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From: Eric Salem <eric@mail.brown911.com>
> Don't know but it atleast dates back to the post WWII era. General Lamay
> of the US Air Force used to encourage his pilots to do it to keep their
> reflexes sharp.
Say what? That's a version I haven't heard. General LeMay was certainly a
sports car buff, and offered up several SAC bases for the SCCA to run road
races the early '50s. (Unfortunately, Congress stopped that after a couple
of years, much to the detriment of base MWR funds.) IIRC, he had an Allard
that he had another driver run -- the Air Force frowned upon general
officers risking their necks in race cars. Never heard of a connection with
autocross before, though. Of course, my tenure in SAC was well after LeMay
retired.... :)
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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