Kinda sounds like the Barbie that rode with me to Shasta a few years back. She
sat perched upon the roll bar, waving to the faithful Roadster crowd and the
occasional 8 year old girl riding along in her parent's car. She was joined the
next year by my friend Bill and his wife, who glued dried shrimp to their
Barbie,
for a special version of "shrimp on the Barbie". Unfortunately, Barbie has not
returned in the last two years due to car troubles and scheduling problems, but
she swears that next year "the bitch will be back!" In the meantime, my 8 year
old daughter enjoys helping Barbie flash truck drivers and the like. Gotta love
that kid...
Greg Burrows
datsunmike wrote:
> RE: The Glen Racing Results: tales of Glen Watkins, a very brave little
> bearAnother little tid bit from Dick.
>
> Mike
>
> PS - Glen Watkins needs some racing goggles so he can see better - and maybe
> his shifting will get better too :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Hi all,
> Well, there's another part of the story of The Glen. A very brave little bear
> named Glen Watkins (well, it says "Watkins, Glen" on his shirt) rode with me
> for the first time(s) in the qualifying race and the main event. He was well
> restrained by his bungie seatbelt. He stayed in his seat for the entire
> qualifying race, but for the main race, he wanted to wave to the crowd. On the
> warm-up lap, I picked him up just for the Roadster crowd (and most of my crew)
> at turn 6, but then snuggled him down under the bungie. Just after the finish,
> I picked him up again, but the speed was too great for my grip, and he flew
> out of the car. I breathed a sigh of relief when the Porsche behind me swerved
> to miss him as he landed on his butt on the track, but didn't know how he
> would fare with the other 40-odd cars (wonder if they flew the "debris" flag
> for him).
>
> In victory circle, my one remaining crew member was there, and I asked him to
> go down and try to find poor Glen. Rich was less than thrilled with this
> request, but finally agreed. Glen was in fine health on the wall at "pit out",
> bragging about his exploits. As Rich walked the entire length of the pits with
> Glen in hand, he received many jeers and insults. His comeback was something
> like "we do whatever we have to to humor the driver so he'll drive fast".
>
> Glen was somewhat of a celebrity at dinner that night with the Datsun folks,
> and even all the SVRA people (the race organizers) know of his exploits. I've
> been promised that he will receive his very own photo ID/driver's license. But
> I probably need to make him a full (bungie) harness with "a leash", so that he
> doesn't "fly" again! And I need to teach him to shift better: boy was he
> missing shifts that race.
>
> So Glen will be a standard fixture/good luck icon in the future, and I hope to
> relay his far fetched stories to you for many years.
>
> Regards,
> Dick
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