On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, he got into at least forth gear - probable somewhere > around 100mph - a heck of a lot faster than any gymkhana I ever ran or > witnessed, even with prepared race cars. The object was car control rather > than top speed. For a couple of years, I participated in the Lone Pine Time Trials, a very fast autocross held annually at the disused Manzanar airstrip in California. I was driving a 125 hp Civic del Sol (in the slowest Stock class) and reached over 80 mph on the longest straight. I have no doubt that some of the Corvettes were up around 100 mph. To try to drag this thread kicking and screaming back to photography, here's my old photoessay: http://www.coneslayer.org/lonepine/2002/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
