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From: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Reply-To: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 07:24:36 -0700
>It's eye candy, eye candy, eye candy as far as you can see. Adult toy show
>of the automotive variety with a bit of skin tossed in, mostly around the
>tire and import tuner displays. I bought "50 Years of Rod & Custom" and
>"Hot Rod Chronicle" in the book section. Groaned for the rest of the day at
>my stupidity for buying heavy books I had to lug around ... but they're both
>fun browsing now I'm home.
>
>The celebrity watching was fun. Lots of faces to go with names you know
>like Wally Parks who spoke at a breakfast that was open to all attendees.
>We opted for breakfast at our hotel's buffet with Dale Pulju and Larry
>(Mayf) Mayfield. Their company was great if the star quality wasn't quite
>the same. Nice of them to get up early and travel in from Pahrump for the
>occasion. I saw Andretti and Petty signing autographs. Thom Taylor signing
>his book. Many other "names" just crusin'' the show on tired feet from all
>the miles of walking you really want to do because there's something neat
>around every divider.
>
>If you can arrange to go to the show you really should. Next year it's Nov.
>1-4. Early registration is $10. You need a business card showing an
>automotive connection, (another $10 from Vista Print for 250, your own
>racing team's name), and ID to show you are who you claimed to be when you
>pick up your credentials/badge and holder. One guy I went with would find
>some young, well endowed thing, slip the lanyard from his badge holder into
>a pocket and get her to put a new one around his neck as he sniffed her
>perfume.
All right Wes:
And I thought you were absent from the USFRA mtg because of a BYU BB
game!!Sounds like another "trip" to Sin City" all in the name of automotive
research!LOl Well for you guys near Indianapolis, don't miss the Annual PRI
Show,Performance Racing Industry trade Show. Same as SEMA,must have Industry
credentials. Its Dec 9-11, 2004.At the Convention Ctr. Moves to Orlando for
more space in 2005. Go to :
http://www.performanceracing.com/content/?id=2659
Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah
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