Josh Sirota was instructing me a couple of years ago in my '89 Corvette at
Candlestick. (Note to rookies - bribing Nat. Champion drivers to codrive your
car is a really smart idea.)
It was bad enough having him criticize me for being overly aggressive when my
throttle was stuck wide open -- but what really hurt is that he was an event
official and I had to keep hearing the cone counts on his radio during the
run...
KeS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Darren P. Madams
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 17:13
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Guess what i just found...
>
>
> Yes, the same Mike Camicia that gave me driving instructions DURING my run
> at Duel at DeAnza last year.
>
> I was driving my friends nearly brand new Civic Si on full tread street
> tires after doing several events in the kart. Needless to say the steering
> didn't react quite as quickly as I was expecting (hoping?).
>
> As I head into the little slalom in middle heading back towards the
> announcers stand I clipped both of the defining cones. By "clipped" I
> actually mean whacked, but anyway... As I rounded the right hander in
> front of the stand I actually hear Mike say "Try using the steering wheel,
> the big round thing in front of you!"
>
> Ouch...
>
> --Darren
>
> This is why I drive loud cars so I can't hear the announcer making fun of me!
>
> At 05:00 PM 8/28/00, Kevin Stevens wrote:
> >Lemmee get this straight - this is Mike K. the guy who nearly broke my jaw
> >with his flailing elbow while laughing hysterically, driving my car at the
> >Marina school this year?
>
>
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