-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Solow <Gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com>
To: Cris Vandagriff <hmsa@email.msn.com>; Jhalfdime@aol.com
<Jhalfdime@aol.com>; simon@mondes.com <simon@mondes.com>;
vintage-race@autox.team.net <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Cc: morgans@autox.team.net <morgans@autox.team.net>;
amicitriumphi@autox.team.net <amicitriumphi@autox.team.net>;
friendsoftriumph@autox.team.net <friendsoftriumph@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: Monterey Landmark Question
>I sure had a great time at the Historics!.. Our race group was well
matched,
>(283 Corvettes, Porsches, Morgans, Alfas, MG As, etc).
>It was also a Morgan Celebration with a Special Diner with Peter Morgan.
It
>was a shame he couldn't be at the race track on Sunday to see Richard
>Freshman in Baby Doll IV take 1'st overall in group 3B !
>There was a big Morgan owner turnout on Saturday to see the SLRs race, and
>Bill Fink in his red car and Adrian Van Der Kroft
>in his polished alloy car dueled throughout the whole race, swaping
>positions a number of times. Unfortunatly the television coverage was only
>of the lead cars and I don't think that either of the SLRs got more than a
>1/4 second flash onto the screen with no mention of them by the anouncers.
> Speedvision gave Richard great coverage and Malcom Cox recieved lots of
>good exposure as the "in car camera car" but no one else got much coverage
>at all in race 3B, the race that I was in. I had a serious duel with
Brian
>Howlet in another Morgan who passed me under braking on the inside line
into
>the corkscrew with his right front tire locked up and smoking! At least
>that should have been on TV! I later was able to get back by him in a less
>dramatic fashion when he was held up momentarily as we were lapping slower
>cars. This was only after he had shut the door on me two times as I tried
>to get inside him at turn one and again at the apex of turn two. There was
>no quarter given ! I had to get on the binders HARD to avoid hitting his
>car at least two times. I finally got clear and was catching the Corvette
>in 6'th place as the race ended. Another lap or two and I would have had
>him. Don't let anyone tell you this isn't racing! It certainly is. The
>only differences from "modern racing " are the car preperation rules and
>not considering the car as a tool to win at all costs. NO BODY CONTACT
>ALLOWED and NO BODY DAMAGE ALLOWED are the rules that I consider
>paramount..
> After watching the TV coverage on Speedvision of the British Touring
Car
>Championship races, which is GREAT on most Saturday mornings, I was hoping
>the TV coverage of this event would be similar. Fat Chance. Boy was I
>disapointed. I think there needs to be a change of producers. With all of
>the cameras distributted around the track, I expected coverage of every
good
>dice within each field. What a shame it didn't happen that way. Well it
>least it is a start as far as ?Vintage Race coverage goes.
> Regards, Greg Solow
>-Original Message-----
>From: Cris Vandagriff <hmsa@email.msn.com>
>To: Jhalfdime@aol.com <Jhalfdime@aol.com>; simon@mondes.com
><simon@mondes.com>; vintage-race@autox.team.net
><vintage-race@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 8:30 PM
>Subject: Re: Monterey Landmark Question
>
>
>>For the Historics the banner on the Bridge was changed to Michelin, one of
>>the event sponsors. Normally its a Honda Bridge! The bridge was
constructed
>>at the time of the new vender island construction.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jhalfdime@aol.com <Jhalfdime@aol.com>
>>To: simon@mondes.com <simon@mondes.com>; vintage-race@autox.team.net
>><vintage-race@autox.team.net>
>>Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 3:01 PM
>>Subject: Re: Monterey Landmark Question
>>
>>
>>>Doesn't the bridge read "Michelin" now?
>>>Cheers,
>>> Jim Nichol
>>>
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