Outstanding Michael - keep up the focus and have fun doing it.
Great job done to you both and the backup folks.
A mini Mille Miglia indeed......
Robert N. Blair 65 Yellow BJ8 rnbmail@yahoo.com
--- On Wed, 9/17/08, awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com> wrote:
> From: awgertoo@aol.com <awgertoo@aol.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Targa Newfoundland--Leg 3
> To: Orbittor@aol.com, soritt@earthlink.net, meredith.oritt@wolfgangpuck.com,
healeys@autox.team.net, caahc@yahoogroups.com, tourv@erols.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:23 PM
> As I expected Michael and Brian came up with a fix last
> night and we were ready to go in the morning.? Though?male
> rod ends were not available two females were and by simply
> cutting some 5/8" bolts to length we were good to
> go--this probably a great reason to use female rod ends in
> the first place!
>
> In any case we ran all sections today with no incidents,
> made either Targa or trophy times in all and
> tonight?the?support team is trying to chase down a problem
> in the Brantz Rallye timer which causes it to reset
> intermittently.? This is a serious problem in that I call
> instructions for the next corner, etc. to?Michael based upon
> the distance to it out of the route book and I get all my
> info off the Brantz.? When it failed during the seventh
> Targa stage?we were forced to estimate distances between
> instructions?and this makes it just that more difficult for
> Michael to maintain the high?velocities demanded as he
> cannot then drive right up to the turn, etc. at speed.?
> Nevertheless we persevered successfully!
>
> This will be AHX 12's fourth Targa Newfoundland.? In
> 2003 and 2004 owner Blair Harber and Michael successfully
> completed this event, then last year I?filled in
> as?navigator and again this year.? As a Healey
> enthusiast/owner it is?an incredible thrill to?sit in a 1953
> 100 and feel/see/hear it hurtling up, down and around the
> rough and twisty roads of rural Newfoundland.??There are
> faster cars than?us for sure, but none older and lower
> and?it is great to be a part of overcoming these
> challenges.? My hat goes off to Blair and Michael for
> fielding such an incredible vehicle.
>
> We have two days left--we're now in Clarenville,
> tomorrow we run down to Marystown and then back into Saint
> Johns end of day Friday.? More as it happens.? BtW there are
> probably pictures up on the Targa Newfoundland website and I
> know there are already?video clips posted on
> YouTube--probably some footage of us going by!
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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