Outstanding - wish I was there .. Good luck.
Remember to win you have to finish......
Robert N. Blair 65 Yellow BJ8 rnbmail@yahoo.com
--- On Sun, 9/14/08, awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com> wrote:
> From: awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Targa Newfoundland--Prologue
> To: healeys@autox.team.net, caahc@yahoogroups.com, tourv@erols.com,
Orbittor@aol.com, soritt@earthlink.net, meredith.oritt@wolfgangpuck.com,
pvaurochs@gmail.com
> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 1:16 PM
> Today (Sunday)?was the first day of running, actually called
> the "Prologue", an opportunity?to shake down both
> the cars and teams.
>
> Michael Salter (driver) and I (navigator)?departed St.
> John's late morning and ran four
> "Transits"?(on open public roads at legal speeds,
> etc.) which?connected together three Targa stages (on
> roads?closed to the public at high speeds). for a total of
> around 75 km.
>
> The Healey (a heavily modified pre-production 100 bearing
> the designation ANX 12, which I shall hereafter?refer to
> as?"12") performed faultlessly.? Some of you
> remember that during last year's Targa we were plagued
> with rear axle and suspension problems and the modifications
> to?both that Michael?made?since?then?seem to have made a
> difference as we were not bottoming out in any of the
> compressions (rear potholes) for which Newfoundland is
> famous.??Driver and navigator seem to be communicating?well
> (though I did?transpose one instruction) and we stayed both
> on course and on time.
>
> Today was merely?practice and tomorrow we start the Targa
> in earnest during which?times, speeds, etc.are for real.?
> We're on the road for the week making overnight stops?in
> Gander,?Clarenville and?Marystown before our return to Saint
> John's and the event's conclusion on Friday.? Only a
> couple thousand km's to go!
>
> I'll try to post some email notes as time and internet
> access (both often?limited) allow.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt?
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