Ken -
Aussie dollar's been strong now for the last 12
months. 1AUD = .71 USD. Near all time highs. Maybe
should charge our Aussie friends higher prices or make
them buy the beer!
Cheers,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- "Freese, Ken" <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com> wrote:
> John,
> The MidWestern racers figured this out, not
> Westerners. The existing race
> schedules for the Eastern tracks support a limited
> time frame and less
> travel expenses for the Aussies. Non Western tracks
> and organizations also
> seem to be more accessible to low key "fun" events
> like this. I would like
> to take a poll of West Coast Healey Clubs (as well
> as East) as to the level
> of interest in vintage racing. I think it is pretty
> low.
> Another possible contributor - With the
> "improvements" at Laguna Seca and
> Sears Point entry fees have probably risen
> substantially and the Aussie
> dollar is still weak.
> Ken Freese
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> John Soderling
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:48 PM
> To: Healey List
> Subject: Australia's off Our East Coast???
>
>
> I noticed in the August issue of "Healey Marque" an
> announcement about a
> 2005
> Australia-U.S. Healey Challenge. Sounds exciting
> except all of the venues
> are
> on the Midwest, east coast and Canada, and the
> awards banquet takes place at
> the AHCA Conclave banquet in Winston-Salem, N.C.
>
> If you ship cars in from Australia, wouldn't they
> logically land on the west
> coast? Where were the west coast Healey racing
> enthusiasts? Where were our
> west coast vintage racing clubs? Our west coast
> Healey Clubs? What about
> Portland International Raceway, Infineon/Sears
> Point, Thunderhill, Laguna
> Seca, Willow Springs, and the Rocky Mountain,
> Southern Cal & Arizona tracks?
> Was everyone on the west coast sleeping when this
> Healey Challenge was being
> put together?
>
> Vrooom vrooom,
> John
> Walnut Creek, CA
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