>Autocrossing in a Monsoon~Was: San Diego Tour
> Have you ever tried it?
yes. in the cobra. with the top up, which merely slows the velocity of the
water hitting you. it was at (candlestick/3COM/nee candlestick) and i was
spitting out sand and combing it out of my hair for days after. curiously,
having no windshield wipers didnt seem to matter much.
congrats on enjoying the experience. =)
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie" <Debbie.Cunningham@attbi.com>
To: "Bryan Nemy" <bnemy@pacbell.net>; "Bay Area Autocross"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: Autocrossing in a Monsoon~Was: San Diego Tour
> Have you ever tried it? That's what our run group (last) turned out to be
> on Saturday. Torrential rain and gusty winds. There were huge puddles
> (quasi-lakes) at the start and the finish (in the flats). Folks told me
> that when the Miata was coming through the finish the water shot up so
high
> around it that you couldn't see the car. LOLOL!!! Kinda like the Log
> Flume...
>
> The kicker is that Tom and I both drove all of our runs with the top down.
> We each spun out once in that lake at the finish. When I did it, I ended
up
> with a Tsunami in my lap. I can't remember the last time I was so wet for
> so long with all of my clothes on!
>
> Sunday was dry. Tom ROCKED through the course to a third place trophy.
I
> sucked (actually drove better in the monsoon the day before:-) but will be
> going to Atwater in May where I intend to redeem myself =).
>
> In short, a great time was had by all! Ok...well, maybe not all, but a
> great time was had by crazies like Tom and I!
>
> Debbie
> #99 CSP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Nemy" <bnemy@pacbell.net>
> To: "Bay Area Autocross" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:19 PM
> Subject: San Diego Tour
>
>
> > Congrats to all who trophied from SFR at the San Diego tour. It was my
> > first time and I can see why San Diego is so popular, as the lot is
great.
> > A very fast course that we seem to rarely be able to duplicate here. Of
> > course going down hill with the gas pedal all the way to the floor is
> > impossible to do at the sites we have.
> >
> > Weather at Lake Qualcomm on Saturday was miserable and the 5th Run Group
> had
> > to be cancelled as it was too dark and wet. You had to see the Shifter
> > Karts in the rain. They needed snorkels an wet suits.
> >
> > We had 59 SFR competitors, some of which live elsewhere, but retain
there
> > loyalty to SFR. 27 SFR people trophied. Andy McKee pulled off a great
win
> > in a sea of S2000's in BS. Mitch Fagundes got 4th. Kevin Mccormick got
a
> > 2nd in CS. My car owner, Rick Grefsrud kicked butt in the rain on
> Saturday
> > ending up 3rd in SS and held on for 4th overall and a trophy. Sobie got
a
> > 2nd in his new Z06. There were only 2 RX-7's and a single Porsche in
the
> > Z06 class. In ASP Rob Boynton finally beat his brother Chris and ended
up
> > 5th, just out of the trophies. Katie Elder drove Rick Gould's fast
Miata
> to
> > the CSPL win. Peter Thana got a 2nd in ES for this first ever trophy at
a
> > National level event. Randy Noll got a 5th. Robert Krider got a 4th in
> GS.
> > Michael Butler ended up 3rd in HS in his return to National level Solo 2
> > competition. BSP saw Harold Olsen in the 3rd spot. Peter Mottaz got a
> 2nd
> > in DS. CSP saw 3 SFR places - 2nd for Rick Gould, 3rd for Tom Kubo and
> 5th
> > for Jim Norman. Pilar got 1st in APL where the BMW got bumped up. Jan
> > Knudsen got 1st in BPL and Bill Martin got 1st in CP. Elise Geiger
pulled
> a
> > 1st in SML and FJ was won by Jake Mottaz. Street Mod had Rob Luis in
1st
> > and Vic Sias in 2nd. The real show was DSP where the podium was full
of
> > SFR member. 1st - Ben Martinez, 2nd - Derrick Butts and 3rd - Teresa
> Neidel.
> >
> > A great time for me although the drive is a killer.
> >
> > Great going SFR.
> >
> > Bryan
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