At 09:00 AM 1/4/02 -0800, Dennis Hale wrote:
>We have had some experience with spectator events out
>here in SFR land. We held 4 street autocrosses in the
>1986 to 1992 era. 4 in Vallejo, 1 in Livermore. I am
>sure Pat Kelly or Charlie Davis can correct any errors
>I relate.
>The events were a lot of fun for all of us except the
>folks who organized them. We burned out those event
>chairs very thoroughly.
>We got plenty of local spectators. I would guess well
>more than the thousand number being bandied about.
>The events ran very like autocrosses or qualifying
>sessions with no complicated scenarios.
>We had locals complaining about blocking their
>streets.
>We had local tv coverage.
Ah, Vallejo. I ran it twice. Once was 1984 according to a trophy (I forget
if that was the first or second time but I suspect it was the second).
We had drunks trying to cross the street during the event.
We had people upset since access to the Post Office was limited.
We had me walking the course the second day realizing that the fast slalom
that I ran on the rev limiter in second (about 53 mph) and wondering if I
should shift was "just fine in second" after actually seeing the curbs and
light poles and stuff that I hadn't noticed the first day while driving my
Lotus Europa that was also my ride home (about 60 miles).
It was fun running the red lights though:-)
Dick Rasmussen
CM 85
85 Van Diemen RF-85 Formula Ford
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