Re: Racing update

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Yes, great job Ben, keep your foot in their asses!  ;-)

Jim

Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:

> Glad to hear of people kicking butt!
>     -Josiah
>
> Benjamin Beacock wrote:
>
> > Just thought I'd let the list know that the VW's are dominating the
> > Stock-4 Class again. Two weeks ago at the 25 lap special, I killed the
> > second place car by half a lap.  But in the end it was not only a VW 1-2-3
> > but all Sciroccos as well.  One of the main reasons is the Yokohama tires.
> > Only my father and I run any kind of an autocross tire, simply because I
> > don't think anyone else at the track knows they exist. They run used
> > street tires which I will never do again unless they change the rules on
> > us.  The tech guy doesn't do anything but weigh us after each race and
> > make us take the camber out of the right rear tire. I really want to put
> > the G60 on for a night cause he wouldn't know or care. He'd probably
> > believe me if I told him its an alternator with extra cooling.  It's
> > really bad for the class when the rules aren't enforced but I'm still not
> > "cheating" except that my dual exhaust and cut out airbox bay be kinda
> > sketchy but trivial at best.  Others are doing much more, i'm sure of it.
> > Last week I had to start from the back cause of the handicap system but
> > managed a 2nd place driving through 20 cars to the front in 15 lap. Almost
> > rolled the car in a qualifier when passing for the lead, the other car
> > jerked the car down into me, front wheels rubbed together hard and sent me
> > sideways down the infield at 100kph.  Had to dig the gravel out of my rim
> > before the next race.
> >
> > Lots of stories to tell,
> > Ben Beacock
> > bbeacock@uoguelph.ca
> >
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