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SVRA blue/gray at summit point

To: "vintage-race" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: SVRA blue/gray at summit point
From: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:06:12 -0400
it was a great event!   i saw many of my old friends wandering around, and
out on course!  (i was doing the wandering out on course!)
i had a great enduro for the blue gray race!   after my pit stop i lost my
brakes and decided that in the old days they ran with no brakes .....so i
finished the event using the emergency brake.    i figured i was doing
pretty horribly out there and hank giffin shows me the results from the race
and i was not dead last!  and to boot i was turning laps under 2 minutes!
i do apologise for getting in the way of the group 3 guys who were running
blisteringly fast compared to my times!  i did my best to watch my mirrors
and point evryone by when i saw a safe passing opertunity.   (if you guys
passed me any faster i'd be left spinning like a top in a cartoon!  LOL!)
the brake loss was a pin hole in a hard line that was no older than 3 years
old!  thanks to peter and cindy bauer for their graciously giving me a piece
of tubing and their flaring tool!  (once again reassuring my faith in
comradery amongst competitors!)  i missed saturday morning's first outing
but by noon i was up and running again! (with brakes)
once again the orange 1960 saab did what it has done in the past, rol loff
,run and drive back on the trailer!   i had a great race chasing bill
harding in his fiat 850 spyder!   that was incredible fun!    the weather
was acomodating and rather nice!   the on course courtesy was just as nice!
i personally had a great time and hope evryone else had the same experience
i had on course.
i'm looking forward to VIR in 2 weeks!    i'l lbe there to do my duties of
pest controll out on course (if you have passed me you understand the
importance of of 2 stroke race cars at these events!  to kill and chase away
all flying insects! LOL!)

i'll see evryone in 2 weeks for the season finale!
chuck.
"that darn orange saab"




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