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Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR
From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:26:20 +0000 (UTC)
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Cut him some slack! There probably was a fire in Mike=E2=80=99s=C2=A0engine=
 compartment. He was putting it out.Bill Dentinger

Sent from AOL Mobile Mail
 On=C2=A0Friday, September 27, 2019,=C2=A0fubog1=C2=A0<fubog1@aol.com>=C2=
=A0wrote:

 I have one of Charlies (cardboard) bats right here in my office!And then t=
here's this photo if it goes through the innernets...Glen

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From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: grandwazoo <grandwazoo@earthlink.net>; tr3a58dean <tr3a58dean@gmail.com=
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Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 2:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

The infamous BAT vs GATOR race. =C2=A0
I was there.=C2=A0 I seen it. =C2=A0
They waved, when they went by.
Bill Dentinger.



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From: Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
To: Dean <tr3a58dean@gmail.com>; fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 11:35 am
Subject: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

#yiv1699040232 -- DIV {margin:0px;}#yiv1699040232 Charlies old TR4 is now o=
wned and extremely well driven by Mark Wheatley.=C2=A0 It is a joy to see i=
t every time its at the track with us.
I dont want to bore everyone with a hundred stories of that '92 weekend.=C2=
=A0 But, here's my favorite..Charlie and I remain great friends even tho he=
 races some Jap thingy now.=C2=A0 We had been running literally door handle=
 to door handle all weekend long and having a great time at it.=C2=A0 His w=
ife Betty passed away some years ago but she and my wife Sandy were on the =
hillside at the keyhole for the "big" race that weekend.=C2=A0 During the r=
ace as we continued to come thru the corner either nose to tail or side by =
side Betty says to Sandy "I sure am glad Charlie doesnt take this too serio=
usly and only does it for fun".=C2=A0 Sandy bit her lip and said nothing.=
=C2=A0 After the race she got Charlie off to the side and told him that he =
would "owe her forever" for not explaining to Betty just how seriously we d=
id, in fact, take it.=C2=A0=C2=A0
Ok, one more... in the paddock he blipped the throttle and it ran up more l=
ike an F1 car of the era.=C2=A0 "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to have a f=
lywheel on it!"=C2=A0 His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to have a=
 weight at least in two digits"...."It does!=C2=A0 Eight point five"
Dear God, there are so many more Charlie Kates stories both that weekend an=
d thru the years.
Mike
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From: Dean via Fot=20
Sent: Sep 26, 2019 12:11 PM
To: "fot@autox.team.net"=20
Subject: [Fot] 1992 Mid Ohio

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040232 Don=E2=80=99t know if this will transfer, but this is from the race =
in 1992 carried in Vintage Motorsports Annual. I PhotoShowing Mike Jackson =
and Charlie Kates. =C2=A0Sent from Mail for Windows 10 =C2=A0
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Cut him some slack! There probably was a fire in Mike=E2=80=99s&nbsp;engine=
 compartment. He was putting it out.<div>Bill Dentinger<br><br><div id=3D"_=
_aol_mail_signature__">Sent from AOL Mobile Mail</div>

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    On&nbsp;Friday, September 27, 2019,&nbsp;fubog1&nbsp;&lt;fubog1@aol.com=
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<div> <font size=3D"2">I have one of Charlies (cardboard) bats right here i=
n my office!</font></div>

<div><font size=3D"2">And then there's this photo if it goes through the in=
nernets...</font></div>

<div><font size=3D"2">Glen</font><br>

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--Original Message-----<br>
From: Bill Dentinger via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
To: grandwazoo &lt;grandwazoo@earthlink.net&gt;; tr3a58dean &lt;tr3a58dean@=
gmail.com&gt;; fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
Cc: charlie106 &lt;charlie106@att.net&gt;<br>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 2:45 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4<br>
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<div>The infamous BAT vs GATOR race. &nbsp;</div>



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<div>I was there.&nbsp; I seen it. &nbsp;</div>



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<div>They waved, when they went by.</div>



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<div>Bill Dentinger.</div>



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From: Mike Jackson via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt;<br clear=3D"none">
To: Dean &lt;tr3a58dean@gmail.com&gt;; fot@autox.team.net &lt;fot@autox.tea=
m.net&gt;<br clear=3D"none">
Cc: charlie106 &lt;charlie106@att.net&gt;<br clear=3D"none">
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 11:35 am<br clear=3D"none">
Subject: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4<br clear=3D"none">
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<div>Charlies old TR4 is now owned and extremely well driven by Mark Wheatl=
ey.&nbsp; It is a joy to see it every time its at the track with us.</div>



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I dont want to bore everyone with a hundred stories of that '92 weekend.&nb=
sp; But, here's my favorite..

<div>Charlie and I remain great friends even tho he races some Jap thingy n=
ow.&nbsp; We had been running literally door handle to door handle all week=
end long and having a great time at it.&nbsp; His wife Betty passed away so=
me years ago but she and my wife Sandy were on the hillside at the keyhole =
for the "big" race that weekend.&nbsp; During the race as we continued to c=
ome thru the corner either nose to tail or side by side Betty says to Sandy=
 "I sure am glad Charlie doesnt take this too seriously and only does it fo=
r fun".&nbsp; Sandy bit her lip and said nothing.&nbsp; After the race she =
got Charlie off to the side and told him that he would "owe her forever" fo=
r not explaining to Betty just how seriously we did, in fact, take it.&nbsp=
;&nbsp;</div>



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<div>Ok, one more... in the paddock he blipped the throttle and it ran up m=
ore like an F1 car of the era.&nbsp; "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to hav=
e a flywheel on it!"&nbsp; His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to h=
ave a weight at least in two digits"...."It does!&nbsp; Eight point five"</=
div>



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<div>Dear God, there are so many more Charlie Kates stories both that weeke=
nd and thru the years.</div>



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<div>Mike</div>



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From: Dean via Fot=20
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Sent: Sep 26, 2019 12:11 PM
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To: "fot@autox.team.net"=20
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Subject: [Fot] 1992 Mid Ohio

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<div class=3D"yiv1699040232MsoNormal">Don=E2=80=99t know if this will trans=
fer, but this is from the race in 1992 carried in Vintage Motorsports Annua=
l. I Photo</div>



<div class=3D"yiv1699040232MsoNormal">Showing Mike Jackson and Charlie Kate=
s.</div>



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