A friend of mine took his Southwest Motorsports license to the BRIC two
years ago and got into the Can /Am reunion with it. we were amazed as we
hadn't applied for VMC membership at that time..............Cheers Henry
Morrison, Albuquerque, NM (towing the Healey thru SLC this Saturday on the
way to race in Seattle)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Frye" <thefryes@iconn.net>
To: "Mark J Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: Plans for 20 oh two.
> At 02:48 PM 6/28/2001 -0600, Mark J Bradakis wrote:
>
> >I doubt SVRA officials have even
> >heard of IVR, so chances are they wouldn't accept my IVR competition
license.
> >Hmm, maybe if I go to the VARA school next spring....
>
> Hey, it never hurts to ask. The worst they will say is no. On the other
> hand they will probably take a look at your road racing experience and
> suggest a school of some sort. SVRA historically ties into a Mid-Ohio
> School the day before the event. I took it last year, and it really helped
> learn the track. I didn't get the full benefit last year because of a
> recalcitrant flywheel, but I got enough time in under my belt to be
allowed
> to run the rest of the weekend. I did the track walk with the school this
> past weekend, and I am sure that helped my performance a bit.
>
> >are there some other big events
> >in the area the weekend before or after Mid Ohio?
>
> The weekend after M-O is Mosport. That is where many of the FOT are at
this
> very moment. About 400 miles from M-O, north of Lake Erie
>
> Mosport has a couple of things going for it that are real tempting. First,
> it's in Canada, and we all know the strength of the American Dollar
against
> the Canadian Dollar. Also, the entry fee is inexpensive to start with, so
> it ends up being really affordable.
>
> Also, the weekend is chock full of track time. I understand the track is
> extremely fast, and everyone keeps telling me about the pucker factor of
> this certain right hander you enter at over 100!
>
> > What about BRIC next year, when is it?
>
> BRIC is usually held in July. I am thinking real hard about attending BRIC
> 2002 myself. After running Road America, I have to go back and do it
again.
> And again. ;-) The SVRA event was real low key, Joe A. tells me that
> BRIC is the exact opposite.
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