I saw Chris' incident, and seem to recall it didn't look as if he was
showing off. He may have been distracted by his concern about his
co-driver's welfare and perhaps curiosity about her reaction.
I enjoyed the fact that, not only did she drive another run, she seemed
to be even more enthusiastic about attacking the course. ;^)
It was a surprising incident, as the barrels did seem well off course.
I'm just glad they didn't make it to the curb, another 10 feet or so,
I'd guess.
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Alan Dahl wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, December 26, 2001, at 07:59 AM, Chris Eckles wrote:
> > In my case, I hit a steel barrel filled with concrete this year. I'm a
> > solid intermediate level driver. I just thought I could make it. I
> > really
> > did. And after the autocross, I looked at the course. The barrel was
> > 30-40 feet off the course, after a 180. Not particularly dangerous
> > looking. Oh, I did have a cute girl in the passenger seat, so that may
> > have been a contributing factor. . .
>
> I think this definitely could be a factor. We had an incident this year
> where an older guy in a Corvette (mid-level experience, not a novice)
> was giving a cute young lady a ride, hit a bump and spun and rather than
> backing off decided to "save it" in the Corvette manner by adding power.
> Well they quickly covered the 75-100 or feet to the edge of the lot, hit
> the curbing sideways and flew 20' through the air into a chain-link
> fence. Thankfully no one was hurt and the fence kept the Vette from the
> freeway (!) next to the site but now everyone is warned against trying
> to show off if they're giving rides as the car was damaged extensively
> and the site owner wasn't too happy about having to repair their fence.
>
> - Alan Dahl
>
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