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Re: Maserati but not Porsche ( was re: SM Inclusion List )

To: Roger Johnson <rjohnson@friendlynet.com>
Subject: Re: Maserati but not Porsche ( was re: SM Inclusion List )
From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 10:43:24 -0800
Very funny!! )))))
--Pat K

Roger Johnson wrote:
> 
> Funny - ran a local Toledo event last summer with Ryan-
> the-17-year-old's Pinto.
> He ran in FSP, I looked for another class.  Wheels too wide
> for STR, so I ran in SM.
> 
> Most of THOSE younger folks had no idea what the car was.
> Upon finding out that it was a Ford (!) and 30 years old(!!)
> the reaction was priceless.  When it beat all but one of them,
> the muttering was intense.
> 
> Somewhere, at this very moment, one of them is putting the
> Pinto on the exclusion list.
> 
> R2
> 
> > 1) Most of those kids don't even know the name Maserati, much less have
> ever
> > seen a "real" Maserati.
> >
> > 2)  I'm assuming they'd have to actually be at an event in order to not
> > return because they were beaten by some feared marque.  Have you ever seen
> a
> > Biturbo?  Not exactly an autocross vehicle that inspires fear...
> >
> > CHD

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