Re: Celebrity Pro Drivers

[Alan Lambert <gerard@domain.elided>]

Well, I just watched Speedvision's 5 minute reprise of the Moss incident, 
and I take back my comment below. Moss clearly was too aggressive, going 
off track on the inside, hitting another car and causing a spin, and then 
t-boning yet another car. Lousy driving, lousy courtesy, lousy judgement!



On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Alan Lambert wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, David Lee Mericle wrote:
> 
> >  Turn two at Laguna to me is one of the most challenging
> > turns on California race courses.  Sears Point has the most number and
> > Willow Springs has the most potentially dangerous.  Laguna two to me is
> > slick, "seems" off-camber and I can't figure out if it a dual apex turn
> > (like the old turn six at Riverside) or a complex single apex turn.  The
> > Moss incident could have been a combination of factors - poor car, bad
> > track, pilot error.  But if Moss ran into an Alfa driver I am peeved.
> > 
> 
> I have run Laguna with NASA and AROSC in a '74 Spider. I have also run it 
> in a Skip Barber formula Dodge.
> 
> The Barber instructors had us dual apex turn 2, and it felt fine. When I 
> tried it with the Spider, however, it didn't work, and a single apex did.
> 
> So, I guess one would take that turn ( at least the first time) using the 
> technique best suited to whatever one was used to driving.
> 
> 
> > Anyone out there with another insight.
> > 
> > Dave Mericle the Elder
> > Leucadia, CA  BEACH-N-RIDES
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> Regards,
> Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
>            *******Los Altos, California (office)*******
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Regards,
Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
           *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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