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Re: CONE PENALTY

To: Corey Smith <smythe@abac.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: CONE PENALTY
From: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 19:06:09 -0700
surely they arent afraid of a kit car that someone made in the parking lot
behind their apartment out of an old mustang?

-james


----- Original Message -----
From: Corey Smith <smythe@abac.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 6:44 PM
Subject: RE: CONE PENALTY


> I know they don't allow Audi's anymore.  Some dude got TTOD at that BMW
club
> autox in 11/99 in an Audi.  Banned for having quattro, now also banned for
> beating BMW's.
>
> ;-)
>
> Corey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James Creasy
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:56 PM
> To: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto}; 'John Kelly';
> ba-autox@autox.team.net; Ryan, Neal G
> Subject: Re: CONE PENALTY
>
>
> do they allow brand-x cars at the BMW events?
>
> -james 'brand-x' creasy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
> To: 'John Kelly' <76067.1750@compuserve.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>;
> Ryan, Neal G <neal.g.ryan@lmco.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:48 PM
> Subject: RE: CONE PENALTY
>
>
> > >What the BMW club charges is unknown to me.
> >
> > They charge 1 second, with the convenient exception of all the cones
> before
> > the start lights, which DON'T COUNT AT ALL.  Navid clarified this at one
> > event and we all took advantage of it by repeatedly mowing down almost
> every
> > single cone before the lights in order to get a straight shot at the
> start.
> > They didn't seem to mind though, just kept putting them back up.
> >
> > Another thing about these events- you think it's great that a cone is
> worth
> > only 1 second, but they use these iddy biddy bite sized cones, and they
> use
> > lots of them.  Once you pop, you can't stop!  I find that if I hit one,
I
> > usually end up taking at least 5 more for the road.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Kelly [mailto:76067.1750@compuserve.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:50 PM
> > To: 'ba-autox@autox.team.net'; Ryan, Neal G
> > Subject: CONE PENALTY
> >
> >
> > -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
> >
> > Message text written by "Ryan, Neal G"
> >
> > "
> >  Is a "downed" cone worth one or two seconds?"
> > -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
> >
> > In SCCA-SFR it's worth two seconds. All other series in Northern
> > California- PCA, NASA, AAS, Sacramento Cup, Competition SCC, Empire
> > SCA,--charge one second.
> > What the BMW club charges is unknown to me.
> >
> > --John Kelly

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