I have to agree with Katie and others on this one.
I'm really new to the sport this year having just run
a handfull of events. I have taken advantage of
having a few people ride along with me to have them
point out where I can improve my skills. It's helped.
But now I am at the point where I am starting to run
pretty consistant laps times. Am I fast? Probably
not nearly as fast I can be. What I am going to be in
need of is having someone with more experience than
myself take me out in my car (or one similar to it)
and show me how to really drive the bad boy. That is
what the rule is all about I think and why it needs to
stay.
Of course I'm still a novice, what do I know? ;)
thanks,
Paul
--- "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com> wrote:
> I used to be totally against the passenger rule,
> like it was the most
> offensive thing to ever happen to the sport of Solo,
> but then people
> kept reminding me that this was all supposed to be
> for fun, and that
> this ISN'T nationals. Even then, it was tough to
> sway me. Then, one day,
> Shauna Marinus, who let me co-drive with her for a
> year, said, disgusted
> with my driving, you need to ride with me. I
> shamefully sat in the
> passenger seat and hid my face. This was against my
> code of honor. But
> she opened my EYES.
>
> Did it help me? Not really. I drove pretty terribly
> that whole year. I'd
> watch and mimic, and there'd be moments of
> potential, and then, for the
> most part, not.
>
> But it was FUN.
>
> Katie K.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Mouton [mailto:jerry@moutons.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:02 PM
> To: John F. Kelly Jr.
> Cc: Bay_Area_Autocross_List
> Subject: Re: SFR rule
>
>
> Huh?
>
> "Sold" as a benefit for one new driver???
>
> Where did that come from? It was sold as a way
> to have more fun at our autocrosses and to bring
> Novices along fastest. I think probably if the SC
> considered it again, it would remain the SFR rule.
>
> I personally have used it to get a ride in a
> Ferrari F360 F1. Now that was FUN! And I have
> been able to show several novices how hard to
> drive their cars -- this is hard to learn without
> seeing it firsthand. I don't even care if everybody
> in AS rides every run with someone else.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org
> Laissez les bons temps
> rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John F. Kelly Jr."
> <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
> To: "James Creasy" <black94pgt@pacbell.net>; "Jerry
> Mouton"
> <jerry@moutons.org>
> Cc: "Bay_Area_Autocross_List"
> <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: SFR rule
>
>
> > -------------------- Begin Original Message
> --------------------
> >
> > Message text written by James Creasy
> >
> > "i was even advised by a veteran autocrosser to
> make use of that rule-
> > specifically to gain an advantage.
> >
> > -james
> > OSP #74"
> > -------------------- End Original Message
> --------------------
> >
> > I think you should abuse the devil out of it. Then
> perhaps more people
> will
> > realize the rule for what it is: The Unfair
> Advantage.
> >
> > While the deal was "sold" as a benefit for new
> drivers, one in
> particular,
> > the ironic twist is that both folks are gone from
> Bay Area
> autocrosses.
> But
> > the rule lingers on. It's LEGAL to take unfair
> advantage of your
> fellow
> > competitors in order to win. The rule, alas, is
> not fair. IMHO, It's
> > equally unfortunate the Steering Committee
> declines to change it.
> >
> > --John Kelly
> >
> > --John Kelly
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#51 STS
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