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Re: SVRA blue / gray at summit point

To: "Charles F. Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>,
Subject: Re: SVRA blue / gray at summit point
From: "R. Harrington" <rharring@idirect.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:35:32 -0400
Photos and report are posted at http://www.svra.com
Bob H.
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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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