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ad><body><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: ari=
al, sans-serif;">Yea, not a dream. Back in the day when SVRA had a sp=
ring race down here in South Florida and Charlie had a relative that lives =
near by to visit.<div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-=
serif; font-size: 9pt;">Not only was he actually hanging upside down, in a =
FULL Batman costume but he had his little portable potty stationed back the=
re with a rubber alligator placed as if it were about to be flushed down AN=
D a boom box playing "See You Later Alligator" by Bill Haley and the Comets=
</div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font=
-size: 9pt;"><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCh1UQ47rWKU"; styl=
e=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCh1UQ47rWKU<=
/a></div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; f=
ont-size: 9pt;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Oh yea, Charlie's business is as a caterer=
/chef so he had purchased some 'gator chunks locally and fried them up to h=
and out to those passing by.</div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial,=
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">That evening a friend found a cert=
ificate for labeling a bat roost which we filled out and stuck to the side =
of his trailer.</div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, s=
ans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Ar=
ial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">And then he retired from racin=
g and wasnt heard from for several years until after his wife passed away.&=
nbsp; Out of the blue he calls me years later and says "Well, my wife is de=
ad so I guess it's about time I get back to racing" He was interested=
in finding another TR4 and I located one in the Midwest to send him =
to see. Irv Corey's car as I recall. Before he got there I mail=
ed Irv a bat-a-gator to put in the car. In the end he bought a differ=
ent Brit car but at least we got him back! </div><div style=3D"f=
ont-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><br></di=
v><div style=3D"font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-siz=
e: 9pt;">And, the bat-a-gators are another chapter that involved an argumen=
t about whether his Bat or my Gator was male vs female. But seriously=
, think about it, have you ever seen a gator that looked female? Me n=
either and I've seen a bundle of 'em down here. Including the one tha=
t used to live in my pond, we named him Burt, after BS Levy.</div><br><bloc=
kquote style=3D"padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2=
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<br>From: fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com>
<br>Sent: Sep 27, 2019 10:30 AM
<br>To: grandwazoo@earthlink.net
<br>Cc: fot@Autox.Team.Net
<br>Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR
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<div> <font size=3D"2">I remember a dream I had of him in a batman suit, ha=
nging from the roof inside of his racecar trailer, down @ PBIR...</font></d=
iv>
<div><font size=3D"2">Strange dream.</font></div>
<div><font size=3D"2">Glen</font><br>
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From: Mike Jackson <grandwazoo@earthlink.net><br>
To: fubog1 <fubog1@aol.com><br>
Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 10:25 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR<br>
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<div>I just love that picture!</div>
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I'd have liked to tell either the Batman story from PBIR or the Bat-a=
-Gator one from Rd Atl or the "Circle of Truth" from PBIR but they all take=
much too much explanation.
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ckquote style=3D"padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:#0000ff 2px s=
olid;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-size:10=
pt;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:black;">-----Original Message-----
<br clear=3D"none">From: fubog1=20
<br clear=3D"none">Sent: Sep 27, 2019 7:41 AM
<br clear=3D"none">To: billdentin@aol.com, grandwazoo@earthlink.net, tr3a58=
dean@gmail.com, fot@autox.team.net
<br clear=3D"none">Cc: charlie106@att.net
<br clear=3D"none">Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GA=
TOR
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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 clear=3D"none">
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tyle=3D"margin:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt=3D"Kates & gator & T=
R.jpg" title=3D"Kates & gator & TR.jpg" src=3D"" width=3D"275"></di=
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From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br clear=3D"none">
To: grandwazoo <grandwazoo@earthlink.net>; tr3a58dean <tr3a58dean@=
gmail.com>; fot <fot@autox.team.net><br clear=3D"none">
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net><br clear=3D"none">
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 2:45 pm<br clear=3D"none">
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4<br clear=3D"none">
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<div>The infamous BAT vs GATOR race. </div>
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<div>I was there. I seen it. </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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--Original Message-----<br clear=3D"none">
From: Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br clear=3D"none">
To: Dean <tr3a58dean@gmail.com>; fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.tea=
m.net><br clear=3D"none">
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106@att.net><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. 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. We had been running literally door handle to door handle all week=
end long and having a great time at it. 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. 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". Sandy bit her lip and said nothing. 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. =
; </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. "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to hav=
e a flywheel on it!" His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to h=
ave a weight at least in two digits"...."It does! Eight point five"</=
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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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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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