darren, dont forget my BAPOC member Stuart fending off the hordes of
type-R's in his lowly, open diffed Probe GT!
he sent me some pictures and description that are now posted on the BAPOC
site (url in my sig). look in the Motorsports section.
in other news, i will be on borrowed rims and kumhos next weekend in the
cobra. remind me to give the requested ride to your girlfriend. be sure
laugh at my torque-happy foolishness as i cant find a line and spin out :)
-james creasy
president, BAPOC www.klio.net/probe
CSP RX7 www.klio.net/rx7
1965 FFR Cobra #1630 www.klio.net/cobra
. ----- Original Message -----
From: Darren P. Madams <darren@madams.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 9:57 AM
Subject: Why Pro's Rock!
> Well, those of you who didn't make it down to the San Bernadino Pro missed
> out on a really fun weekend and some excellent weather! The caravan back
> was absolutely hilarious, but I'll spare the guilty parties and not
divulge
> the details.... :)
>
> Lots of friendly people, and a really excellent course that really made
you
> drive! Including a tight slalom section at the end that you couldn't
> believe those big cars were making it through that fast! Some intense
> competition -- A/Stock is looking to be exciting and there's plenty of
> benefits to running Street Touring or Street Mod car!!!!!
>
> I encourage _all_ of you to attend the Lemore Pro coming up at the end of
> April! It will be a blast! I know it's a bit of a drive, but for you
> south bay people it can't be much further than Sacramento and hooking up
> with a caravan with TalkAbouts makes the drive seem short!
>
>
> The new "Bonus Challenge" now officially dubbed the "Pathetic Loser"
> challenge is a great way for those of us who aren't quick enough to
qualify
> for the regular challenge to match up head to head against someone from a
> completely different class! And it's indexed off the time you ran so you
> don't have a built in disadvantage like the open challenge!
>
> And if you drive a Street Touring, etc. car you could possibly even make
> some real money!!!
>
>
> Local Results:
>
> SS: Jim Martin couldn't find a good set of runs but looked quick all
weekend.
> AS: Andy ended up 2nd after leading after saturday? Teresa did all she
> could in the Boxster but was losing too much on the launch.
> CS: Derek won the class and finished 3rd in the open challenge... not too
> far off being in the top eliminator round! Phil had a nice solid 4th, and
> qualified for the "Pathetic Loser" challenge and got eliminated in the
> first round by a guy who broke out by 1.3 seconds!! Katie never could
> match up a pair of runs the whole weekend, but she's going to "kick ass"
at
> Lemoore she says!
> GS: Kevin ruled in the Type R. Pete discovered just how difficult a BMW
is
> to put through short slaloms. Katie did well in ladies qualifying 2nd or
> 3rd for the ladies challenge?
> F125: I drove completely mediocre the whole weekend and finished a solid
> 4th, quite a ways back from the pack. Super-sub Arie had an awesome final
> run (finally let it all out) but clipped a cone. He was right with me all
> weekend even though it was only his second time in the kart.
> FJr: Elyse Mottaz had some huge improvement on her Sunday morning runs as
> Pete did a little bit of "tuning" to her carbs.... I don't know where she
> finished but I know she jumped up into the pack! Look for her to move
fast
> in the future!
>
>
> All in all, a fun weekend, and I'm only slightly sun burnt (redneck!)...
If
> you're looking for the most intense and fun autocross experience (besides
> DeAnza of course) you should check out the Pro in Lemoore!
>
> --Darren
>
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