Speaking for myself, I'm glad OSP has had the support it has had over
the years since its inception. Some of the car owners who were asking for
it, however, never supported it: the old Porsche replicars, Bricklin (sp?),
and other homebuilts. In fact, James' Cobra is the only car in the class
that fits the replicar description! Jack Van Wettering's Bug is still alive
and kicking, but up in Oregon. He has made rare appearances at Sacto.
As for Pleasanton's crappy surface...GGF or Candlestick and its bumps, P-ton
matched them both. On top of that it is a tiny site, not more than 8 acres,
without a grid, and parking outside the fence. Yet, it was the easiest site
to get, so everyone used it.
Outside of its convenience (for anyone living in Pleasanton), I'm glad
to see it go. About 10 years ago, under a previous management, we were
enticed to latch onto a 15 acre parcel by gate 8...but then we could see
that the land across Bernal Ave was to be developed, and we would have been
out of there...and we were right. Homes are being built directly across
Bernal...and noise would be a regular complaint. Sigh.
Its demise came about because someone complained to the Fair's
management about the horrible surface, and they immediately used that as an
excuse to stop renting it.
--Pat K
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>From: "Escano, Arnold (MP)" <aescano@guidant.com>
>To: "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com>, "Xheads (E-mail)"
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: WANTED to hire: VERY fast autocrosser(s)
>Date: Thu, Aug 1, 2002, 1:51 PM
>
> Nothing can replace "experience"...there is always something we can learn,i
> like Pleasanton
> though because u can go out by the Fence (sweeper always) and see who's the
> craziest
> (big kahones)on that part of Track.Tried to get as much input as i can...
> I know John was one of opponent of OSP's...i didn't really care,i just want
to
> Race.My friend Jody (DSP orange Corolla) started me on it,he's allways
> battle it out
> with Jack and what his name? the guy with Red Rx3 and also the Fiat X-19
> (condrashoffs)
> sounds familiar?
> What happen to all the Bmod/Amod big wing cars???those guys are fun to watch.
> And why do we get always blamed 4 the asphalt tearing up...didn't that/those
> puck marks created by the nails used from all the Flea or Meet that also
> happens there?
> All we do is help expedite the tearing...hah,hah,hah.
>>>>arnold
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly, Katie [mailto:kkelly@spss.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:54 PM
> To: Escano, Arnold (MP); Xheads (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: WANTED to hire: VERY fast autocrosser(s)
>
>
> Arnold writes...
>
>>>Don't remember if SCCA/NCSCCA created
>>>the OSP first? Although i know that some folks resisted the voting for the
OSP
>>>Class look at it now.
>
> I think it was NCSCC (or whatever it's called). My dad was one of the
> naysayers, while I had no opinion. The motivation behind it seemed cool to
> me. But we showed up one day - I think my dad was trying to prove some
> point that only HE understood (Hi Daddy!) - in the Lotus, on street tires!
> Hey, we totally fit the rules, or most of them. We did not have a
> windshield, that day, but what an easy fix! Nonetheless, I remember some
> people standing around the car, and Jack might have been one of them,
> complaining about this car in their class. That gets SOOO old sometimes.
>
> All I remember, really, was that the Pleasanton Fairgrounds just got some
> fresh slurry coat that turned to gravel, and that I learned how to drive
> like a dirt tracker, just like on tv! Larry Park was announcing, and
> dammit, I wish I could remember what he said exactly. I miss Larry's
> ability to say the meanest, lowest wise cracks, but he could get away with
> it based on sheer delivery. Not everyone possesses this talent. There's
> just something about a Lotus 7 on Michelins, in dirt, with John Kelly
> behind its original Mack truck steering wheel that deserves ridicule, and
> Larry did not miss a beat. That was our one OSP experience. I guess trying
> to find the windshield would be too difficult.
>
> Katie K.
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