"Often?"
--Pat K
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>From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>To: <Larrybsp@aol.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: SUV explosion - in numbers
>Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2002, 1:13 PM
>
>Larry, all the SUV drivers you're talking about satisfy legitimacy rule
>(2): towing a large object.
>
>However, the general problem Larry points out is correct -- the
>difference between correlation and causation. Whenever a driver makes a
>stupid move that would have killed me on my motorcycle had I not been
>driving defensively, I check their gender. The current ratio over the
>last 15 years is 17 out of 21 times it's a woman. But from this
>correlation I do not presume causality. Especially since Katie often
>kicks my butt in autocross times.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larrybsp@aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:50
>> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: SUV explosion - in numbers
>>
>>
>> <from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>>
>> You guys are really stretching it. There is no
>> way you can
>> judge a drivers talent from what he drives, be it Corvette or
>> SUV. When I go
>> to the Thunderhill, Buttonwillow or Laguna Seca the paddock
>> is filled with
>> SUV's. Now all those SUV drivers are for the most part
>> driving the race cars
>> they towed with them to the track.
>> I can assure you the level of driving talent of these drivers
>> exceeds the
>> "I'm better than 80%" level. If you can manage to fly around
>> Laguna Seca at a
>> COMPETITIVE speed you've passed the test. Toughest track
>> around but the most
>> fun. FWIW
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