Photos and report are posted at http://www.svra.com
Bob H.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles F. Christ <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:08 PM
Subject: SVRA blue / gray at summit point
>well since no one has sent any reports yet i'll jump in and say except for
>the short period of rain saturday morning the weekend was great! once
>again i was the official greeter of all of group 1 and at times EVRYONE in
>group 3 too! i'm getting rather good at determining diferential of speed
>in my mirrors. as hard as i could push the old saab a 1.55 was the best
>lap time i could muster. and flog it silly i did! in sunday morning's
warm
>up i had a minor agricultural experience but other than that it was a great
>weekend of racing. i find it funny that while strapped in the car i can
>stick my right hand out the right window to point by fellow competitors and
>even encourage a few (ask chris gross.) on their overtaking me. the old
>saab ran well...or at least as well as it could be expected. i wish i
>could say that for peter dunn's morgan. tonight we are extracting the
>engine to see why it siezed. what ever it is, it was with nasty results as
>coolant is in the oil! never a good sign! so preperation for VIR begins
>with extracting peter's engine and moth balling the old saab untill the end
>of the month!
>as for the blue gray at summit point? personally i had a great time! i
>missed the group party being unavoidably detained at an establishment in
>shepherdstown....lol! you guys were probably throwing darts at a picture
of
>a saab in the trailer ...lol! i saw numerous fellow group 1 competitors
>sidelined during the weekend with various problems. i wish them all a
>speedy mechanical recovery and hope to "greet" them at VIR .
>
>chuck
>oarnge saab #25 (SVRA#251)
>doug? you are in charge of the official report ...ok?
>btw! during the blue gray and the mixed group practice i did my best to
>watch my mirrors to stay out of trouble with the group 3 guys! chuck,
>peter? umm yer not too offended by the moving oarnge safety cone......are
>ya? .....c.
>
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