To those of you who missed the autox... (videos)

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

Cool video! Looked like quite the interesting course. I definitely wish
I had gone. So is the twin going to take on more sprint characteristics
now? Addicting, isn't it? :)

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Allyn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:32 PM
> To: Ron Pieper; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: To those of you who missed the autox... (videos)
> 
> 
> one of rons runs: 
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/amalventano1/autox/MOV02850.MPG
> one of my runs: 
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/amalventano1/autox/MOV02862.MPG
> (yes, the rieger, hauling ass around cones)
> to put things in perspective, rons rocco ran a hair under 52 
> secs, while the rieger ran ~54 secs, and the rieger probably 
> has 300 pounds extra as compared to victor (rons rocco). i 
> think it fared pretty well out there. enjoy! Al
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 8:23 PM
> Subject: To those of you who missed the autox...
> 
> 
> > ...which was just about everybody...
> >
> > A good general turnout, a record for the club, 105 cars 
> IIRC of which 
> > 36 were novices.
> >
> > Only myself and Big Al Malventano (he of the Kawasaki Green Rieger) 
> > ran.  I mid-packed DSP (first time in this class, first 
> time on race 
> > tires, no idea of pressures, more excuses to come...) while 
> Big Al did 
> > himself proud in Novice, taking 7th of the 36 in the first 
> autocross 
> > he'd ever seen much less ran in.  He finished behind a reasonably 
> > well-driven Corvette amongst other very capable cars.  One 
> was a Turbo 
> > VR6 Cabby, which would light up the tires in plumes of 
> smoke any time 
> > it was floored.  Impressive, but still only a few hundreds 
> faster than 
> > Al.
> >
> > Other listers who showed up to spectate were Colin 
> Iforgotyourlastname 
> > from nearby Fairfield, Ohio (whom Patrick mistakenly followed Sat 
> > night getting butt-lost in the process), and Josh UrGTI from 
> > Minnesota, who made us a deal on some FF trannies before departing 
> > Northward.
> >
> > All in all, a long, hot, fun day.  Al's ate up on autocross 
> now, and 
> > he shows promise, folks, he really does.
> >
> > =====
> > Cheapass Ron
> > "Victor" '87 16V Scirocco
> > "Teufelhasen" '93 Cabby <-For sale
> >
> > If it ain't foggy, TURN OFF YOUR FOG LIGHTS.
> >
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