And in a way, it also doesn't help that courses have become bigger, faster,
and need more room.
The first events I ever did were big-lot events in New York (any Mitchell
Field or Team-X or B.L.A.S.T. alumni on board?). But after really getting
into the sport in the Kansas City area, I became very accustomed to
small-lot events -- using one end of the lot when customers were parked at
the other end. I never had a problem beating Camaros and Corvettes with my
Spitfire (beating TR4s was near impossible). Seldom did we get out of 2nd
gear, And 10-foot gates and 25-foot slaloms were not uncommon. I once
replicated the Le Mans Sarthe circuit on a polished concrete lot that took
maybe 20 seconds to lap the course. Oh, and rules then did not demand 50-75
feet of separation from solid objects. I've never seen anyone hit the light
pole that was 10 feet inside the turn apex.
Progress, I guess....
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----
From: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach@juno.com>
To: <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
Cc: <cartravel@pobox.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: Salisbury Breakin
> The 'modern' parking lot is never the 'sea-of-asphalt' any longer. Lots
> of curbing, plantings of trees and grass that looks to be very difficult
> to irrigate and mow. It is either for making the world more beautiful, or
> it is specifically to prevent those pesky autocrosser types from
> bothering management to use the asphalt.
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:43:27 -0700 J M Wagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> writes:
> > Oh, for the good ol' days, when one could drive to a large empty
> > parking
> > lot on a weekend and pretty much get away with anything that wasn't
> >
> > destructive... without having some security guard,
> > lawsuit-fearing-property-owner, nosey neighbor, or
> > cell-phone-wielding-neighborhood-watch-cop-wanna-be calling the
> > police... who now arrive ready to ticket you to the moon or throw
> > you
> > in jail, instead of chew-the-fat and thank-you for keeping it off
> > the
> > street!
> >
> > (I used to practice maneuvers in my Triumph, teach teens to drive,
> > and
> > do figure eights on my motorcycle, at the local shopping mall
> > parking
> > lots that used to be empty on Sundays back when stores weren't open
> > on
> > Sundays!)
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> > Larry Young wrote:
> >
> > > I'm finishing up the installation of a new Salisbury LSD in my
> > TR3. I
> > > read a recent magazine article that said these have to be broken
> > in by
> > > driving in a tight figure 8 pattern for 30 minutes. This is
> > always a
> > > problem for a car that's not street legal, so I'm wondering
> > whether
> > > this is really necessary or whether there is an alternative way to
> >
> > > break it in. Thanks in advance.
> > > Larry Young
> >
> >
>
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