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RE: CONE PENALTY

To: "Corey Smith" <smythe@abac.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: CONE PENALTY
From: Jim Ochi <jochi@ricochet.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 19:42:59 -0700
Uh, they do allow Audi's.  However, guests are only allowed one event, so 
if you want to come out and run, you'll have to join the club...

Jim


At 06:44 PM 7/3/2001 -0700, Corey Smith wrote:
>I know they don't allow Audi's anymore.  Some dude got TTOD at that BMW club
>autox in 11/99 in an Audi.  Banned for having quattro, now also banned for
>beating BMW's.
>
>;-)
>
>Corey
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James Creasy
>Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:56 PM
>To: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}; 'John Kelly';
>ba-autox@autox.team.net; Ryan, Neal G
>Subject: Re: CONE PENALTY
>
>
>do they allow brand-x cars at the BMW events?
>
>-james 'brand-x' creasy
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
>To: 'John Kelly' <76067.1750@compuserve.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>;
>Ryan, Neal G <neal.g.ryan@lmco.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:48 PM
>Subject: RE: CONE PENALTY
>
>
> > >What the BMW club charges is unknown to me.
> >
> > They charge 1 second, with the convenient exception of all the cones
>before
> > the start lights, which DON'T COUNT AT ALL.  Navid clarified this at one
> > event and we all took advantage of it by repeatedly mowing down almost
>every
> > single cone before the lights in order to get a straight shot at the
>start.
> > They didn't seem to mind though, just kept putting them back up.
> >
> > Another thing about these events- you think it's great that a cone is
>worth
> > only 1 second, but they use these iddy biddy bite sized cones, and they
>use
> > lots of them.  Once you pop, you can't stop!  I find that if I hit one, I
> > usually end up taking at least 5 more for the road.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Kelly [mailto:76067.1750@compuserve.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:50 PM
> > To: 'ba-autox@autox.team.net'; Ryan, Neal G
> > Subject: CONE PENALTY
> >
> >
> > -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
> >
> > Message text written by "Ryan, Neal G"
> >
> > "
> >  Is a "downed" cone worth one or two seconds?"
> > -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
> >
> > In SCCA-SFR it's worth two seconds. All other series in Northern
> > California- PCA, NASA, AAS, Sacramento Cup, Competition SCC, Empire
> > SCA,--charge one second.
> > What the BMW club charges is unknown to me.
> >
> > --John Kelly

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