Yeah, but it is Iowa and the Saturday night bath is a long standing
tradition. Old folks have old habits.
I guess maybe this means you dont want me on your Le Mans Crew anymore,
eh?
> ----------
> From: Wm. Severin Thompson[SMTP:wsthompson@thicko.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 1:20 PM
> To: Alexander Joseph H
> Cc: Wrtr@aol.com; mra@sympatico.ca; vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Bugeye Sprites w/ 1275cc at SVRA
>
> Joe,
>
> Concerning the tattoo... I think you need to be bathing more often
> than
> every other leap year...
>
> WST
>
>
> Alexander Joseph H wrote:
>
> > I heard you were actually really fast at Road America from the
> onset,
> > but kept stopping to get a Johnsonville Brat.
> >
> > It was either that or you kept getting lost and had to stop for
> > directions.
> >
> > Although, I think I have a picture somewhere of a Brat being thrown
> > over
> > the fence to you.
> >
> > BTW, my Team Thicko Tattoo just wore off last Saturday night. Have
> you
> >
> > got anymore?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Wm. Severin Thompson[SMTP:wsthompson@thicko.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 5:53 PM
> > > To: Wrtr@aol.com
> > > Cc: mra@sympatico.ca; vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
> > > Subject: Re: Bugeye Sprites w/ 1275cc at SVRA
> > >
> > > To all,
> > >
> > > When I first ran my time capsule Stage V Sprite in vintage racing
> 5
> > > years ago, it ran exactly as run in 1961.
> > >
> > > Many races I couldn't keep up on the pace lap. Sad to hit the
> start
> > > line
> > > at Road America while the leaders are already in turn 5....
> > >
> > > That car ran 3:42s there. My current 948 MKII Sprite which has
> been
> > > consistantly the most legal car in the organizations I race with
> > > including VSCDA, SVRA, and CHR, runs 3:02. It's legal, but they
> > didn't
> > > look or run like that in '62.
> > >
> > > WST
> > > Team Thicko
> > >
> > > WST
> > >
> > >
> > > Wrtr@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Mike;
> > > >
> > > > <Snip> Off and on I have been doing this for 16 years and,
> > > > after a time in the beginning trying too hard to modify my cars
> to
> >
> > > > make them
> > > > go fast, I have learned to do a bunch of research, find out what
> > the
> > > > car
> > > > would have been like in the years it was built, and prepare it
> > that
> > > > way. It
> > > > means drum brakes and skinny street tires and lever shocks and
> it
> > > > means I run
> > > > around the track in the back half of the grid, frustrated
> > sometimes
> > > at
> > > > the
> > > > guys who park in the corners after rocketing by me on the
> > straights.
> > > > But at
> > > > the end of the day, I've always had fun and that's really why we
> > do
> > > > this.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin Clemens
> > > > 1952 MG TD
> > > > 1927 Chrysler Model 70 (A new project for VSCDA Group One!!!)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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