You didn't lose tire, you gained rocks. :) The stickier the tire, the more
rocks. Even the trip from the grid to the start line tires picked up gravel.
With the standing start, the rear tires cleaned off pretty quickly, but the
rocks stayed on until the first right-hander...you could see folks plowing
through that because front grip was minimal.
--Pat Kelly
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>From: Jake Hodges <jake@codeworm.com>
>To: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: marina, was Re: What a great course! And still another day off!
>Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2003, 9:35 AM
>
> Fair enough.. The start was pretty deep even in the third run group. It
> was exciting getting my little car off the line with 138hp...
>
> Got a tire question too.. The paddock was all gravel, so by the time I made
> it back to my jack, my tires were encrusted with the stuff. I brushed it
> out, but the surface of my poor tires looks terrible.. Will they spring
> back, or did I really lose more tire on my way back from the course to the
> pits than I did during my runs?
>
> Jake
>
>
> At 09:31 AM 4/20/2003 -0700, James Creasy wrote:
>>great, mentally challenging course. i woke up this morning realizing one
>>place i had interpreted all wrong!!
>>
>>however "no gravel"???? by the 8th run group i could not launch at all at
>>the start.. tires covered with gravel, 1/10 throttle and they would spin.
>>then front tires covered with gravel... noooo traction in the front until
>>the 3rd turn. saturday means FAR less traffic too.
>>
>>tito solis in the cobra. who taught him that hand position? must be some
>>toyota thing :)
>>
>>http://www.thevenom.net/pics/autox/tito1.jpg
>>
>>james
>>
>>ps you can see some other pics here (taken by my friend)
>>http://www.thevenom.net/pics/autox/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jake Hodges" <jake@codeworm.com>
>>To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 8:56 AM
>>Subject: What a great course! And still another day off!
>>
>>
>> > I'd like to thank our chairs and all the dedicated folks that made it out
>> > there early enough to get that fantastic course put together. I don't
>>know
>> > about you guys, but I had FUN! All the sections of the course flowed
>> > together really nicely, there were no panicky Chicago box things, no
>> > gravel, but most of all there were a ton of places to hang yourself by
>> > burning time driving some crazy wide line without hitting cones. I wish I
>> > could have stayed for fun runs...
>> >
>> > Why don't we have more Saturday events? It's really a treat to spend the
>> > whole day autocrossing, and then still have a whole day left over before
>> > heading back to the salt mines. My student at the autocross school never
>> > got to attend our events because taking his family to church took
>>precedent.
>> >
>> > Jake
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