Pleasanton AutoX Roll Call

[-The Stig-]

The owners of the cool red 'Vette are good friends of mine and they compete heavily with that car all over Northern California's autocrosses. Yes, the V710 is technically a "slick lite" as it has a smooth surface with two grooves for decoration. It is DOT legal but with a treadwear of 30, not too many purchase these for street use. The Kumho is an awesome autocross tire and also good for track days. The GoodGuys autocross course wasn't the best venue for this car and to really appreciate it, you need to see it on a more open, faster course. I have and combined with Brian's ability (he's also a Solo National Champion), it's pretty cool. He also bought a second gen roller from me about a year or so ago and when that car's completed, it's going to be a serious contender in C Prepared. He also wants to keep it street legal so methinks my days as being top of the GoodGuys Autocross heap are numbered once he gets it done.

Don't worry Mary, once I get the 71RS moving under internal combustion power, and not grunty sweaty foot power... We'll team up and keep him at bay. Bahahah... That is... right till I spin off into the land of rubberized orange pyramids.

Thanks for the Mr. Toads Wild Ride in the G8 Saturday afternoon. Last time I had that much fun in a car was back in high school...




And for the next event, maybe you can get the event people to let you run the G8 with a full load if passengers. Autox-Taxi? hahah



I'd offer it up, but only you could get the people lined up for days. I bet they'd pay for it too! Would be an easy way to raise money for a charity or something..




After a weekend of thrashing through cones, today while driving around for work I was in my work truck ('09 F150 ext cab, possibly the worst handling vehicle known to man. I think a Lada would put the shame on this thing.) Anyways, going down the I-5fwy... I ran into a construction zone with cones. Everybody else was going slow... you know "slow for the cone" safety stuff. I gunned it, by which just makes more noise in the truck rather than going any place. And almost set up for a nice entry into the cones for some chicane/slalom runs. Glad I didn't... damn thing would of gone turtle in a heartbeat. I'd probably still be out there trying to figure out how I'd explain to my boss how the truck randomly "lost control and landed on it's roof".

I blame the Pozzi's for this addiction... worst than cigarettes... and you still end up smoking!tires.