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Re: Tire Warming

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Subject: Re: Tire Warming
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:33:08 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Bob Klingler wrote:
>     OK, now that you have had you chance to make fun, try thinking about the
> idea seriously. <G>
> No air supply or pit crew is required; no more tools than we use now; two
> people can easily do the job in 5-minutes without rushing.  In a heat of
> 40-50 cars, you would normally have 10-minutes or so between the two
> drivers, running in a normal rotation.  You've just got to ask yourself if
> we really important to level the playing field, or not.  If so, this is a
> "solution" which does not cause a grid problem.  No longer do the two
> drivers need to rush to adjust tire pressure and get #2 back out quickly,
> because there is no longer an advantage in doing so.  And the work
> assignment in grid gets easier, not more difficult.  The five-minute rule
> becomes only important for reruns.

I just got done watching the Osbournes.

"Are you <beep>ing smoking crack, man?"

:-)

Seriously, this is one of the numbest autox ideas I've heard of in a long
time.

Please tell me you're kidding.

Mark

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