[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
( ) Webmaster at wichitascca.org
) / #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
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> 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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