Bill:
I think Prather was the lad in a silver-ish MGB, not the blazingly fast
yellow car. Having noticed Prather's inside rear tire slip as he made a
slight turn off of his pre-grid slot, I later queried him about his
differential. He responded that "Oh yeah, welded diff's are all we've run
for years - they're cheap and consistent", which caused me to think that he
might be a younger member of the Prather clan, as he didn't appear to be old
enough to have been racing "for years."
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'joe dirt'" <oldskooling@yahoo.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: RE: WATKINS GLEN
>I may have the name wrong, but wasn't there a guy named Prather at the
>Mitty
> driving an MGB. If I am wrong, who was driving that yellow car that was
> for
> sale?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of joe dirt
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:28 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: WATKINS GLEN
>
> Great post, especially the RPTRTDMG. Stockton will be back at the Glen
> this
> year and his car should be much faster. It would be great to see many more
> Triumphs there. It would be without a doubt the easiest place to get a MG
> vs. Triumph competition going, since so many MG's regulary attend the
> event.
> The story about Prather being there with his MGA was for dispay purposes
> only. He was giving a tech seminar, and since they were already in the
> "area" for the runoffs that were coming up he had his car with him. Though
> this year he and his son, Jesse, have prepped a MGB and they are
> campaigning
> it on the vintage circuit. It is a fast car (2:18's at VIR this past
> weekend) So if they're going to show up this upcoming Sept, I would have
> to
> imagine that they will be there with the B. So that adds yet another very
> fast Group 3 MG. This year may prove to be interesting though..
>
> -Bob Adams
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