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Kurt Rahn
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Help a Brother Out!

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This weekend's practice will be my son, Max's, first autocross experience in a real car (I don't count the Corolla we rented for the school last fall). I know from experience that a small amount of info emanating from my mouth will actually be processed by Max's brain ("Dad's mouth is moving so he must be wrong"), so I'd love it if you all would go for a ride-along with him and give him some feedback.
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Leonard? haha. I would but I'm in the last group. :| Will he be in the Mini?
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Mark DeShon wrote:Leonard? haha. I would but I'm in the last group. :| Will he be in the Mini?
Mark D.
I meant for the practice. Yup, he's in the Mini :o :shock: :? :cry:
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Kurt Rahn wrote:
Mark DeShon wrote:Leonard? haha. I would but I'm in the last group. :| Will he be in the Mini?
Mark D.
I meant for the practice. Yup, he's in the Mini :o :shock: :? :cry:
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Ed Holley wrote:Tite Sqz...the sequel.
...Insert crude joke here...

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Kurt Rahn wrote:
Mark DeShon wrote:Leonard? haha. I would but I'm in the last group. :| Will he be in the Mini?
Mark D.
I meant for the practice. Yup, he's in the Mini :o :shock: :? :cry:
Well, at least the tires won't get destroyed in the wet.
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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:
Kurt Rahn wrote:
Mark DeShon wrote:Leonard? haha. I would but I'm in the last group. :| Will he be in the Mini?
Mark D.
I meant for the practice. Yup, he's in the Mini :o :shock: :? :cry:
Well, at least the tires won't get destroyed in the wet.
I just mounted a set of nearly bald, hard-as-a-rock Hankooks especially for that, and now it rains so I'm going to have to use the full-tread, brand new Hankooks. :unimpressed:
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Kurt Rahn wrote: I just mounted a set of nearly bald, hard-as-a-rock Hankooks especially for that, and now it rains so I'm going to have to use the full-tread, brand new Hankooks. :unimpressed:
...you don't *have* to use the full treads. }:)
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Marshall Grice wrote:
Kurt Rahn wrote: I just mounted a set of nearly bald, hard-as-a-rock Hankooks especially for that, and now it rains so I'm going to have to use the full-tread, brand new Hankooks. :unimpressed:
...you don't *have* to use the full treads. }:)
Reminds me of what we've been advised...
When he becomes a teenager, it's best to just lock him in an old pickle or craker barrel, you know, one of those with the little sight plug hole near the top. Then when he turns 16 or 17...........plug the hole. :lol:
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Marshall Grice wrote:
Kurt Rahn wrote: I just mounted a set of nearly bald, hard-as-a-rock Hankooks especially for that, and now it rains so I'm going to have to use the full-tread, brand new Hankooks. :unimpressed:
...you don't *have* to use the full treads. }:)
Believe me, I'm still 50-50. I still brought them, just in case it's semi-dry ;)
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If you think a mediocre vette driver can be of help yes.
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