Hmmm, maybe an advantage to paint a yellow square on the back of the
car. Might be better than Bill's slow moving vehicle sign on the
Triumph.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com>
To: <N197TR4@cs.com>
Cc: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Rules and Other Twists/Flying the John Deere Flag
> Hey "my Hero Joe",
>
> Funny, but it's very interesting what your eye picks up at speed. On
a
> windy day I was applying vinyl grapics to Elmo's Sprite, and had
used
> some yello racer's tape for postitioning. I left a very small piece
on
> the back of his roll bar. The next session, every time I caught a
> glimpse of it, I reacted like I was seeing a caution, (until I
passed
> him of course :) )
>
> WST
>
> N197TR4@cs.com wrote:
> >
> > The Nylock and other well intentioned flavor of the month rulings
got me to
> > thinking.
> >
> > Really unrelated, but funny anyway. At one of the 'former' Chicago
Historics
> > we were paddocked just around the corner from Turn Five, 100
yards off
> > track, and we were flying a Yellow John Deere Flag with leaping
Deere on a 20
> > foot pole. (Two Retirees)
> >
> > The Can Am guys complained because as they came down the hill they
became
> > distracted, as they perceived it to be a caution flag.
> >
> > We thought a bit odd as we were so far away from the track, and
they likely
> > had to look up, but ultimately we understood. Nobody needs to be
distracted
> > while flying one of these Can Am monsters...but I am not sure I
would be
> > distracted by an open Monza Gas Cap.
> >
> > Joe
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