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Re: Little Talledega

>Well I should most probably do a report on the Chattanooga 
>Region SCCA Auto X that I said I was going to do, but well, I 
>didn't.  My wife and I bought Kayaks on Friday and spent Sunday 
>paddling. Did anyone else make it?  I'll see you all at the 
>meeting. Tomorrow right? What time?

I was there. John Gross and his beautiful mars urq stopped by to 
chat and watch my first comical run. Tom Saltino brought his 
great pearl S4 by at the end, too. Fortunately for me, I had 
finished my runs before he got there.  :^)

The turnout wasn't very good -- apparently there was some kind of 
(SCCA?) event in Atlanta the same day. The bright side to this was 
that everyone got plenty of runs (7, I think). I fessed up about 
my coil-overs, so I was in CSP. I didn't mind, though, because I 
don't think there were any cars in HS (probably not any in GS 
either!). There was only one other car in CSP, but I never figured 
out which one.

As expected, I had some serious understeering problems. I let some 
air out of the fronts (down to 44 in front, 50 in back!), which 
helped balance her out, but she still had a few problems (driver 
error!). I was near the bottom of the pack with a best time of 
41-something seconds. (Most were in the 38-39 range.) I had a great 
time nonetheless.

I would really be better off at a track where the car can stretch 
it's legs. I'm looking forward to our first club event.

Eric Renneisen
'90 CQ 20V  -  my 'racing-iron'  ;^)
Chattanooga, TN