Please remember that "pushing anything" to the limits will not only elicit
the possibility of
getting smacked upside the head, it can also get you sited by the local law
enforcement if on public streets.
Paul, glad that Cathy Ann is ok. Now, are there any "newer" axels that could
be used instead
of 30 year old metal?
Pamela Bauman
P.S. Is it 20 points for hitting a squirrel and not the nut it's carrying?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:25 AM
To: Greg Hare; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Just a reminder.
Greg,
Good point! That is exactly why I got my son started in autocross! No
stop signs, no traffic, and hopefully, no pedestrians!
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Hare <ghare@bellsouth.net>
To: 'Paul' <9laser3@bright.net>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: RE: Just a reminder.
> I guess I'm getting old, but I never push even a NEW car "to the limits"
> on the street. All you need's a blowout or something and blammo! Into a
> light post or whatever.
>
> That's why there ARE tracks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:13 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Just a reminder.
>
> Just a reminder you those of you that drive your roadsters hard; you
> are
> driving 30 year old steel. Saturday, on the race track with Sloan
> Racing,
> Cathy Ann snapped her rear axel. We were very fortune that the car
> traveled
> straight ahead while digging up some pavement until it came to a stop
> just
> short of the corner workers station. The tire, wheel, & brake drum went
> for
> a fly into the woods. Thankfully nobody was hurt and the car was
> repaired
> and back on the track by Sunday morning! But you may want to think
> twice
> before pushing your roadster to the limits out on the streets.
>
> Paul
> Sloan Racing
> OROC
> BTW, Jim Sloan took first in class both races this weekend. And better
> yet,
> ... we all had fun! And if you're wondering, both Jim and Cathy Ann
> (father/daughter) race 1966(?) 1600 roadsters in SCCA G Production. Jim
> has
> been racing roadsters for over 19 years and Cathy Ann has been racing
> since
> she was 17! OROC supplies most of the crew: Chris Luers, Teddy
> Seidenfeld,
> Ralf Bradley, and me!
>
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