

| Subject: | Re: Driving Challenge videos from BOTC 2006 |
| From: | Karl Ploessl |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:10:45 -0400 |
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
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