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Re: Summit Point

To: Paul <9laser3@bright.net>, sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>,
Subject: Re: Summit Point
From: Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 06:17:39 -0700 (PDT)
Can't wait to get my first look at it on the track. 
Tom, you inspire us all!

Mike Harper

--- Paul <9laser3@bright.net> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:21 PM
> Subject: Summit Point
> 
> 
> > Well??  How did Tom do???
> >
> > Sidney Raper
> 
>   Tom Phelan ran his vintage 2000 roadster at the
> SVRA Blue-Gray Challenge
> at Summit Point this past weekend.  Tom tried to
> sign up for the Gray team,
> but the lady at registration recognized that even
> though his current address
> is North Carolina, his accent was all New York!
>   Tom's car is beautiful.  A real credit to all Tom
> has learned about body
> work in the last few years.  I hadn't seen the car
> since Tom dragged it home
> from Detroit 3 years ago, stuffed with boxes of
> parts and lots of track
> wear!
>   Tom's lap times at Summit Point dropped each
> session and he lowered his
> times by more than 8 seconds a lap by the end of the
> weekend.  This was
> Tom's first race weekend.  He may not have had a
> trophy finish all weekend,
> but his smile was the biggest one in the paddocks
> after each race!
>   No major repairs were required.  But I did learn
> how to remove a 2000
> drive shaft to tighten the tail shaft flange!  Once
> Tom gets settled back at
> home this week, his plans are to start at the
> headlights and tighten every
> bolt until he gets to the tail lights.  Lots of
> bolts loosed up after the
> first couple or runs on the track.
>   But the car ran flawlessly.  And it looks
> fantastic on the track.  And
> those of us lucky enough to have been there, had a
> blast!
> 
> Paul Kort
> 
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