Katie "Chevron attendant magnet" Kelly writes...
>
> Navid writes...
>
> >He is going to let me use my raw times since I hit that &%$@#
> >cone in every run. :)
>
> You hit the same TWO cones on every run. Somehow, Jim and I, in the same
> size car, avoided them. That happened to be the most crucial turn of the
> course. Time was gained or lost there. You gained it, by CUTTING
> THE CORNER.
>
Maybe you are not familiar with different models of M3s yet. My car is a
'95 and it's about a cone-width wider than Jim's.
>
> Navid, Navid, Navid. The sport of autocross is one part artistry, one part
> skill, and one part intelligence. If you hit the same two cones
> on all your
> runs, well, need I go on?
>
You are missing a little piece of information here. It wasn't until after
my 3rd run that I found out which cones I was hitting. After every run,
Jack would hand me my timing slip and say +2. He probably thought I was
loosing it after my 3rd run: "+2? WHAT +2? AGAIN? I didn't hear anything!
I didn't even come close to anything!!!". And then the monsoon started. I
guess it wasn't my day :(.
> But the rest of the course, you drove exceedingly well. I was watching you
> charge out of the turns (before the monsoon), barely lifting in
> that sweeper
> before the finish, wondering, HOW THE HECK am I going to do that?
> He's NUTS!
> And then I thought, Oh wait. He nailed the same two cones again. I don't
> have to worry about it.
>
> Katie
Thanks for the compliment (I think)! That was a good M3 course and I think
we were all doing well before the rain came. Far cry from what we did at
3Com!!!
--Navid
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