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Re: Demographics Now

To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop@ricochet.net>, "eric salem"
Subject: Re: Demographics Now
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:34:30 -0600
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From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
To: eric salem <ebsalem@radiks.net>
Cc: team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Demographics Now


>We have quite a few who road raced, and do both concurrently, autocross
>and road race. I can't do a percentage, too many names to sift through,
>on both sides. One thing I find interesting is that many who try
>autocrossing end up road racing because they have more success there
>than at an autocross. Some will come back to autocrossing after running
>through huge amounts of $$ and find they do much better the second time
>around, though they'll still have problems catching up with the really
>fast autocrossers. :-) There's something to be said for being a "quick
read."
>--Pat Kelly


By the same token, folks who never autocrossed, but went road-racing, often
have a lot of trouble trying to autocross later.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.

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