Well, my meatball # is 16, which makes a great 91 for codrivers at
local events. A "1" could be put on a crescent-shaped piece of material
to turn your 54 circle into a 154 oval, too...
Phil
--- Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> > http://www.nettally.com/kcarr/0301-2.jpg
> >
> > [Unretouched "Snappy" grab of Hi-8 video shot from about 250-300'
> away.]
> >
> > You might also notice the light rectangle on the rear quarter,
> which
> > is where the white class letters are on a piece of
> body-color-matching
> > blue magnetic. Because of the reflectivity/luminosity issues Rocky
> > mentioned, you can see that there is no contrast there. You can
> tell
> > that there must be very tiny black letters on the Solo Events
> sticker
> > behind the front wheel, but not the much larger class letters.
> Further,
> > if that dark blue magnetic was covering a white number on the side
> of
> > the car, in this particular lighting it would be almost as bright
> as
> > white and easily confused with the other car in the same class.
>
> This is truely an amazing demontration of the illegibility of certain
>
> things under certain conditions. That class designation is GONE yet
> I'll bet it is very, very clear 99% of the time.
>
> Meatballs? I love them. But how do you use multiple numbers? I
> almost always run 54, but if it is taken, what do I do?
>
>
>
> pZ
> --
> Paul Czarnecki
>
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