Miata Mailing List: July 1994, Message #71
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   From: fischman@nynexst.com (Gary Fischman)
Subject: Re: Club events
   Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 13:48:54 -0400


> 
>     	For those of you who were looking for interesting things to do at 
>     your Miata club, I recently read a great article in North American 
>     Pylon that fits your bill.
>     	The event was held in Wyoming, planned by "Ye Olde Loper", 
>     apparently a fellow who drives a rather outclassed car and has a ball 
>     doing it.  The event was essentially an autocross, but with some twists 
>     to make it more advantageous to go slow.  He called it a "Trabant 
>     Autocross" (anyone who's ever followed one of these on the autobahn 
>     will know immediately what he meant).
>     	The "autocross" consisted of activities like going through a slolam 
>     with a co-pilot.  Every other cone has a tennis ball balanced on top of 
>     it; the driver slolams on her side (or his side) and pick up the ball, 
>     passes it to the co-pilot who places it on the next (empty) cone as the 
>     driver slaloms the other way.  On the return trip through the slalom 
>     (after turning around by backing into a "parking space"), the balls are 
>     returned to their original cones.  Any fumbles requires the car to stop 
>     and replace the ball and cone, thereby accruing your penalty.  Times 
>     can be taken with a stop-watch.
>     	There were other activities like a "skid-pad" where one or the 
>     other of the occupants had to hold a string tied to a tennis ball on a 
>     center cone and try to circle it as fast as possible, then switch the 
>     string and go the other way around.  Also some kind of clue rally to 
>     bring the competitors to the awards location.  They also did some sort 
>     of (wide, I hope) blind gates, where the driver is blindfolded and the 
>     copilot directs by rotating the driver's head.  No talking is allowed.  
>     Reports were that this portion was hilariously funny.
>     
>     	Sounded like a lot of low-speed fun!  I can get a copy of the 
>     letter if anyone wants more details.
>     
>     kate (the instigator)
>     '91 Mariner Blue, As-base-as-they-get
>     

On July 24th, we at Delaware Valley are having a Fun-Khanna - a day of events
exactly as you describe including the tennis balls on the cones, blind drive,
and several other "competitive" events like the Miata drag race - 3 people
push the car across the line, etc.

Wanna come?

	...Gary