[Wichita-SCCA] Thanks to all!

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Mon Oct 22 11:01:01 EDT 2007


How come we don't do "reverse boxes" any more?  :)

 Oooo  Guy Roberts 
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 ) /   #9 - 1994 Polo Green Corvette
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Horsepower is how fast you hit the Wall, Torque is how far you take it with you.



Bob Harris wrote:
>  
> Some great cars in that video!
> Enjoyed the background cars too.
>  
> Bob Harris
>  
>
>     http://www.salinascca.org/text.html
>      
>     The video is from 1964 and it appears to be a course consisting of
>     ...  get this ...  a 3-cone slalom and a stop box!  Yeah, that's
>     all.  And the slalom was super tight, definitely 1st gear only. 
>     There was no need for helmets or seat belts due to the very low
>     speeds and most folks didn't own either item anyway.   I'd like to
>     point out for your viewing enjoyment two things: first is the fact
>     that those old cars didn't handle worth diddle and second is that
>     they had a huge number of spectators.  This film may have been
>     taken at some sort of high dollar charity benefit?
>      
>     It was fun looking back and this was w-a-y back: some 43 years
>     back!  What we do today in an ordinary local autocross would have
>     seemed impossible to the enthusiasts of 1964.
>      
>     Enjoy,
>     Greg Laws
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