Scott: stay away from BS, stay in the novice classes
as long as possible, we don't need you in BS! :-) :-)
Craig
Maybe your tires had gone off...
--- "Loughmiller, Scott" <scott@radiate.com> wrote:
> It always seems faster when you're riding than when
> you're driving, at least
> it does for me. Craig took my Miata for a couple of
> rounds on the Sunday
> fun runs, and the first run I was worried that he
> was really going to
> embarrass me with the time he turned in my own car,
> but it ended up being
> less than a 0.1 seconds faster than my previous run.
> It just seemed a whole
> lot faster as a passenger, you just can't compare
> riding and driving.
>
> See if you can talk one of the fast Miata guys into
> a ride. It's damn fun,
> and you'll learn a whole lot. I knocked 3.5 seconds
> of my best run at
> Marina after one run ride with Craig.
>
> -Scott
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John J. Stimson-III [mailto:john@idsfa.net]
> > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 16:10
> > To: Kelly, Katie
> > Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Proof that cars can talk
> >
> >
> > How much do those SP people invest? I don't know
> what Rick has done
> > to his car, but I investigated turning my Integra
> into a Street
> > Touring machine like Mark Allen's car (there was
> an article in
> > _Grassroots Motorsports_), and the total came to
> around $4000 for
> > shocks, threaded collars, springs, rear sway,
> intake, header, and
> > exhaust. Out of curiousity, I looked at the same
> parts for Miatas and
> > they were cheaper across the board.
> >
> > What else can you add in CSP? Tuning an engine
> management system
> > could add up to a significant amount of money
> spent on the dyno...
> >
> > Speaking of the S2000, Peter Thana gave me a wild
> ride yesterday in
> > Eric's car. Somebody please talk me out of taking
> the Mazda buyback
> > offer and buying an S2000!
> >
> > Maybe it was the Kumhos, maybe it was Peter's
> driving, but that car
> > seemed unnaturally fast...Maybe a ride with Craig
> or Scot would change
> > my impression. Yesterday was my first time riding
> at an autocross,
> > and my first time in a car on race tires (except
> at Malibu and
> > Speedring :-)
> >
> > --
> >
> > john@idsfa.net
>
> > John Stimson
> > http://www.idsfa.net/~john/
> HMC
> > Physics '94
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