Date:         Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:10:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Driving Challenge videos from BOTC 2006
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <7EA2E950-6CC2-45C8-A941-69A7FD0BD4D6@pottsfamily.ca>
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just next to your movie I found the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZnVtilxLBw&mode=related&search=

Have fun, Karl.

On 7/13/07, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> I just posted two video clips of the Bus Driver's Challenge from BOTC
> 2006 to youtube.
>
> This first video clip has my brother Brent driving, it' shot with a
> short NASCAR style interview before the run and is a great example of
> how the course is run. The event features a slalom course with a stop
> in the middle for a random task, after which the driver continues to
> the end of the course to "stop on a dime". (actually a foil-covered
> paper plate is used) The driver then slaloms through the entire
> course in REVERSE, without stopping until they back up to a post as
> closely as possible without stopping. Then they drive over to
> parallel park next to a flag placed between two trees. The final
> score is a combination of total elapsed time and the stopping
> distance from the dime and the post.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Env9Gl5EEbU
>
> The second video clip is shot from INSIDE the van, with "madman"
> Jamie Rivers at the wheel. Jamie provides quite a memorable
> experience to the onlookers, and our intrepid cameraman does his best
> to record the experience for posterity.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayttjG-YbU
>
>
> Entry in the drivers challenge is open to any licensed and unimpaired
> driver registered for Buses Of The Corn. You can drive your own bus
> if you prefer it to the loaner van. For more information about Buses
> Of The Corn, visit the website at www.busesofthecorn.com.
>
> Many thanks to Mike Droulliard for providing the video footage, and
> to my parents for the loan of their 1985 Sunroof Automatic passenger
> van.
>
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
> www.pottsfamily.ca
> www.busesofthecorn.com
>


--
Karl
'81 Westy "Jenny"
Wilmington, DE