Well, at last year's BRIC, the race organizers were not to blame. just
dumbass drivers. As we paraded to the town for the concours in our race
cars, and even after one Mclaren had lost it, swerved off the road, and
ended upside down in a creek, where they had to rescued. other McLarens were
still doing burnouts on the crowd lined street. It was stupid. Something
like what happened in TN could have easily happened here.
From: N Smith [mailto:ngsmith101@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:39 PM
To: Carl McLelland; Wm. Severin Thompson; vintage-race@autox.team.net;
'Team-Thicko@Autox.Team.Net'
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] could have been at the BRIC
I have not seen that drag racing accident story. That is not only is tragic
but totally irresponsible on the promoters part. My sympathies go out to the
families of the people affected by this. There will no doubt be justifiable
lawsuits to follow.
Nick
Carl McLelland <carlynneracing@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Just the opposite occurred at the 'parade' before the HMSA Reno (Nevada)
Historic Races in May. Approx. 35 race cars assembled at the National Auto
Museum on Wednesday, May 2nd. Reno Police Dept. was 'supposed to' have
blocked
all the intersections for the seven or eight block parade from the museum to
Virginia Street where the cars were on display for three hours, then escort
us
back to the museum to load.
For the parade 'to' Virginia Street we averaged about 5 miles per hour with
stops every fifty feet or so. I was in my Lotus 61, directly behind me was a
McLaren M10A F5000 and he was followed by a Gurney Eagle/Weslake F1 car. I
would rather imagine they had some serious clutch overheating before we
arrived. (Don't know about the others, but we three were getting pretty hot
in
the clutch department).
About fifteen minutes before we were supposed to head back it started
raining.
Oh well, 'real' race cars race in the rain.... The problem: it was dark, and
the side streets Reno PD led us on were equally dark! I don't know how the
others handled it, but I damaged my skid plate when I dropped a wheel in one
of Reno's "infamous pot holes".
No problems with HMSA or the National Auto Museum... but Reno PD needs to
work
on their routine before next years parade.
Carl Lotus 61 FF
http://www.renohistorics.com/
Subject: [Vintage-race] could have been at the BRIC
Last year during the parade to town, the McLarens were doing burnouts, and
the one guy ended up upside down in the ditch.
Check this sad story out.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19267840/
Wm. Severin Thompson
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