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>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 23:18:35 +0000
>From: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: More United/Read a Letter, Maria
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>Reply-To: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>
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>A lot of people were thanked (and some weren't) for working on what I think
was
>the absolute best United I've been to, but two people were left from the
praise
>list, Maria and Dennis Knapek of Eureka.
>
>Eureka is not the sort of place you just stop by on the way home from work and
>get things done. It's a hour plane ride and a five-hour drive from the Bay
area.
>There had to have been a local contact to sort out autocross, auto show,
>accomodation issues.
>
>The funny thing is that one of the events, the major parts swap, was held at
>Knapeks automobile electric shop, and I had a feeling that he was also
>responsible for some of the logistical United stuff in Eureka., But when
talking
>to him at the auto show, he just admitted to doing a few local things for the
>event, downright modest about it. I had a hunch he did more, and Maria
confirmed
>it. Having been a small part of the '93 Burlington, Vermont TE/AE United
planning
>organization, I know the work involved to pull it off, and the Knapeks have my
>vote for their part in making the United just great fun.
>
>I would also like to thank those responsible for bringing their dusty Le
Mans race
>car that couldn't make the grade to Eureka so that we could see all three
>together. And thanks to Bo Cheadle for getting the Ken Miles Tiger
prototype up
>there, too. Sorry that he didn't make it up there himself.
>
>Rande Bellman
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