasion. Optional which side you go past the center cone, right? It's called a bowtie. We've found that if you spread it enough to meet SCCA standards, you need a r
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00051.html (8,270 bytes)

8. Re: Origin of Chicago boxes (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:02:17 -0600
Not hardly. At the '75 Nationals we ran way late too. AM got only two runs per course because of the late hour (they were NOT happy!). Back then awards were done Sunday after the event and it was way
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00056.html (8,130 bytes)

9. Re: Origin of Chicago boxes (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:33:19 -0600
Three days? Entirely possible. The cover of the official results says Sept. 9-12, but that does not necessarily mean we competed on Thursday -- that coulda been just registration day. Not uncommon. T
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00057.html (9,063 bytes)

10. Re: Origin of Chicago boxes (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:56:45 -0600
They researched MGAs there? Naw. Course was at Lake Geneva Speedway, a 1/3-mile paved oval with a dragstrip running lengthwise through it. Course started on one end of the dragstrip, turned left onto
/html/autox/2005-12/msg00060.html (9,029 bytes)

11. Re: 2006 Nationals (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:39:11 -0500
Yes. SCCA announced it several months ago, so it is official. Nationals Sept. 26-29. Pro Solo Finale Sept. 23-24. And Runoffs for anyone who cares, Oct. 9-15. All at Heartland Park Topeka. SCCA websi
/html/autox/2005-10/msg00001.html (7,135 bytes)

12. Re: Lori Robertson Is An Actress?, Wow (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:01:15 -0500
If you've all saved your back issues of SportsCar (doesn't everyone?), I did a "Spotlight" on her in the September 2000 issue. (I tried to send it earlier, but apparently too big to get through mjb's
/html/autox/2005-10/msg00046.html (9,325 bytes)

13. Re: Lori Robertson Is An Actress?, Wow (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:42:39 -0500
Yes, but TV work is not a complete or exhaustive list. Major and supporting TV stars are included, but Lori is not quite that. Basically she is a nurse working as a technical adviser whom they occasi
/html/autox/2005-10/msg00048.html (9,112 bytes)

14. Re: Lori Robertson Is An Actress?, Wow (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:01:55 -0500
Schenker was a SportsCar Spotlight subject in February 2002. The main peg was not that he was an actor but that he was an Olympic skier. For Puerto Rico! He beat the feared Alberto Tomba in the slalo
/html/autox/2005-10/msg00053.html (10,282 bytes)

15. Re: Rain tires (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:59:56 -0500
Cheap, work well, and go on your rims -- Hoosier Dirtstockers. Mine cost about $87 each (that was 3 years ago, when my slicks were at $160). I run 20x8x13 cantilever slicks, but the Dirtstockers are
/html/autox/2005-09/msg00056.html (8,255 bytes)

16. 123 (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:09:55 -0500
/html/autox/2005-09/msg00061.html (6,016 bytes)

17. 0 (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:35:57 -0500
crappy freezing their bunnies off autox mid-heat (testing - please ignore)
/html/autox/2005-09/msg00065.html (5,881 bytes)

18. 2006 Solo Championship weather (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:21:26 -0500
On Kansas weather ... I've lived here 35 years now in Salina (110 miles due west of Topeka) and when I worked at the newspaper here I kept its weather records. (I was also a weatherman as a young lad
/html/autox/2005-09/msg00066.html (10,438 bytes)

19. Re: Harness bar... (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:02:08 -0500
I will disagree with you on this for one primary reason -- the widespread use of inertia reel belts in modern cars that do absolutely nothing for you until the accident has begun to happen. For what
/html/autox/2005-08/msg00087.html (10,617 bytes)

20. Writers wanted to help cover Nationals for SportsCar (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:49:25 -0500
If you like to write, consider being part of the crew providing the coverage in SportsCar Magazine for the 33rd Solo II Nationals. I need about two dozen writers to cover the event and so far I have
/html/autox/2005-07/msg00026.html (10,126 bytes)


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