Thanks for the update Michael
Any chance you can give us a race report tomorrow?
I'll also relay your report to the Australian Sprite Club email list - as
both Wendy Gibbs and Bruce Miles are member of the Sprite Club here in
Sydney.
Thanks again & best regards
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: <Awgertoo@aol.com>
To: <caahc@yahoogroups.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:05 AM
Subject: AUHC at Summit Point
> There were two qualifying runs for Healeys today and it was awesome
> seeing
> approximately thirty Healeys (mostly big with a few Sprites and one
> Silverstone) gridded up and running around the track at high speeds. I
> doubt there
> will ever be better opportunities to see so many well-prepared and
> well-driven
> Healeys in one place than we can at the AUHC.
>
> I do not have qualifying times but Paul Freestone and Tim Pyne (AUS) and
> Jeff Johnk (US) seemed to be running at the front of the pack in this
> afternoon's event. I can tell you that there was much spirited driving
> and the sites
> and sounds of so much Healey iron roaring around the circuit sure
> thrilled me!
>
>
> For those planning to be in attendance tomorrow be sure to ask for the $5
> discount when you come through the gate and if you're in your Healey
> please park
> at the Austin-Healey Corral set up just inside the entrance gate adjacent
> to
> the Carousel--turn left after entering the gate and look for the
> Austin-Healey sign. This space has been reserved for us by the friendly
> folks at Summit
> Point Raceways.
>
> There's a full day of racing (you can get the schedule on the Jefferson
> 500
> website) starting in the morning. The All-Healey race is scheduled to
> kick
> off at 1:30 PM tomorrow and remember that we will be having a drawing at
> the
> Corral for parking spots at the June 2 Australian Embassy reception
> photo-op
> in DC. Again, anyone at the track tomorrow in a Healey who is willing to
> commit to attending the photo-op at 5:30 PM is eligible to put his name
> in the
> hat--results will be announced at the track immediately following the
> AUHC race.
>
> In addition to the racers I saw Bob Brown of the Chicagoland club, Bruce
> Hurley, Charlie Baldwin and Del Borders of AHS&TC, Charley Braum of the
> Three
> Rivers AHC, Bill Emerson and Melody Cooke and Bill and Patty Nalley of
> the
> Capital Area AHC--I'm sure I have already forgotten some other folks.
>
> BTW Jim Smith of Bluechip racing and this list is out of tomorrow's event
> with a cracked block but will be at VIR in a few weeks.
>
> That's about it from here--weather forecast for tomorrow is good and I
> hope
> to see lots of you at the track. Feel free to walk down to the pit area
> and
> meet the racers--they're a great bunch of folks and extremely friendly and
> accessible.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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