In a message dated 06/26/2007 8:47:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
spitfiresuz@141.com writes:
> This was posted on the CVAR group on Yahoo. For those of you who have
> been to Hallett, you will remember Mike (general manager and then owner
> of the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit) as being very involved, genuinely
> caring and with an absolute love of the sport. I was scheduled for
> driver's school with his sons (who ran it) in 1998 or so, and they
> missed putting me on the schedule somehow, so they went to do something
> else that weekend. Mike gave me a one-on-one driver school, showing me
> the Spitfire lines around the track (he was an ex-Spit racer) in his
> Chevy-powered Jag, then letting me drive the beast. He would check in
> on me over the weekend and see how I was doing, and give me tips and
> pointers. He always came to say hi when we were at the track, if I
> didn't get to him first. I will miss him.
>
Susan...
Sad indeed. Only been to HALLETT once, but that was enough to make me aware
that they sat on the Top Shelf of the club courses I've raced at. They earned
that position because of the 'we're all family' atmosphere they have. I have
never felt more welcome than I did at HALLET. I live an hour and one half
from ROAD AMERICA, and race there at least three times per year. Of course,
it's great. I also make MID-OHIO and WATKINS GLEN each year. All super
circuits. But there is a different, connected feeling one gets racing at the
smaller,
club venues like BLACKHAWK, GRATTAN, HALLETT and so on. It comes from the
people who own and run them, like Mike, his family, and their hands-on style.
May he Rest in Peace, and may his family carry on.
Bill Dentinger
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