You're right, it was 1976, in the combo C something Ladies class. The next
three were in D Prepared. I have a reference book, Rocky Entriken's volume
that lists everyone who ever entered at the nationals to help me remember.
Thanks anyway, Katie. :)
--Pat K
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>From: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>
>To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>, "Rich Urschel" <OSP13@attglobal.net>,
"Anthony Tabacco" <atabacco@california.com>
>Cc: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Who spoiled it for modern Lotuses
>Date: Wed, Apr 10, 2002, 2:29 PM
>
> Uh, Mom, you won your first championship in the 70s, I think, not that I
> remember that well. It's last one was in '87, which I do remember well. It
> literally blew away the field. No one was close.
>
> Anyway, let me know if you need help remembering things that I barely do.
>
> Katie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Kelly [mailto:lollipop487@attbi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:58 PM
> To: Rich Urschel; Anthony Tabacco
> Cc: John F. Kelly Jr.; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Who spoiled it for modern Lotuses
>
>
> I should apologize? For running a very old car? Even when it won its first
> championship, somewhere in the mid-80s, it was 20 plus years old. :)
> Sheesh, it's always our fault. :)
> And, yes, Colin promised he would sell more in one year than he did when he
> first had the 7 homologated for SCCA racing in the early 60s.
> --Pat K
>
> ----------
>>From: Rich Urschel <OSP13@attglobal.net>
>>To: Anthony Tabacco <atabacco@california.com>
>>Cc: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, ba-autox@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Who spoiled it for modern Lotuses
>>Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2002, 8:47 PM
>>
>
>> Anthony Tabacco wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Did poor Colin do something to those folks or what?
>>
>> His early cars and their derivatives have won between
>> 1 and 5 Solo2 National Titles for each of the last 30 years.
>> This generated so much sustained complaining about rare
>> cars dominating classes that no one dared classify a
>> modern Lotus in a class it could win.
>>
>> Rich Urschel
>>
>> Ps. I had absolutely nothing to do with this, but amongst others,
>> all three of the Kelly's did.
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