Mark J. Bradakis has had a lifelong interest in British cars. After he
bought his first Triumph, a GT6+, he got involved pretty heavily into
the marque. He was involved in the early days of The British Motor Club
of Utah, putting out their monthly newsletter. He got involved in the
Utah region of the SCCA, also editing their newsletter and serving a
term as road race director. An active autocrosser, he was instrumental
in the Vintage Triumph Registerâ??s Autocross Advisory Board, laying down
the first real set of rules for the national conventionâ??s autocross
event. Mark ran Intermountain Vintage Racing for a few years, trying to
bring road racing back into Utah.
But Markâ??s real claim to fame is Team Net. In the 1980s there was
USENET, which consisted of many different discussion groups covering a
wide range of topics. Not all of them were about computers. There was
a rec.autos subset of groups. Sprung from the USENET groups was a
British cars email list, run by Dale Cook. It was taken over by Jim
Muller, who handed the reins to Mark in the late 1980s. In April of 1991
autox.team.net hit the airwaves. It started as two lists, autox and
british-cars. At the time it was the only game in town, becoming quite
a success. Eventually it grew to over 70 different lists and sublists,
as of this writing there are about 30 left. As the internet grew, so
did competition from many other specialty web sites, forums and such.
But thousands of stalwart supporters of Team.Net remain, and Mark
continues to keep the spirit alive, and the bits flowing freely.
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