[s-cars] Track time update + FBR (long)

[Bruce Mendel]

Can we take this off line please?

Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Fletcher S.O.C." <steadi at attbi.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Track time update + FBR (long)


> On 5/7/02 5:06 AM, "QSHIPQ at aol.com" <QSHIPQ at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Which is why I look at the Q-club track junkies that spend thousands
to go
> >>> "Fast" in their street car when they could go racing for what they
spent on
> >>> their "All out track machine"
> >
> > Did you look at your own sig recently?
>
> Yes I have, But since you don't have all the info (One of your shortfalls)
> you have no idea why my car is setup this way.
>
> >>> People have asked me why I don't take my car to the track more often
and
> >>> when I tell them that Street cars on race tracks bore me they look at
me
> >>> like I'm nuts. Having raced for a living in purpose built RACEcars
there is
> >>> no going back.
> >
> > That's an interesting attitude.  Not one shared with current
professionals.
> > If you take a look at the driving resumes of Calvin Fish and crew at the
Mid
> > OH School, your "for a living" is put in humorous perspective.  Street
cars
> > on race tracks is a controlled environment to understand the handling
and
> > limitations of street cars.  IT IS NOT A RACE, nor a timed event.  Many
a
> > professional race car driver understands that, and understands what
street
> > cars on race tracks is about.  Apparently some don't.
>
> Nice try but that doesn't float. Want to learn about street cars drive a
> STOCK on at the track, but don't mod the hell out of it and call it a dual
> purpose car.
>
> >> Eric Fletcher
> >> Former Pro Racer
> > When and where?  Over the years, that question has *never* been answered
>
> Yes it has, you were just too Drunk or blazed to understand it
>
> >> Race Instructor
> > When and where? Ditto
>
> See the above answer
>
> >> '00 S4tt
> >> Abt K04 Turbo Conversion
> >> RS4 Downpipes
> >> Miltek Exhaust
> >> RS4 Flywheel/Clutch and Pressure plate
> >> Abt Z6 18x8 Wheels
> >> Euro Headlights
> >> and all sorts of other toys...
> >
> > So you have spent "thousands" on your street machine, but you aren't a
qclub
> > track junkie.
>
> I have spent very little on my car, for reasons that are beyond you. And
no
> I'm not a qclub runner, I have other things to do in my very busy life.
>
>
>
> Eric Fletcher
> Former Pro Racer
> Race Instructor
> '00 S4tt
> Abt K04 Turbo Conversion
> RS4 Downpipes
> Miltek Exhaust
> RS4 Flywheel/Clutch and Pressure plate
> Abt Z6 18x8 Wheels
> Euro Headlights
> and all sorts of other toys...
>
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