[Fot] Road America brief report and video / pic links

[BillDentin at aol.com]

Amici...

Ah yes, we suspect my problem trying to pull out of our paddock (slight up 
hill on 'spring grass') was that the clutch froze to the flywheel, at least 
I could no longer get it into any gear. With five minutes to race time, I 
figured my goose was cooked, and I got back into street clothes.  Then there 
was an incident in the Race Group ahead of us, and our race was a good half 
hour late.  I should have fooled around with the issue, as eventually it went 
away.  Turning everything off, letting it cool down, and starting over 
seemed to be a fix.  At least we were running under our own power when we went 
to load it in the trailer.  We'll take a harder look at it in the shop.

As it turned out, I got to watch the race from corner five, and can verify 
the fun Tony was describing.  Tony was collecting Porsches all week end, and 
done us all proud.  Must also mention John Fridirici in his TR3A, who was 
all alone for most of the race, but as such it was easy to see what a smooth 
driver John is.  He looked really good coming through FIVE and up the hill 
to SIX.  John also ran the Enduro on Friday night, and clocked about 140 
miles in that race.

The fast MORGAN that passed Tony started well behind him.  That's Pat 
Starr, from Minnesota.  He is in his 70s, and driving the same old MORGAN he's 
been driving since the early 1960s.  He is a GREAT driver and used to own the 
Peyote.  Like Bill Babcock, Starr embarrassed a lot of people with the 
Peyote in vintage racing.

About the bottle of wine.  It is 14 1/2 liters, and nearly as tall as 
Shirley.  My wife and I have reached a point in life where we enjoy splitting a 
bottle of wine a couple of nights a week.  I think we're going to need seat 
belts for this one.

Bill Dentinger
  


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