<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>I agree with ya there....Autox = work but AJ is a baby in relative terms to our ancient years. ;-)))))</div><div><br></div><div>I enjoyed the hell out of club racing and getting 2-3 days in a row at all most every west coast track in either my Pantera or XKE all the way back to the early 70's.....but then I discovered after running an open road race that the club racing just didn't get my ya ya's out enough.....but then I never owned a spec racer either. ;-) </div><div><br></div><div>No one goes faster then me now <big grin><br> </div><div><strong><font color="#0000ff"><em>Mad Dawg Antenucci <br></em></font><font color="#ff0000">Team Pantera Racing</font></strong> </div> <div><em><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007f7f">The 1st & still the only vintage
race team in open road racing </font><br></strong></em><font color="#0000ff"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com">www.teampanteraracing.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> David in Durango <adin@frontier.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com>; tpr@teampanteraracing.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, May 30, 2011 5:40:02 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Autocross may not be the easiest<br></font><br>hahaha, didn't say it wasn't fun.<br><br>I learn better w/ repitition (road course). Autox packs one lap into a <br>minute or so - then the driver
waits for another turn.<br><br>Also, track days give more seat time/time invested. If I never spend <br>another 1/2 day shagging cones it would be fine.<br><br>One other thing - to be competitive in autox one needs to be willing to zing <br>the crap out of the motor - I'm not and wasn't.<br><br>Hmmmm, maybe I should give it a try again?<br><br>cheers,<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <<a ymailto="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>><br>To: <<a ymailto="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>><br>Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 9:18 PM<br>Subject: [TPR] Autocross may not be the easiest<br><br><br>> No it may not be the easiest, I don't know. But I can also see it being<br>> difficult running a road course lap after lap. The only thing better<br>> about that is constantly doing it again
and again without stopping,<br>> getting better each time you go around until you get it figured out.<br>><br>> With Autocross, you have to stop and wait your turn again. Then you<br>> have to try and remember how the last run went, and what you could do<br>> better. Even so.....<br>><br>> This weekend was a lot of fun. Instead of the old unused runway at Deer<br>> Park Airport, we were able to setup the course on a large portion of the<br>> actual road course at Spokane County Raceway. This put us on some of<br>> the same track space that SOVREN will be using next weekend. The only<br>> difference? A sea of orange cones.<br>><br>> This made the course very much one-way, and very fast. For the most<br>> part, the Autocross course used the basic elements of the road course,<br>> but made things tighter. In other words, a corner in the road coarse<br>> might be
good for 40 MPH, but with some autocross elements set up, you<br>> may have to keep it within 30 so you don't miss the exit point -and- set<br>> yourself up properly for the slalom before the entry to the next<br>> corner. It made for a challenging, but extremely fun course.<br>><br>> In all, we got six runs yesterday and six today. The Pantera performed<br>> well, within the constraints of my present equipment and driver skills.<br>> I'm PAX'd really badly, in BSP due to the Fluidyne radiator and the<br>> larger rear sway bar. The K&N air filter puts me out of stock as well,<br>> and some might argue the Holley does too. ;)<br>><br>> Even so, I managed to pull out a second place each day, lucky for me<br>> there wasn't too much competition in my class.<br>><br>> Asa Jay<br>><br>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>> & Shelley Marie<br>> Spokane,
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