[Shotimes] Happy Father's Day

[Donald Mallinson]

Joseph,

Great story, thanks for starting the thread.

My best memories of my dad were going camping which we did from about 
1949 till I was in college (Mom and dad continued to "camp" in a trailer 
for many more years).  In particular I remember  some great summer days 
preparing for a trip to the New York Worlds Fair in 1964.  Dad traded 
his first new car (a 1958 pontiac) for a 1963 Pontiac because he didn't 
want to trust a 100,000 mile car for that trip (and I just got through 
taking my 100,000 mile '96 SHO to CA last year and track day my 180,000 
mile '89) and we moved from tent camping to a new thing called a "Little 
Champ".  A box with two beds that you had to put a tent up on one side 
that more than doubled it's size.

Dad and I were in competition with my older sister and mom to see who 
could put it up fastest.  We practiced and then came the competition.  
Mom and Sis got it done in about 5 minutes. 

Dan and I did it in under two!  great fun.

But these days I get more fun watching my two sons raise their families 
and days like today where they will come over, we will share some 
laughs, probably overcook some good beef and remember the good times.

Don Mallinson

van Oss wrote:

>Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there.  I've met some great dads and 
>kids through this community and conventions.  Bob and Mike Bruce, Don, Ken, 
>and Ethan Mallinson, Andy and Colton Angermeier, and more.
>
>SHO content:  One of my best days with my dad was in my 92 SHO.  My dad used 
>to take us to Donnybrooke (now Brainerd) for Trans-Am and Can-Am races. 
>We'd sit in the back bleachers (near turn 6, I think) and watch Parnelli 
>Jones, Mark Donohue, and Bruce McLaren carve those corners.  Well, a few 
>years ago the Slowpokes group (slowpokes.org) held a track day at Brainerd. 
>Dad rode a bunch of hot laps with me in the morning, then drove the car 
>during the noontime open period.  In the afternoon we walked around 
>remembering.  It was my best day ever with my dad.  The SHO gave me a chance 
>to give him that day.
>
>VO
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