Turning Japanese - Competition Of Sorts

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:09 pm

No i dont think it is good to do it at all. There are lots of us that do it when we can because of work and other obligations. Hell we could have just had a bad day. Pointing fingers at the slow guys is not nice. I know i am slow but oh well i have fun. Isnt that what it is all about. In the people that are at the bottom now that might be one of our next newest biggest members!!!

sorry for the rant I am done

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:36 pm

This is tougher than the Euro thingy...

Here goes:

First to tenth in Pax:

Kevin
Spratte in Jim's R
Chris Lin
Art
Karl
Keith
Stephen el Presidente
Judi
Todd
Brice

Same thing raw although it probably doesn't correlate my pax predicitons:

Art
Karl
Kevin
Spratte in Jim's R
Keith
Stephen el Presidente
Chris Lin
Judi
Todd
Brice

-Matt

Karl Shultz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:46 pm

Wait a minute. How come Whitney didn't get blasted for doing the **exact same thing** two or three weeks ago?

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Courses for the school (five total) are fun. See y'all tomorrow.

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:48 am

Karl Shultz wrote:

Wait a minute. How come Whitney didn't get blasted for doing the **exact same thing** two or three weeks ago?

people who drive Japanese cars suck worse, and are more easily offended, than people who drive European cars? :shrug:

Thanks for the ego boost Matt, but unless I can codrive with someone, I will probably be driving the Mustang.

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:42 am

because it was that event that made a few folks a little uneasy. I am not saying that the fastest is not a great idea, it makes for good competition but we should not point out the slowest.

Karl Shultz wrote:

Wait a minute. How come Whitney didn't get blasted for doing the **exact same thing** two or three weeks ago?

Mo Monroe · **Posted:** Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:39 pm

Hi all -

Just my own personal opinion, but I think "highlighting" the bottom 10 is discouraging and not necessary - I think Tarheel does an amazing job welcoming, encouraging and supporting novices - and if there are folks at the bottom 10, we should be offering to help them drive faster by mentoring, not singling them out.

When I started racing, I was very nervous, had a very ill prepared car and honestly, I think I would have been really embarrased had I received one of those awards. (and we always stayed for the awards so I would have been there to receive it).

Now while I agree with Brice, that making fun of people can be fun, I think this would be one area to avoid.

And like Bernie, this has come to me upon reflection because I didn't think too much about it at Sanford - but now it seems obvious that we shouldn't do that.

Just my two cents -

Mo

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Here's how the conversation went with Rodney and me:

"Let's give posters to the top ten!"
"Yeah, but those people have egos that are too swelled already. It would be nice to give something to other people too."
"OK, let's give stuff to the bottom ten too!"
"Great idea!"

Now I don't know how it all played out at trophies since I had to leave for an emergency, but I guess it wasn't such a great idea after all. Those of you in the bottom 10 from our event, feel free to throw your posters in the trash.

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Turning Japanese Final Top Ten

RAW
1. Jay Mystery
2. Keith Vail
3. Jim Feinberg
4. Wes Eargle
5. Art McDonald
6. Colin O'Connell
7. Kevin Allen
8. Joe Magyar
9. David Spratte
10. Charlie Monroe

PAX
1. Jim Feinberg
2. Kevin Allen
3. Jay Mystery
4. David Spratte
5. Keith Vail
6. Chris Lin
7. Art McDonald
8. Joe Magyar
9. Charlie Monroe
10. Wes Eargle

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Upon further review, it looks like Keith Vail wins the prediction competition and will receive a box of rice of my choosing next weekend at the Divisional in Danville, if I remember. The worst selections came from Matt McGrain. We'll think of something to "honor" him as well. Not including me anywhere in his predictions has me leaning towards a hit with my Nerf Crotchbat.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:11 am

Wes Eargle wrote:

Upon further review, it looks like Keith Vail wins the prediction competition and will receive a box of rice of my choosing next weekend at the Divisional in Danville, if I remember. The worst selections came from Matt McGrain. We'll think of something to "honor" him as well. Not including me anywhere in his predictions has me leaning towards a hit with my Nerf Crotchbat.

Bahahahaha!!!!1!! :angeldevil:

Chris Halweg · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:22 am

Clearly, I was doing it wrong yesterday.

Michael Hankewycz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:55 am

Wes Eargle wrote:

Upon further review, it looks like Keith Vail wins the prediction competition and will receive a box of rice of my choosing next weekend at the Divisional in Danville, if I remember. The worst selections came from Matt McGrain. We'll think of something to "honor" him as well. Not including me anywhere in his predictions has me leaning towards a hit with my Nerf Crotchbat.

I can't stop laughing. :lol:

Thank you to everyone that made this autocross event happen. My significant improvement in times and overall consistency indicates that the intermediate school was a success.

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:09 pm

Michael Hankewycz wrote:

Thank you to everyone that made this autocross event happen. My significant improvement in times and overall consistency indicates that the intermediate school was a success.

I noticed the improvement, keep it up Michael.

Maybe the all-seasons aren't all that bad, huh? j/k

Karl Shultz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:25 pm

Chris Halweg wrote:

Clearly, I was doing it wrong yesterday.

LOL!

Yeah, me too. Although, Saturday night at BW3 was a riot, and I'd do it again right now.

Since we eighty-sixed the finishing order rewards thing, here's the answer to this month's trivia question. "Competition of Sorts" came from "Carnival of Sorts," a song by REM that appears on "Dead Letter Office."

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