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RE: Australia's off Our East Coast???

To: "Freese, Ken" <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com>,
Subject: RE: Australia's off Our East Coast???
From: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
Ken -

Aussie dollar's been strong now for the last 12
months.  1AUD = .71 USD.  Near all time highs.  Maybe
should charge our Aussie friends higher prices or make
them buy the beer!

Cheers,

Alan

'53 BN1 '64 BJ8

--- "Freese, Ken" <Ken.Freese@Aerojet.com> wrote:

> 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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