I talked with Mark at Nationals last year, and he likes his cars to be set
up in an interesting way. True, his car was different from a lot of the
other Neons in setup, but he's of the opinion that most people would slow
down if they drove his setup (ie: they might spin....) because he likes the
rear of the car so loose. Basically, from what he said, when others have
driven his car, they got out of it and couldn't believe it could be driven
competitively with the setup he uses.
Ron Bauer
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Lamfalusi <lamfalus@excite.com>
To: Popsracr@aol.com <Popsracr@aol.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, July 07, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Stock class reclassings
>
>On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:05:12 EDT, Popsracr@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 07/06/2000 6:09:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
>> solo2inseattle@wa.freei.net writes:
>>
>> << I've never met daddio or watched him drive but that must have been a
>> superhuman (and unlikely for us regular joe's to duplicate) effort to
>get
>> the car that fast. >>
>>
>> I think you've discovered the secret. Daddio's actually an alien like
>Jeff
>> Cashmore and Bob Tunnell, and a few others (insert any past Nat Champ
>name
>> here). They're all from the city of Fastfootia from the province of
>Nolifta
>> on the planet Lookaheada.
>
>Yes, they do seem to posess super human driving skills and I would love to
>be able to some day equal their capabilities. In certain cases though,
like
>in DS with Daddio, I bet the car was prepared to a degree to which I DOUBT
>many people would be able to reach (less than 5%?). I can just picture a
>few techs in a Chrysler parts warehouse, individually weighing and
measuring
>every single Neon part to get the lightest part out of the bin and then
>putting them together to make his car. Stock of course, but how many
people
>get to pick the lightest parts (pistons, connecting rods, etc.) to get put
>in their car? I could be totally wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if
that
>were actaully the case. Again, even in a car straight off the reject line,
>any of these guys could kick my a$$ every day of the week and twice on
>Sunday, but just a note that I bet his Neon was as equally "alien" as his
>driving skills :)
>
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>Mike Lamfalusi
>'97 VW Jetta GLX
>GS - Chicago Region
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