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Old 03-06-2002, 07:30 AM
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THIS DRIVE IS CANCELLED!

Due to unfavorable weather and lack of interest, this drive is cancelled.
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Meeting Time: 10am
Drive off Time: 10:30am

Meeting Place:
Albertson's
320 N Capitol Ave
San Jose, CA
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt...=9&mag=8<br />

Restaurant:
To be confirmed

Route: (The route in Moraga will be finalized when a restaurant is decided)
1. Turn right to Capitol Ave
2. Turn right to Sierra Rd
3. Sierra Rd becomes Felter Rd. Turn right to Calaveras Rd
4. Turn left to Niles Canyon Rd (Hwy 84)
5. Turn right to Palomares Rd
6. Turn left to E Castro Valley Blvd
7. Turn right to Redwood Rd
8. Turn right to Pinehurst Rd
9. U-turn at Pinehurst Rd/Skyline Blvd junction
10. Turn left to Canyon Rd from Pinehurst Rd

Expert Group: (recommended for autox junkies or people with NASA HPDE2+ or equivalent track/school experience)

Novice Group:
umvue
bayarea408
Souljah6476
cosmos

Conditions that will lead to cancellation of this drive
1. Yahoo!Weather says it is gonna rain on that day in San Leandro
2. Less than 10 cars signed up.

Safety Precautions: (I am trying to write some precautions to make our drives safer. Please feel free to let me know if you want add or fix them. Thanks.)
1. Do most of your brake at straight line before you enter a turn.
2. Drive smoothly.
3. If you see certain drivers drive recklessly, you can PM umvue and report it.
4. Turn in a curve with as big a radius as possible.
5. This is not a race, so please no passing among our cars in all two-lanes or one-lane roads. If you really want to pass, horn and make gesture to the person in front and let him/her pull over to the side.
Old 03-06-2002, 08:16 AM
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if the weather holds up, i am down!
Old 03-06-2002, 09:13 AM
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Have fun you guys, I will have to pass on this one. My daughter's B-day is on the 9th.
Old 03-06-2002, 09:19 AM
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i'm going snowboarding... maybe next time..
Old 03-06-2002, 09:47 AM
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I'm in for novice if the whether holds up and if i can vtec by then
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I would really like to go to one of these, but i usually dont wake up til 2-3 on weekends.!
Maybe we should have a GROUP NIGHT DRIVE. So we can distract eachother with our annoying ass headlights.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 4IGS2000
[B]I would really like to go to one of these, but i usually dont wake up til 2-3 on weekends.!
Maybe we should have a GROUP NIGHT DRIVE.
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Originally posted by bayarea408



how about a late night STREET DRAG?
...yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about, lets do it!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 4IGS2000
[B]I would really like to go to one of these, but i usually dont wake up til 2-3 on weekends.!
Maybe we should have a GROUP NIGHT DRIVE.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by SilverSurfer
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What do you mean WEEKENDS????


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