John,
The MidWestern racers figured this out, not Westerners. The existing race
schedules for the Eastern tracks support a limited time frame and less
travel expenses for the Aussies. Non Western tracks and organizations also
seem to be more accessible to low key "fun" events like this. I would like
to take a poll of West Coast Healey Clubs (as well as East) as to the level
of interest in vintage racing. I think it is pretty low.
Another possible contributor - With the "improvements" at Laguna Seca and
Sears Point entry fees have probably risen substantially and the Aussie
dollar is still weak.
Ken Freese
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John Soderling
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:48 PM
To: Healey List
Subject: Australia's off Our East Coast???
I noticed in the August issue of "Healey Marque" an announcement about a
2005
Australia-U.S. Healey Challenge. Sounds exciting except all of the venues
are
on the Midwest, east coast and Canada, and the awards banquet takes place at
the AHCA Conclave banquet in Winston-Salem, N.C.
If you ship cars in from Australia, wouldn't they logically land on the west
coast? Where were the west coast Healey racing enthusiasts? Where were our
west coast vintage racing clubs? Our west coast Healey Clubs? What about
Portland International Raceway, Infineon/Sears Point, Thunderhill, Laguna
Seca, Willow Springs, and the Rocky Mountain, Southern Cal & Arizona tracks?
Was everyone on the west coast sleeping when this Healey Challenge was being
put together?
Vrooom vrooom,
John
Walnut Creek, CA
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