Comments - since the cones were evenly spaced, why'd it take so long to get
up to speed on the slalom? Second, what's the problem with shifting in the
slalom? If you need third, you need third.
KeS
(shifted to second in the slalom, but was thinking about running it all in
first...)
>From: Keith Hearn <khearn@Legato.COM>
>To: Smokerbros@aol.com
>CC: ba-autox@autox.team.net, khearn@mail.legato.com
>Subject: Re: 8 CONE SLALOM (WAS: THANKS)
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:21:31 -0700
>
>In message <55.7d925c5.268a35bd@aol.com>, Smokerbros@aol.com writes:
> > In a message dated 6/26/2000 6:41:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > roadsterboy@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << The 8-cone slalom was a bit much! By about the fourth or fifth
>cone, I
> > was
> > getting a little nervous. I also watched a few people go through it
>with
> > the back end of their cars swinging out wider and wider as they got
>closer
> > to the end. >>
> >
> > Nationals often have long slaloms, and it is a technique we don't seem
>to
> > cultivate here in SFR. I think we need more of them!
>
>I liked the 8 cone slalom, but I wish they were closer together. I hit
> the rev limiter in 2nd after about 5 cones and had to ride it the
> rest of the way. I didn't think shifting into 3rd in the middle of a
> slalom would be wise.
>
> Keith Hearn
> '99 Miata 10AE "Sexy Sadie" the Sapphire Shark
> B-Stock
> Milpitas, CA
>
> >
> > CHD
>
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