i have a set of 4 oo8's with just 1 weekend on them. been in my garage
several years. onyone interested?
bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Bob Kramer'" <rgk@flash.net>; "John Price" <jprice1@txcyber.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: Races
> Those Yokahamas sure were cool tires. I babied mine until they looked like
> slicks. They were good for a second or so on about any track. I never
> found a better tire, though I still think the Hoosiers are a hoot. I can
> hang the ass end of Peyote out so far I don't need mirrors.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kramer [mailto:rgk@flash.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:38 AM
> To: John Price
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Races
>
>
> John,
> Group 7 sure is frustrating. The last race Sunday was very similar to the
> rest, except that I finally got fed up with the #44 240Z blocking and put
> in a complaint after the race. Every time I tried to make a move inside or
> outside, he would change his line to jump over in front of me. That in
> itself I could live with but on 3 occasions in the last race, he did it
> when I was already up inside his rear quarter. What was sad, was that
> early in the race I did pass him after drafting him down the straight, and
> going faster into one and was pulling away from him. I was running a
> second a lap faster, and catching a pair of 911's in front of us (ones I
> hadn't been able to run with early in the day), but my car started running
> too hot. After 3 laps or running slower to cool it down, the 240Z caught
> me and passed me on the straight. Soon I was in a safer cooling zone so I
> proceeded to try to pass him back for the next 4 laps, with him blocking
> every move.
>
> After cording the Hoosiers, I was very surprised that I put up my best lap
> times of the weekend on Brad's 8 year old Yoke 008's. Being slick as they
> could be, I drove them pretty much the same as with the bias ply TD.s,
> drifting, really sliding through the turns. The shorter tire and rear
> ratio change more than made up for the loss of grip.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Price
> To: Bob Kramer
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:38 AM
> Subject: Races
>
>
> How did the rest of Sunday go for you?
>
> John
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