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Re: Appreciate Those Flaggers!!

To: "Vintage Race Net" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Appreciate Those Flaggers!!
From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:25:02 -0500
I developed total dedicated admiration for flaggers one day long ago at an
SCCA race at Mansfield, Lousiana.  Toward the end of a long race I was
running 2nd or 3rd in the formula vee race but we were all strung out and
the car ahead of me was 300 yards up the track.   I was in a fast sweeping
turn and I noticed all the flaggers from two corners running together and
they seemed to be dancing and hugging each other!  What the 'ell!   After
the race, I found out that a flimsy communications wire pole had broken and
the wire was dangling about neck-high across the track as I arrived.  The
workers converged on the pole and held the wire up 'til the field got by . .
I bought a lot of beer that night!





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