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Re: Larry Dennis

To: billsohl@mailhost2.planet.net, fot@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re: Larry Dennis
From: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:06:04 -0800
Some of y'all might recall that when the Miata came out, it was 
excluded from EP. There was a round of letter writing to the board,
asking, essentially, "they're invoking the memory of the cars that
are in EP while advertising this car, why not race against them?"

The answer that leaked out was the Mazda didn't want the car in EP,
because a) they didn't want to take a chance on getting beaten and b)
they didn't want to get too close to the realities of unreliability
of old British sports cars ... just invoke the romanticized memories.

It's no surprise to me that the participation in SCCA is driven
by current factory sponsor money. Nor should it be to you. The SCCA
is a "Club" in name only - ask any club member.

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