In a message dated 5/25/2005 12:51:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
aceontour@yahoo.com writes:
Navid, reign in that anger. Think about your children.
Don't let this be another "Chicago Box".
-Katie
Katie - I actually liked a Chicago box one time! It was in Chicago (Ironic)
at a Corvair Club National convention. The Slalom was on a fairly tight Hotel
Parking lot. Whoever set up the course must have been a midget or had never
driven at an event. I drove a friends Prepared Class Corvair (108" wheelbase!)
on wide Slicks. Each driver got three runs at the course. On my first run, I
tiptoed into the midget-sized box - and tromped the last cone on the exit.
Plus one second on my time. On my second run, I roared into the box, about
stopped, and gingerly pulled out the other side - hitting the same cone.
ARRGH!
I waited until I was the next to last car to make my third run. As I roared
past the box at full speed, I just tromped the center cone from the box with
my rear tire, sending it flying. Even with the one second penalty, I was
three seconds quicker on the total timer. There was a bit of discussion from
the
officials, but the time stood, since I never left the course (defined by the
cone I hit!) - I still dislike the Chicago Box, though, and the bigger the
car, the more I dislike the boxes! - Seth Emerson
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