10-28-2005, 12:53 AM
Ok so Chan and I did the Mazda Zoom Zoom live last weekend down at ATL motor speedway. Got to run the new miata, rx-8, mazda3, and mazda6 through several courses (and they were manual trans!). For you NoVA types, I believe there is one at FedEx Nov. 12-13.
Some highlights:
-Trying to keep ping pong balls in a bowl mounted to the miata's hood while running a course.
-Getting our name tags clipped for "aggressive" driving (two clips and they kicked you out). Both Chan and I spun the little miatas on the "performance" (auto-x) course, his went more smoothly though, as he completed a turn a little hot, drifted down the straight and ended up doing a complete 360 and continuing on. The crowd loved it.
-Flashing MMs at the start-line camera:
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Also, Chan manage to get a 42.8 on one run, but they *claimed* he hit two cones on that run, although we did not see any cones go down.
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Whateva. :wink:
Some highlights:
-Trying to keep ping pong balls in a bowl mounted to the miata's hood while running a course.
-Getting our name tags clipped for "aggressive" driving (two clips and they kicked you out). Both Chan and I spun the little miatas on the "performance" (auto-x) course, his went more smoothly though, as he completed a turn a little hot, drifted down the straight and ended up doing a complete 360 and continuing on. The crowd loved it.
-Flashing MMs at the start-line camera:
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Also, Chan manage to get a 42.8 on one run, but they *claimed* he hit two cones on that run, although we did not see any cones go down.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/displayimage.aspx?ID=1045909&lastName=preston">https://www.zoomzoomlive.com/displayima ... me=preston</a><!-- m -->
Whateva. :wink: