[Fot] need 2nd for Spitfire racer

[Bruce Stutzman]

I'm in for Donny.
Bruce

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net
> wrote:

> In a message dated 03/28/2015 6:41:37 AM Central Standard Time,
> fot at autox.team.net writes:
>
>
> Donny Sopp of Homer, NY has been racing his Spitfire *(and picking up the
> parts falling off it) *for well over the past 24 years usually with me at
> events at Watkins Glen; Mid-Ohio; Summit Point; Shannonville, CA; and
> Mosport, CA. He is known for his innate ability to extract  magical
> extended life and service from parts others might discard.
>
>
>
> Russ...
>
> Shannonville.  Wow!  There's a Blast from the Past.
>
> I ran Shannonville once, many, many years ago.  Maybe it has changed, but
> back then it was very blue collar, and the only track I can think of where
> you can pretty much see the entire circuit sitting in the grandstand.
>
> Two things stick in my mind.  One that this is the only circuit I ever ran
> where there were side by side straights which gave the illusion that
> traffic was coming back straight at you.  No one warned me.  The first time
> out, I got to the grid late and by the time I was headed down the first
> straight, traffic was already coming back at me.  I thought I had done
> something wrong, and only the laundry knows how excited I got.
>
> The second thing I remember is that I blew a head gasket in one of the
> practice sessions.  I was all alone, no crew, and I'm a lousy mechanic.
> But local spectators helped me change the gasket, and I made the race.  I
> even got a class trophy.
>
> Near by Kingston, is a great little resort town.  My wife Shirley loved it.
>
> Sorry I don't have any Spitfire parts, but a big hello to Donny Sopp.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
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