- 1. Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: jake@codeworm.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:20:35 -0800 (PST)
- So assume some idiot decided driving cross country for 10 minutes of Autocross would be a nice way to spend his tiny allotment of vacation time. How many days should that idiot leave on each end of t
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00141.html (8,025 bytes)
- 2. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Dan4223w@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:47:50 -0500
- Well, due to the fact that you- I mean, this hypothetical idiot has to keep his foot on the gas the whole time to control his speed, the trip shouldn't take that long. Dan
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00142.html (7,853 bytes)
- 3. RE: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}" <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:52:02 -0800
- In chronological order: San Diego: Ideal: drive down on Thurs. Get there by thurs night, get a good night's rest, go to the site early on friday. This allows you to stake out your paddock spot, prep
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00143.html (9,476 bytes)
- 4. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Darren Madams" <darren@madams.com>
- Date: 14 Feb 2003 20:01:30 -0000
- Topeka is at least 25-26 hours of driving, done in 3 days unless you are really good at long-distance driving or split the driving chores with a codriver. To do the Pro and Nationals, the plan is to
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00144.html (11,629 bytes)
- 5. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:36:24 -0800 (PST)
- It's worth doing once even if you're not serious, so you can say you've been to Kansas. Not just wives. It's torture for anyone, although when you're a kid, the event itself isn't so bad, but the tr
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00145.html (10,065 bytes)
- 6. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Ochi <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:49:37 -0800
- If I remember correctly, it's about 8 hours of driving to San Diego. For the National Tour events, there are things to do on Friday like register, tech, practice runs, course walking, etc., so ideall
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00146.html (11,222 bytes)
- 7. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:48:34 -0800
- You might explain is wasn't 4 days with Gumbo in Elko. :) Too long a story. --
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00147.html (11,087 bytes)
- 8. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:15:47 -0800 (PST)
- It was too long in Elko. == Katie Kelly Guilt slows your metabolism.
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00148.html (8,733 bytes)
- 9. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Sethracer@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:24:48 -0500
- Jake - I made my first trek to Topeka last year. I allowed three days to go back. Northern route- 1st night (Sat.) Salt Lake City, 2nd night Denver, third day (Monday) drove into Topeka - Arrived abo
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00149.html (10,349 bytes)
- 10. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:22:34 -0800
- The full moon over the Bonneville Flats was pretty impressive, though. Never would have seen that but for the delay in Elko. --Mom --
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00150.html (9,431 bytes)
- 11. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:56:57 -0800 (PST)
- Strange, I don't remember a full moon over Bonneville. I remember a full moon in the freakin' middle of nowhere, while you cooked rice over the motorhome stove, and Dad kept yelling into the CB, "Bre
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00151.html (9,339 bytes)
- 12. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:11:07 -0800
- That's if you drive at Jim-Ochi-like speeds, which is certainly possible to do with a trailer (after all, Jim does), although not exceptionally legal (see prior comments about stupid California 55mph
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00152.html (9,428 bytes)
- 13. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:07:22 -0800
- Yeah, and the Freightliner tow vehicle cresting the hill looking like a giant angel of mercy, lights all ablaze, exhaust billowing out of its tall pipes. Who woulda thunk it could haul the motorhome,
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00153.html (10,237 bytes)
- 14. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Ochi <jim_ochi@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:32:31 -0800
- Oh, come on now - 500 miles, 8 hours - that's an average of 62.5 mph. Yes, a little above the 55 mph speed limit, but nowhere near how fast we towed through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas on
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00154.html (9,528 bytes)
- 15. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Ms Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:31:50 -0800 (PST)
- It's just too bad it couldn't carry us OUT of Elko. == Katie Kelly Guilt slows your metabolism.
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00156.html (9,139 bytes)
- 16. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "John J. Stimson-III" <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:55:46 -0800
- Okay, must be 8 hours including stops then...unless the one American car in your convoy bends a driveshaft en route and has to be towed back to Modesto for repairs! -- john@idsfa.net John Stimson htt
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00158.html (8,949 bytes)
- 17. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Toy4speed@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:36:07 EST
- Hey ! That's 6 minutes of of autocross time to us faster drivers :) I take 3 days to Topeka, 1 day (10 hrs) to San Diego, 1.5 days (13 hrs to Bremerton, stopover in Portland). Don Lew
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00161.html (9,262 bytes)
- 18. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:48:46 -0500
- Message text written by Ms Katie Kelly "We spent four days in Elko once. -Katie" -- End Original Message -- Parked behind the Dodge dealership with a borrowed three-wheeled motor home. That was 1980.
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00162.html (8,654 bytes)
- 19. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: Jake Hodges <jake@codeworm.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:50:05 -0800
- Thanks for all the data, everyone! We're supposed to ship our product a few weeks before nationals.. If we don't go over (too far), it might work out to be good timing.. I haven't done a Great Big Wi
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00168.html (8,361 bytes)
- 20. Re: Travel time to "big" events... (score: 1)
- Author: "Donald R McKenna" <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:08:18 -0800
- Don Lew writes in response to Jake: Don gives some good advice for a single driver. But, starting with two rested drivers, Topeka in two days and Bremerton in one day is not that tough, even with a t
- /html/ba-autox/2003-02/msg00169.html (10,721 bytes)
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