Oops... I guess that qualifies as a minor fox paws. Actually, I didn't
compliment the car... just the driver... you better check the rules on that
one.
// Mike Eynon #27 M3 AS
// Chief Technology Officer
// OnTh Wireless
// "The Wireless Database Company"
// 1366 Bulb Ave
// Santa Cruz, CA 95062
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Navid Kahangi
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 6:20 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Another video
>
>
> Make that four thumbs up. I bought my DVD player just for this movie!
>
> The S4 driver is none other than our own Corey Smith. But dude, as an M3
> driver, you never, EVER, compliment an S4 driver! Didn't they
> explain that
> to you when they sold you the car?
>
> --Navid
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mike Eynon
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:37 PM
> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Another video
> >
> >
> > For those of you that are totally hooked on great race footage, I
> > have found
> > the ultimate.
> >
> > I was not aware of this, but there is an IMAX movie, "Super
> Speedway" made
> > with Mario and Michael Andretti driving Indy cars. The movie
> was endorsed
> > by Newman/Haas racing and is narrated by Paul Newman. Although I
> > have never
> > seen the IMAX version of the movie, I just bought the DVD version with
> > Digital surround sound.
> >
> > OMIGOSH!
> >
> > Some of the scenes are so incredible that you cannot believe they
> > are real.
> > They must have sped up the film... after all, there is no way
> an Indy car
> > with a *HUGE* IMAX camera strapped to the wing could possibly
> reach speeds
> > well over 225mph. As well, the reaction times of Mario are way
> > faster than
> > any mere mortal could possibly handle. They must have sped up
> the film...
> > right?
> >
> > WRONG!
> >
> > I watched "the making of" just for that reason. They apparently
> > used a car
> > with tons of down force, and increased the legal boost to
> attain well over
> > 1000 hp for the car being driven. There is some unreal footage of Mario
> > running an oval, with Michael in another car, and then running at
> > the Molson
> > 500 (?) up in Toronto, Canada with a full field running practice
> > laps on the
> > road course. The drivers that were interviewed in bonus material on the
> > disk said that with the extra hp in Mario's car, they were
> running at race
> > speeds in all the shots.
> >
> > If the video were not enough for you... then the sound will
> definitely put
> > you over the edge. I have a 7 speaker surround sound system with
> > a digital
> > amp... My wife's small furry creatures hid under the furniture
> during the
> > race footage!
> >
> > I figure all I need to do is move the chair a little closer to the HDTV,
> > attach a steering wheel to it, and I will be as close as I
> > possibly could be
> > to driving over 200mph.
> >
> > The video also goes into nice depth on how the cars and engines
> are made;
> > which is also interesting. As well, there is a bonus side-story
> > about some
> > guy that digs up one of the first cars Mario ever drove (in really rough
> > shape) and restores it from the ground up... The movie culminates
> > with Mario
> > driving it one more time.
> >
> > After all the bad reviews on this list about all the crap in the
> > theatres...
> > I can definitely give this a double thumbs up. Its done as a
> documentary,
> > but Mario Andretti is a pretty interesting guy... the guy has a
> pig for a
> > pet! You couldn't make some of this stuff up! In this case,
> fact is way
> > better than fiction.
> >
> > BTW... who the heck was driving that yellow S4 down in Marina yesterday?
> > Whoever you are, that was some of the best driving I have ever seen.
> >
> > Mike #27 M3 AS
> >
> > // Mike Eynon
> > // Chief Technology Officer
> > // OnTh Wireless
> > // "The Wireless Database Company"
> > // 1366 Bulb Ave
> > // Santa Cruz, CA 95062
> > // stingray@onth.com
> > // 831.588.2388 (cell)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Anthony Tabacco
> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 12:42 PM
> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: June 17 at Laguna Seca paddock
> >
> >
> > For a quicker trip from the Bay Area, take 101 south and drive
> right on by
> > the Laguna Seca 156 exit signage up by Prundale. Go to farther to
> > Salinas on
> > 101 and turn directly west on the 68 exit. It will say Monterey
> Peninsula.
> > The 55 mph/double fine zone signs through the Prundale area south of San
> > Juan Batista are enforced by a fair numbre of chp.
> >
> > Be prepared. The snack bar has no Gatoraid, only soft drinks
> and expensive
> > water. They keep it in big iced tubs on the deck so the really cheap can
> > just dip their...never mind.
> > Tony
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