I realize there are many who, if they're going to hit cones, will do it on
their first run, not their last! :) My theory is not to hit any at
all...When you hit a cone, you are driving a shorter course than the one the
cones mark, so you really have to know the width of your car or how far it
slides. :) At one point in my career, I could run over the cone lips...but
that fine tuning has washed out with age.
As far as your cone goes, it was marked on the card. I have to take that as
gospel.
--Pat K
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From: "PAUL TIBBALS" <pault151@comcast.net>
To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@comcast.net>
Cc: "autox" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Round 1 results, and defending against cone calls
Date: Sat, Feb 7, 2004, 4:36 PM
Hi Pat,
I finally found the results there...I had loaded the bogus placeholder page
the day before and my machine had cached it. I finally remembered that and
told it to "reload all" and there it was. Thanks as always for the Web
results!
For what it's worth, it shows a cone on my otherwise decent second run. I
didn't remember hitting one, though I know I was at least close to one. I
suppose that I cannot guarantee that I will hear it from the PA, and maybe
the finish line timeslip worker didn't hear it called in? He sure knew when
I knocked over several on my last run. Ed, who I was running close against
didn't apparently hear it, though most cones don't get announced over the
PA.... (And for what it's worth, he and I had the same first run time to
0.001!)
You see, not knowing I had been marked as having coned, I went for the
spin-or-win on the last run and multi-coned. How does one protect against
the random or late cone call, at least in terms of finding out whether
you've got one or not??
So if you (or anyone) can offer any tips from your experience as to how I
should tell if I have any cones or not, I would appreciate it.
PaulT
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