DeTomaso Mailing List: September 98, Message #127

AutoXing my Datsun 510 long ago, we were allowed to take a 
passenger (another registered driver)...the first run went well,
and I could feel the advantage of his shifting weight.  He would
lean behind me on left turns, and hug the door on right turns....
(Sidecar Monkey style)
On the second run, entering the tight left turn, he went blank
forgetting to lean WAY behind me...I was running faster, and turned
and even tighter arc....If you know how "Go-Cart-ish" a 510 
suspension can be, you would not be surprised...as I was...
as both inner wheels came up....way up.....riding on the two right
tires, I S L O W L Y straighten out and gently (SLAM) came back down...
I hit no cones, and actually turned in a good time, but "they"
decided to DNF me anyway....and that was the end of "Ride-Alongs" !
(An ad didn't appear later: 4 Koni shocks slightly used.)

---Murphy's Son


>  I was autocrossing a friend's Corvette convertible a few years ago when
> one of the numbers came off at about 50mph.  The wind caught it and
> whipped it overhead; I was in the middle of a shift at the time.  As the
> shifter came out of third I reached up and snapped the number out of the
> air, threw it on the passenger side floor, and completed the shift to
> fourth, all without deviating from the line.  I was very impressed with
> myself, but nobody else seemed to care about my virtuosity.  <grin>
> 
> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.