When I ran out I only had 80 miles on the speedo since the last fillup.
That's only 13 MPG but there were a zillion stops and starts, lots of
idling, and 6 1/2 laps of the track. During the Poker Run on Friday I got
about 23 MPG.
Larry Miller
http://www.ado13.com
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep
your mouth shut.-Ernest Hemmingway
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul A Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@juno.com>
To: <millerls@ado13.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Great Weekend(way long)
> Great going Larry! Sounds like you had a bunch of fun. You did
> everything you could to make it run well and you succeeded. 40 year old
> mufflers are the bane of performance. Now that you can get fuel through
> the carbs, you better watch out. You'll be running out of gas at
> inopportune times! Congrats on your fun weekend.
>
> Paul
> PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:00:57 -0700 "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>
> writes:
> >I'm car'ed out. What a weekend, Cherry's Jubilee all day Friday,
> >Saturday,
> >and Sunday. We had not planned on going Sunday but the Bugeye won the
> >"Spiffy Sports Car" award so we had to attend the awards ceremony to
> >pick up
> >the plaque (http://www.ado13.com/cj99/SpiffyAward.jpg). There were
> >actually
> >four Bugeye's this year and quite a few other British cars but no
> >square
> >bodies. An Austin Healey 100M also won an award. The first couple of
> >years
> >at Cherry's they kind of frowned on British cars but are starting to
> >come
> >around. Since they are a bunch of hot rodders you do not get penalized
> >in
> >the judging for being non-stock :-) It also helped that the head judge
> >used
> >to race Sprites.
> >
> >Friday, there was a poker run down the coast to Big Sur with a $1000
> >prize.
> >Had the prize went to the worst poker hand we would probably have won.
> >About
> >500 of the 1,020 registered cars participated in the run. It was
> >pretty neat
> >cruising down the coast with all of the Hot Rods and Custom cars.
> >
> >Friday night there was a cruise down Alvarado in Monterey, through the
> >plaza
> >at the Double Tree and around cannery row. Really got claustrophobic
> >going
> >down Alvarado in the Bugeye. There were thousands of spectators and
> >they
> >were not restricted to the sidewalks. People pressing right up to and
> >between the cars all along the street.
> >
> >Saturday at Laguna Seca I did three hot laps in a Porsche 911 Turbo
> >race car
> >with a young man that really knew how to drive it. Over 130 on the
> >front
> >straight, 120 between turns 4 and 5 and way too fast through the
> >corkscrew.
> >He scared the crap out of me on the first lap at turn 5 because I
> >thought he
> >was going to take the corner at 120 MPH. As we went by the 5 marker,
> >I'm
> >thinking ok it's time to start braking, when we passed the 4 marker,
> >I'm
> >thinking, what the hell is he going to do, as we passed the 3 marker,
> >I'm
> >thinking, this crazy bastard is not going to brake. Coming up on the 2
> >marker, I'm thinking we are going to DIE. I guess I did not realize
> >how late
> >they braked :-) After that it was a real blast.
> >
> >Also did 5 laps in the Bugeye. Got to wind it out to max in 1st
> >through 4th
> >on the front straight. We must have been doing all of 70 at the top of
> >the
> >hill, slightly less then the Porsche Turbo but the corkscrew was just
> >as
> >much fun. I also started braking at the 5 marker on turn 5 :-) The
> >track
> >through the corkscrew is down hill so the Bugeye goes like hell on
> >that part
> >of the track, wide open in 3rd at about 55 or so on exit. The sound
> >from the
> >new glasspack is pretty wild, the car sounds way faster then it really
> >is
> >when it gets over 4500 RPM.
> >
> >On Sunday all of the award winners did two parade laps. I embarrassed
> >myself
> >by running out of gas on the 2nd lap. I always carry a 2 1/2 gallon
> >jug with
> >me so we did not hold things up too much.
> >
> >The people making the official video of the event loved the Bugeye.
> >They
> >filmed the car and interviewed me on Sunday and said that the Bugeye
> >would
> >definitely be in the video. Guess I will have to order a copy :-)
> >
> >I lost a lugnut on Friday, never had a lugnut come off in my life.
> >Anybody
> >have an extra one for the Minitor(?Sp.) mag? The other 3 were tight so
> >I
> >don't know what I did, must have just missed tightening it when I put
> >the
> >wheel back on last week. Old age sucks, I'm getting to the point where
> >Sandi
> >has to check my fly before letting me go out in public.
> >
> >Paul, the car ran great all weekend, maybe the new muffler fixed the
> >problem.
> >
> >A few pictures can be seen at http://www.ado13.com/cj99/cj99.html
> >
> >Larry Miller
> >http://www.ado13.com
> >Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to
> >keep
> >your mouth shut.-Ernest Hemmingway
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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