<VV> Econo run, was space-saver spare tire

[Jim Becker]

This wouldn't be much of a problem if the event chairmen simply followed the 
CORSA rules.  Here it is straight out of the Economy Run Rules:

"3.5 (ref 2.4) Avoid rush hour traffic, usually congested areas, 
construction
zones, interstate highways, railroad crossings, or any other route 
characteristics
that may slow or stop some competitors and not others, so that
all competitors will be subjected to the same kind of traffic conditions."

Jim Becker

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From: wrsssatty--- via VirtualVairs
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 10:00 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject:  Econo run, was space-saver spare tire

The lawyer in me has long felt the same way about the advisability of the 
convention "Econo Run" given the way so many participants run it over open 
roads.  Sounds to me like a major lawsuit just waiting to happen!  People 
need to chill out, enjoy the convention and stop worrying about acquiring 
another cheap plastic trophy or winning the Ed Cole Award.


~Bill Stanley


<When leaving the convention in Flagstaff in a rental car, headed for
Phoenix, I damn near rear ended a Corvair that I assumed was in the econ
run that was running at that time. The driver has apparently killed power
prior to the long downhill after the near crest. I was going about 75 and
the Corvair maybe was doing 40.

Silly tricks like that and the spare tires make me think that the econo run
should be eliminated from Corvair events. At the very least, keep the off
the freeway!>