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Re: SFR Round 14/ Chairs needed for Round 16

To: Lawrence Lane <firstcard@hotmail.com>,
Subject: Re: SFR Round 14/ Chairs needed for Round 16
From: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 17:31:29 -0700
> controlled drifts through some parts of the course?

uh.... yeah well thats normal for me and my car had hella oversteer in that
part.

actually, 'controlled' might be a generous term.

and you apparently never saw hiroo drive that supra!

-james 'ride-em cowboy' creasy
OSP #74

----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Lane <firstcard@hotmail.com>
To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; Navid Kahangi
<navid@interwoven.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: SFR Round 14/ Chairs needed for Round 16


> Speaking of slippery, would it be against the rules to just have fun and
do
> controlled drifts through some parts of the course?  I was so tempted to
> just slide my 7 around that huge U turn!
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Creasy" <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
> To: "Navid Kahangi" <navid@interwoven.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:25 PM
> Subject: Re: SFR Round 14/ Chairs needed for Round 16
>
>
> > > GGF is a grippier surface than Mather
> >
> > everyone is a comedian!
> >
> > yes less marbles now that the track has been oiled down. :P  still
really
> > slippery- i LOVE it, even if my tires gave up the ghost.
> >
> > -james 'run group 8' creasy
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
> > To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:21 PM
> > Subject: RE: SFR Round 14/ Chairs needed for Round 16
> >
> >
> > > John writes
> > >
> > > >         I was the second car out in the first run group. The first
run
> > > > group traditionally cleans the course, one way or another. I found
the
> > > > traction to be great all the way around, a benefit no doubt of the
> place
> > > > being mechanically swept on Friday. All the sweeping, it seems to
me,
> > has
> > > > benefitted the site. We'll order a sweeping prior to our next event
> > there.
> > > >         Incidentally, when I ran the AAS event at Mather on
Saturday,
> > the
> > > > outside of every turn was covered with little pieces of rubber,
i.,e.
> > > > "marbles." Once again the reality is the actual driving line is
> > determined
> > > > by everybody who went before you. And as Corvettes create a bigger
> swath
> > > > than anything else, I prefer to run after the 'Vettes if given the
> > option.
> > > >
> > > > --John Kelly
> > >
> > > John, is it your understanding that with the current conditions of GGF
> > > surface and with the help of the sweeper, GGF is a grippier surface
than
> > > Mather?  I can't be the judge since I haven't run at GGF since the
> marble
> > > days.
> > >
> > > --Navid

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