Thanks for going out to cheer on the contingent. I am located in Ottawa,
Canada, and was at the departure on July 1. Quite a spectacle!
Cheers,
Steve MacSween
woof@ott.hookup.net
currently still in the grasp
of my volvo, but I'm looking...
>A few members of the Texas MG Register caravaned to Waxahachie, Texas this
>morning to encourage the lone LBC entered in the Great American Race. Andrew
>Paternall, driver, and Tim Bayley, navigator, arrived in Dallas, Texas
>yesterday afternoon where they overnighted before resuming the race in their
>1939 M.G. TB. The M.G. was at that time running 2nd place in their class on
>the journey from Ottawa, Canada to Mexico City.
>
>Upon arriving in Waxahachie the two immediately ran from their car to the
>group of MGs awaiting them, anxious to see the club cars and talk M.G.. This
>grueling trip has not diminished their enthusiasm for MGs the slightest bit.
> Club members drove a '35 PA, 54&55 TFs, and a TR3B(?) to Waxahachie.
>
>In Waxahachie the Texas M.G. Register presented Andrew and Tim with TMGR
>embroidered shirts and caps. Some members of the club met the M.G. racers in
>Dallas Saturday evening where they presented the two with lapel pins
>resembling miniature Texas M.G. Register car badges.
>
>The M.G. was one of the featured cars being filmed by a crew from ESPN. The
>M.G. faces its hottest part of the trip the next two days through Texas where
>temperatures are expected to be near 100 degrees.
>
>The Great American Race has been run by an M.G. 18/80 and a J2 in years past
>but this could be the first time an M.G. could win the race if all goes well
>for Andrew and Tim.
>
>Mark Dement
>'35 PA
>'59 MGA
woof@ott.hookup.net
Steve MacSween
1984 760 Turbo
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