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1. Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Bartlett" <billbartlett@homerebuilders.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 09:43:01 -0400
I did some autocross back in the 70's and was amazed how fast a particular Pontiac station wagon was on course. Particularly since he smoked and had his left elbow hanging out the window. Upon close
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00354.html (9,203 bytes)

2. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 12:56:40 -0500
So much for that idea! --Rocky Pontiac station wagon was on course. Particularly since he smoked and had his left elbow hanging out the window. Upon close inspection I found that he had one of those
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00360.html (10,079 bytes)

3. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: BillDentin@aol.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:37:31 EDT
I got one now on my 1950 Chevrolet ONE TON Panel tow vehicle. I had one on my 1951 Ford convertible in 1956 when I first started dating Shirley. Those little devils work 'as advertised.' Bill Denting
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00361.html (8,895 bytes)

4. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Richard Taylor" <n196x@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:40:24 -0400
They're called "necker's knobs." I trust that this will not require further explanation, even for you young pups. Pontiac station wagon was on course. Particularly since he smoked and had his left el
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00362.html (10,018 bytes)

5. RE: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Brad Eells" <bradlnss@lightspeed.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:57:20 -0700
Back in 1982 when I was autocrossing the TR4A in Idaho, I saw more than one Mini with what was called a "suicide knob" on the steering wheel... So much for the rules back then! A 'suicide knob' worke
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00363.html (8,039 bytes)

6. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Dave Talbott" <dtalbott@archrepro.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:58:24 -0700
AKA "Squirrel Knobs" and still available at your local fork lift store. Along with sufficient horsepower and limited traction at the rear wheels, you can combine things for nicely balanced steering/a
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00364.html (11,454 bytes)

7. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:59:43 -0400 (EDT)
no doubt that "necking" in the car is why some of us are actually here! Bob "Freeway" Lang -- Bob Lang Room N42-140Q | This space for rent Consultant MIT unix-vms-help | Voice:617-253-7438 FAX: 617-2
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00365.html (8,198 bytes)

8. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 12:46:32 -0700
There is one guy that uses one in regional autocross competition with the blessings of the region. He was born with no left arm! Joe
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00367.html (7,877 bytes)

9. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: N197TR4@cs.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:49:20 EDT
Dont forget TRACTORS.... A view from Iowa....the corn is begining to emerge in the fields.
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00368.html (7,857 bytes)

10. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Benford Jr." <sbracing@execpc.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 17:30:55 -0400
Mel Keynon, famous USAC migdet driver, drove with his mechanical hand attached to the steering wheel. It had some sort of quick release on it. This didn't seem to slow him down and I think he was the
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00373.html (8,077 bytes)

11. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 16:04:27 -0700
As I recall, he wore some sort of glove with a metal rod sticking out the palm. This rod inserted into a hole in a piece attached to the steering wheel. When inserted into that hole, it worked like a
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00374.html (8,487 bytes)

12. RE: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 22:25:38 -0700
I thought that wa because rednecks used them. further no doubt that "necking" in the car is why some of us are actually here! Bob "Freeway" Lang -- -- Bob Lang Room N42-140Q | This space for rent Con
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00386.html (8,314 bytes)

13. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 12:50:55 +0000
Archie Scott Brown, well know British driver of the 50's was born with a deformed arm. After proving he could drive better with one arm than most could with two, was licensed by the BRDA. He drove Li
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00390.html (8,326 bytes)

14. Re: Sterring enhance-O-ball (score: 1)
Author: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 23:39:37 -0500
Back from a weekend trip -- responding to a few replies below: be one of "Back then" maybe, but Section 3.3 is referenced as a mandatory section of the rulebook even for local events. But that said..
/html/fot/2003-05/msg00400.html (9,836 bytes)


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