In my case, I was two turns from the end when I snagged the buckle, it was
the last turn that threw me up on the handbrake and if I'd stopped right
then, I would have been just a few feet short of the finish.
Also, that first National was -- shall we say -- not exactly an artistic
success? We only got two runs on that course and just getting the event in
was such a challenge I doubt they'd have given me a rerun (or should have).
I like those duckhead latches today. :-)
--Rocky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
To: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>; "Thomas Kirchner"
<Teegeek@netrax.net>; ".Team.Net" <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: Quick question.
> > The only time I EVER inadvertently snagged a buckle open was in a Solo
II.
> > That it happened to be the first-ever Solo II Nationals is beside the
> > point -- suffice it to say I crossed the finish sitting on the
handbrake!
> > :-O On that occasion I was wearing a light windbreaker with open cuffs
> and
> > driving barehanded. The cuff of the coat snagged the latch. However, it
> > hasn't happened again in 30 years. Also -- on that occasion I was in a
> Pinto
> > (Showroom Stock/G Stock). Since then I've been in a Production/Prepared
> > Spitfire. I had a lot more room in the Pinto and it was much easier to
> snag
> > the buckle.
>
> Yes, I snagged my four-points open in a SAAB at an autocross about 30
years
> ago. The organizers were impressed that I stopped instead of carrying on,
> and they gave me a rerun.
>
> Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4
CT2846L
> pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
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