Slipstream - May 2007

My First Rally
Ethan Bradley - Age 11
My first rally began at the Flower Mound Animal Adoption
Center. My dad went as the driver with me as the
navigator. At the beginning of the rally we had to read
a form with all the rules on it. The cars that participated were
2 Boxsters that were red and white, one green 911, one orange 914,
and one Volvo.
The main point of the rally was to time yourselves between
certain points on a course throughout the countryside. After the
first lap we returned to our starting point and wrote down how
long it took us. Next, we started the second lap. We tried to match
the time from our first lap while driving through the same
course. However, the second lap included the search for
tie-breakers. For example, one clue was “Tezmeral also sold _ .”
The blank was German Shepards.
It was so painful to drive below the speed limit, because my
dad and I were ahead of our first lap’s time and needed to slow
down! One of my favorite things was driving with the top down,
so I could feel the wind blowing through my hair on such a
beautiful, sunny day!
After the rally the group went to Friday’s where we had a
snack. Also, 1st ,2nd, and3rd places were awarded (my dad and I
almost got third). Meeting new people was another of my
favorite parts of the day. MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE
DAY WAS SPENDING TIME WITH MY DAD DOING WHAT
WE LOVE DOING!!!!!!!!
First Second Score
Lap Lap Error for
Trophy Driver Navigator (Seconds) (Seconds) (Seconds) Series
1 Betty Perrine Clay Perrine 1983 1993 10 96.7
2 Jan Mayo Kevan Davis 2039 2064 25 91.7
3 Catherine LaCroix* Mark LaCroix* 1968 1934 34 88.7
Richard Bradley Ethan Bradley 1965 1923 42 86.0
Frank Briggs Bobbie Briggs 2028 1876 152 49.3
*SCCA Guests
Play it Again, Sam
by Frank Briggs - Ageless
The weather was cool and Spring was in the air in Flower
Mound, Texas as Teri and Charlie hosted a fun filled Sunday
afternoon rally. The rally type was known as a Regularity
Rally. At my age, I thought this was something that I might need.
On further explanation, I discovered that this form of rally is the
comparison of two identical rally routes run with as close to the
same time as possible. The instructions were straight forward and
the scenery was filled with beautiful estates, winding roads and
thoroughbred horse stables.
There were 5 competing teams and awards for 1st thru 3rd
place. Bobbie and I came in 5th only because there were just 5
cars. We navigated the route just fine, but our times were not
close enough to bring home the gold or silver or bronze. I think
I’ll blame it on Sunday being the first day of daylight savings time
or something. Coming in 4th place was the team of Richard
Bradley and his son Ethan in their beautiful red Boxter. Watch for
an article by Ethan from the navigator’s point of view. He is a very
mature young man and I am anxious to read his report of the day.
3rd place went to Mark and Catherine LaCroix who joined us in
their Volvo. Mark and Catherine were guests who recently
became members of SCCA and reside in Grapevine. Their time
differential was only about 30 seconds from their first and second
run. You can tell times were close for there only to be a 30 second
difference for 3rd place. 2nd place went to Jan Mayo and Kevin
Davis in Jan’s white Boxter with a differential of only 25 seconds.
The gold went to Betty and Clay Perine driving a beautiful 914.
Their differential was 10 seconds. I guess they adapted to daylight
savings time much better than I.
After the rally we gathered at TGI Friday’s for dinner, dessert
and the awards ceremony. While I came in last place, I got to
spend a wonderful afternoon driving my Porsche with my wife by
my side and new acquaintances in front of me and behind. With
that kind of atmosphere, who minds whether they came in 5th or
10th.
Thanks again to Teri and Charlie for hosting a fun afternoon.
Our clocks are now synchronized—Teri, when is the next rally?
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