Hooray for Starbug!!!!!
(You did O.K. too!!!!)
Bruce Lowry
FunE4MG@aol.com wrote:
> Since everyone is talking about how their cars and they spent the weekend, I
> thought I'd join in and brag too. Last weekend was the 27th annual Ball
> Bearing Breaker Challenge Rallye here in San Diego. This one was a real
> bugger according to 18 of the 22 cars that ran it. (They had to open at least
> 1 bail out envelope to get to the finish point) The Bugeye ran terrifically
> except for one nagging problem that I thought was cleared up when I had the
> speedo recalibrated...it now reads fine in the speed and odometer departments
> but only runs to 59.9 on the trip meter before it goes halfway to the 60 mark
> and freezes up...back to the speedo guys it goes for their warranty
> work....anyways, this rallye was a gimmick type rallye. The gimmick being that
> whenever you came to a "T" in the road, you had to turn left unless otherwise
> directed...AND if you were doing a count E.G. right turn at third opportunity
> when you encountered this T, you reset your count so you weren't at your
> second opp looking for # 3 anymore, you were looking for #1 again. Long long
> story shorter, The wife and I won the event by 70 points over the #2
> finisher...
>
> Now, this past weekend was the local Blind Recreation Center's 8th Annual
> Braille Rallye...a really fun event that pairs classic car drivers with
> visually impaired navigators...this is a FREE event, you get a T shirt and
> lunch in the deal and if you're lucky enough to place 5th or better in your
> class (there are 3, braille, large print and cassette tape categories) you get
> a trophy... Luck was with me again aparently because my totally blind partner,
> who had a blast cruising in a topless Bugeye while reading braille at 70 mph
> in some places, got us through the entire 51 mile stretch without getting
> lost, close enough to the correct time and mileage to win First Place...Suzi
> had a great time volunteering with the organizing of cars/navigator pairing,
> lunch set up and table clearing. The Corvette Club set up the route and
> should be commended for a job well done...
> In the end it's Starbug Sprite: 2...all other British cars?????
> Hope you all had great weekends...even if you haven't written about them...yet
> Cheers,
> Tom and Suzi Zylla
> San Diego, CA
> '60 Sprite...."StarBug"
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