> btw... I was invited last night to a special presentation Honoring James
> Garner. It was afterhours at the Peterson Museum in LA. About 400
guests.
> It was to commorate his contribution to racing and to a special film he
> made.. about his racing days with Lothar M., Scooter P., David Jordan (who
> used to race for Kas...) and Ed Leslie. This movie also had some comedic
> moments with Dick Smothers taking you on a high speed tour around St.
Jovite
> and several interviews with all sorts of characters at 24hrs.at Daytona
> 1969 followed by Sebring and so on with his two Lola T70's. There was a
> large format screen placed for the film presentation... Karen and I were
> able to move our chairs to the front and realized that we were sitting
about
> five feet behind Mr. Garner ONLY when he was called to the podium for the
> his comments about the film.
>
> What a immense evening full of folk... Sittting at the next table (I
didn't
> know it until he came over to shake the hand of Casey Annis sitting along
> side me...) was Parnelli J. and Bob Bondurant... .
>
> Apparently, Casey wrote a story in his magazine (Vintage Racecar Journal
and
> Market Report) last August. The article relayed Garners racing exploits .
> The Chairman of the Board at the Museum read this and said "lets honor
Mr.
> Garner..." So, in front of an audience of the Who's Who of racing
Casey
> was asked to stand up and take the credit for bringing this information
> forward and making the event a reality.
>
> Oh- .... I should mention that this movie "The Racing Scene" was
finnished
> in 1970 (with some fabulously intense and nearly the best I have ever seen
> on board filming) its Production Coordinator was Beverly McAfee....She was
> the first lady allowed into the pits at Indy.... Beverly is also the
> sister of Peggy Kastner......... I didn't know this until I saw Peggy
> sitting at a nearby table and began chatting.
>
> CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Casey.!!
>
>
>
> M. Dunst
> Gasket Works USA, LLC
> 626.358.1616 voice/page
> 626.358.7971 fax
> www.headgasket.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jack W. Drews <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> To: <gasket.works@gte.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:13 AM
> Subject: State of the Onion response
>
>
> > Laughing at your response is hard on my ticker. Cut it out.
> >
> > uncle jack
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