Wow, after reading all these good words about autocrossing/ers
it makes me want to go out this weekend and make all my
launches in gear, and with the parking brake off !
John Wiseman
TR6 FSP/NEOHIO
Richard Taylor wrote:
>
> I have Vintage raced for twenty years. A couple of years ago I took my
> street car, an old 911, to a local Autocross just to give the boys a
> lesson. The humiliation of the shellacking I got still burns. The skill,
> precision and incredible attention to detail made me feel like the worse
> klutz ever behind a wheel. It brought back that same feeling I got the
> first time I tried to fly a radio control airplane. As an old pilot with
> thousands of hours I felt I knew something about flying. In both
> situations I never got into the loop. With respect to Autocrossers on the
> FOT list, I secretly record with great respect their every move. To my eye,
> at least, they are a different breed of cat. But I suspect a cat with an
> extraordinary degree of refinement. To loose them from the "racers list"
> would be a serious loss. If you doubt this, go out and run a few cones
> with them. It'll be an eye opener.
> Richard Taylor
> TR-4
> At 10:23 AM 10/11/00 EDT, BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
> >In a message dated 10/10/2000 9:22:29 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >spitlist@gte.net writes:
> >
> ><< But I was under the impression that FOT embraces all sorts of Triumph
> >racing not just road racing. If I am wrong, I feel that this is
> > rather an elitist attitude and I will gladly remove my presence from the
> >list!
> > >>
> >
> >As a long time road racer, who ain't worth a crap at Solo or autocrossing,
> >I'll be the last to throw stones at an autocrosser.
> >
> >Bill Dentinger
> >
> >PS
> >
> >More than a few will suggest I ain't much good at Road Racing either.
> >
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