> Bill
> Your car is not pretty and I don't think I'm hurting
> your feelings by saying so. It's a tool that has served you well for many
> long years. Every scare should be shown as a badge with pride. And you
> don't have to apologize for it. I hope I never hear of you stripping it
> down to make it a Concourse show piece. It was a thrill to see you pull in
> at Nelsons Ledges to run a SCCA National with us this summer. I looked
over
> your car and can only hope I can hang on to mine for as long.
>
> David W.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
> To: <greenman62@hotmail.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Mid-Ohio-Race length for MG/TR Challenge in '99
>
>
> > In a message dated 12/20/00 7:09:07 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > greenman62@hotmail.com writes:
> >
> > << The middle of the country may be great for those of us who travel to
> get
> > there but, if the facility that is decided on is stuck in the middle of
> > nowhere and a relatively long drive for the organizers to get to,
wouldn't
> > that put a crimp in planning? >>
> >
> > <<Mid-Ohio-Race length for MG/TR Challenge >>
> >
> > I will vote for this track. It is close enough to me that I even race
> there
> > occasionally. I am not sure that my car would be acceptable. Maybe it
> would
> > be if I replaced the slick tires. Also, if it has to look too pretty,
> that
> > is another problem. I am sure that most of the well-prepared FOTer cars
> will
> > go faster than my car. I am still from the old school, being able to
> > participate has always been more important to me than winning.
Attendance
> > and participation in my opinion are more important than evenly matched
> cars.
> >
> > Seriously, distance is a problem, which severely limits the number of
> tracks
> > where I participate; but there is one other point to consider: picking a
> > location where the migration instinct of the car birds has already been
> > established. Racers flock to Mid-Ohio every year to the SCCA Valvolene
> > Runoffs from all over the US.
> >
> > Another two peso thought.
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