DeTomaso Mailing List: October 99, Message #226

My two favorite runs are "Mount Tam" north of S.F. and "Chuckanut Drive" up
near Bellingham Washington. Both ass-kick windy mountain roads with lots of
elevation.
MD
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Harvey <gt2hvit@hotmail.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 8:57 AM
Subject: rUnS wAy ToO fAsT fOr ReAL...was Cambria to Carmel


>BTW, speaking of runs.....the best time I have heard on a bike from HWY 92
>to Santa Cruz via Skyline is 30mins.
>
>
>>From: "Eustaquio, Cal J" <cal.j.eustaquio@lmco.com>
>>To: "'Tony Harvey'" <gt2hvit@hotmail.com>,        Multiple recipients of
>>list <detomaso@realbig.com>
>>Subject: RE: Cambria to Carmel
>>Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 08:21:31 -0600
>>
>>Hello Tony and Company:
>>Highway 1 is probably best suited for touring, period. I wouldn't
recommend
>>going for any sort of rally or speed course on this highway. There have
>>been
>>numerous accidents, many of them plunging unfortunate motorists over those
>>cliffs. It is a narrow winding road and there are many RV's and other
>>"looky
>>loo's" that traverse that highway. Seek other venues for testing the great
>>cat but Highway 1 via Big Sur shouldn't be a platform for this sort of
>>thing. My opinion. Thanks. Cal. #2428r.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Tony Harvey [SMTP:gt2hvit@hotmail.com]
>> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:21 PM
>> > To: Multiple recipients of list
>> > Subject: Cambria to Carmel
>> >
>> > Hi, I just got back from driving up HWY 1 from a visit to the south
>>land.
>> > I
>> > was just wondering what kind of times people have been getting on a run
>> > from
>> > Cambria to the Crossroads in Carmel Valley. The sign in Cambria says
100
>> > miles to Monterey. Not that I am Joe Speed Racer but I pulled out of
the
>> > gas
>> > station in Cambria at 5:02 and got to Carmel at 6:45...and that is
>> > including
>> > the two stops I made because of road construction.  Made it in 1 hour
43
>> > mins. without pushing it too much.  Even though I passed everything on
>>the
>> >
>> > road including 3 motorcycles, I still would have to say I wasn't really
>> > pushing it to hard. If it took me that long I am sure someone who was
>> > really
>> > runing their car hard could make the run in alot less time.  Who knows
>>of
>> > times people have run on this road?
>> >
>> > Just wondering what the best time so far is.
>> >
>> > Tony
>> >
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