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Re: Duel at De Anza?

To: Josh Sirota <josh@sirota.org>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Duel at De Anza?
From: james creasy <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:23:26 -0700
since you didnt say, i assume you won that day josh?

-james c
ITS - Incredible Thunderhill Smackdown

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
To: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>; "Kelly, Katie"
<kkelly@spss.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: Duel at De Anza?


> Ahem.  Josh Sirota rented that Lincoln Town Car (not a Continental -- we
> wanted BIG!), and it was shared by 7 drivers:
>   Josh Sirota
>   Jeff Reitmeir
>   Ren Marinus
>   Rex Tener
>   Ralph Elder
>   Kevin McCormick
>   Rod McLane
>
> You'd be surprised how much fun a Lincoln Town Car with a big V8, no
limited
> slip (Rod did a track stand during the tech process), and 3" (really!) of
> toe-out (we didn't want to kill the tires) was.
>
> Josh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
> To: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:44 AM
> Subject: RE: Duel at De Anza?
>
>
> > -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
> >
> > Message text written by "Kelly, Katie"
> >
> > "Nobody dis' Deanza, now. It's the most bizarre event around, clearly
> > antiquated, and I shall always maintain, to the contrary of other
members
> > of my family, that is what makes it so fun. "
> > -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
> >
> > Tsk Tsk, daughter. We never said it wasn't fun. What we said was we're
not
> > going to get up that early.
> >
> >         Several years ago I was an invited honored guest and I drove the
> > school's auto shop Dodge Colt. I enjoyed the visit, especially as I was
> > able to get up at about 7 a.m. and motor over there and they handed me
the
> > keys to the car. I'm ready to do that again.
> >         Then there was the year Jeff Reitmeir rented a Lincoln
Continental
> > shared by, I think, about 6 drivers. Lots of Legends from Duel at
DeAnza.
> >         But none of this 6 a.m. arrival time for me. That part ain't
fun.
> >
> > --John Kelly
> >
> > PS: They're not interested in letting SCCA run an event there. I suspect
> > for school officials that Once is enough. <G>-jk

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