Brandon (who is probably 13 this year). Brandon thinks the TR is the
coolest car in the race!
Maybe there is still hope for a young generation taking up the cause for
old cars!
Bill
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:53:30 EDT BRITPAC@aol.com writes:
> Once he found someone with whom
> he could rallye, marriage would be easy by comparison.
>
> Bill, that's one reason Great Race has a separate (money) prize for
> best
> husband/wife team. Not everyone can do it! I'm fortunate Janet is
> really good
> at this, and she likes it. Few TR club people are excited about TSD
> rallying
> anymore, but we're hoping to change that. How may wives/girlfriends
> go to a
> TR club deal, only to stand on the sidelines while the menfolk bench
> race?
> Here she is an equal partner, and can relate to the other teams
> directly. We
> do have our moments, especially if I don't do EXACTLY what she tells
> me! On
> any given year there are only 4 or 5 husband/wife teams, and we
> narrowly
> missed it last year.
>
> Most teams are made up of folks from different parts of the country,
> not
> friends that see each other every day. I also understand brothers
> make pretty
> good teams, as they know they have to make up at some point. The
> Fredette
> brothers in their '34 Ford pickup almost beat us last year,
> overcoming their
> Parkinson's.
>
> Corky Coker (of Coker Tire) runs with his son Brandon (who is
> probably 13
> this year). Brandon thinks the TR is the coolest car in the race!
> There are a
> few father/sor or daughter teams running. At least one sibling is
> competing
> against dad!
>
> One team last year got so flustered with each other they just went
> home, not
> telling anyone. They disappeared! Another two guys yelled at each
> other at
> night in the hotel so loudly we thought murder was imminent. They
> were doing
> badly, and the navigator finally abandoned the driver. One of the
> high school
> X-cup girls jumped in and suddenly his scores were much better! They
> finished
> up doing just fine. Perhaps total strangers take more care with each
> other...
>
> One guy from a Packard club searched high and low for a navigator;
> that club
> is getting so grey, health was a factor.
>
> One of the most interesting teams are the two guys racing the WW2
> Jeep. They
> were army buddies in WW2, both captured in the Battle of the Bulge,
> lost
> track of each other for 35 years, then hooked up at a battalion
> reunion. They
> ran last year but broke down late in the race when the drain plug
> fell out of
> the transfer case. They are back this year: I hope I can have that
> much fun
> in my 70's!
>
> Lots of great stories in GR. If you can make it, be sure to allow
> plenty of
> time to meet the racers.
>
> Steve & Janet Hedke
> 1957 TR3 "Team Scrappy"
> Great Race #45
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