On Jul 15, 1:55pm, Chip Bond wrote:
> Our own John Lye, not known to toot his own horn, set Fastest Time of the
> Day at VTR solo competition last week.
Thanks Chip - yeah, I'm easily embarassed sometimes <sheepish grin>
> This is the second year in a row
> that John's car has returned home with a VTR overall victory. But last year
> leadfooted Val brought home the FTD trophy. This year Val had to settle for
> a class first.
Mark Bradakis managed to sneak his SPitfire in between us - he gave me
a serious challenge, but the big TR's torque prevailed.
> But this is not the end of the story. The organizers, realizing that they
> had a record number of competition cars, set up a separate judging class
> for the car show. Yep you guessed it. More first place trophies to lug
> home.
It was nice to see so many race cars in the show - this is something
that I'd really like to see the VTR encourage. There are a lot of
really neat cars out there on the vintage circuit that a lot of
folks would really enjoy seeing.
> Way to go John!
Thanks.
> (is red really faster?)
Dunno, but it sure attracts attention!
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On Jul 15, 2:11pm, Alexander Joseph H wrote:
> Subject: John and Val's Excellent Weekend
> I suppose this means, because it is so close to home for us, that Jack
> Drews and I will have to take our Vintage racers to Winona in 98.
You bet - we're counting on it!
> but it would be fun to have a group of
> nicely prepared competition cars all together.
It could make for a really exciting display; I'd love to see
them there.
> But believe me Jack's car will be major candidate in the car show.
I can't wait to see it up close!
> Congratulations, John & Val...
Thanks very much.
John Lye
rjl6n@virginia.EDU
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