<VV> Clean-up for Concours

BBRT chsadek at adelphia.net
Tue Aug 2 16:24:03 EDT 2005


I must agree. Hat's off to the finest from What a Pile Racing? Team... <VBG>

Chuck S
BBRT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <Corvair at fnader.com>
To: "Louis C. Armer, Jr." <carmerjr at mindspring.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Clean-up for Concours


>. So if you really
>>want to have fun in speed events, do it and plan on spending a bit more
>>time cleaning up for Concours.
>
>>2001 Chicago   95.48
>
> And that 95.48 was just a couple of days after Darth's offroad event at 
> Blackhawk...
>
> (I was running my Audi that year and could never figure out why the 
> Corvairs were going off where they were (Darth was not alone in the woods) 
> but
> running my Corvair the next year I discovered a weight transfer event 
> there that wasn't very obvious (and if anything helpful)  in the 
> quattro...)
>
> If Chuck can open tow his car from Atlanta to Chicago then drive his car 
> into 8" of mud at 70mph and still score over 95 a couple of days later, 
> some minor
> moving events on the highway should be doable.
>
>
>>ps. As I have said before, You can have a Senior Concours Corvair and
>>compete in speed events. Darth Vair
>>       has now participated in 9 national speed events including the 1998
>>convention autocross.
>
>
> I have to admit, I have great respect for the concours guys even though 
> I'm not one of them. At the same time I have loads of respect for the 
> racers even
> though I'm at best a wannabe. But Chuck is the only guy I know that really 
> relishes both... and excels at both. These cars were meant to be driven... 
> and
> he does that in style. My hat is REALLY off to him.
>
> Bill Elliott
>
>
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