Loved the Post... and honestly I think it was a great weekend for British
cars... all of us seemed to have a great time.... doing our own thing...
and this damn List seemed to bring a few of us closer together....(neat
stuff)
Keith (who likes going sideways through the timing lights at Two bills...
hmmm)
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> From: Peter C. <nosimport@mailbag.com>
> To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net; team-thicko@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Road America long reply
> Date: Monday, September 27, 1999 12:39 PM
>
> At your requests....
> A truly beautiful fall day Saturday, a Chamber of Commerce day. Made
more
> beautiful not by the chirping of birds, but rather that of tires leaving
> the pits, or climbing the hill after turn 5. The smell of autumn
comingling
> with the sweet castor bean smoke and the brat grills. My senses were
> overwhelmed by the sight of the variety of cars... Volvo Amazons, Renault
> Alpines, Saab Sonetts, MGs, Healeys, Triumphs, modern and very vintage
both
> in the paddock and the park. Oustanding. And the sounds of heavy iron
> rumbling past throbbing at my chest and high reving screamers tearing at
my
> ears, and all the octaves in between was exhilerating. I had my 10 year
old
> daughter with me. It was her first race and mine for a very long time.
She
> loved it. She loved seeing the Healeys like the one her Daddy is building
> for her (I had better hurry). She was very tolerant of me wanting to chat
> about the cars we saw. A good sign, though the pressure to continue work
on
> the 100-4 has been turned up.
> Then there was "the ride". Gar took Frank, Ron, and me (separately) out
> for a few laps. We each think he was faster with US in the car. I was a
tad
> nervous at first and didn't notice anything, second lap was terrific. Its
> amazing how your senses can adapt to 200 MPH (that WAS how fast we were
> going, wasn't it?). After several beers and a brat my pulse returned to
> normal. Those brats help. We sat on the hill enjoying the warm sun and
> watching the afternoon qualifying while chatting and meeting folks and
> comparing cars. My daughter thought it time to leave after six hours
which
> was longer than I'd expected she'd bear it. But it wasn't a question of
her
> tolerating, she honestly enjoyed herself, but she wanted to get home
before
> dark.
> To those I had the pleasure to meet, thank you. It was good to put faces
> to names. Thanks to Thickos for the hospitality and esp. Gar for the
ride.
> It was great to meet Frank and Dave. A wonderful day that'll be memories
> for a long time.
> I gotta go. Peter C
> sorry for the long post.
> ---
> At 02:04 PM 9/27/1999 , you wrote:
> >So, spill!
> >
> >At 10:51 AM -0400 9/27/99, Peter C. wrote:
> >> Ron, Frank, Dave, Flounder, Bob, and GARY,
> >>
> >> WOW
> >> (details on request)
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Peter
>
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