mike jackson wrote:
>
> Pal, there's room for lots of approaches in vintage racing. I think
> your's is just fine! Bravo. As for being castigated in the press,
> screw 'em. As long as you are racing safely, at a level of preparation
> that you are happy with, and having a good time, I say enjoy it and
> revel in the fact that you are. What we need are more folks enjoying
> what they are doing, not trying to win another lead medalion. Now, as
> long as you dont mind all the rest of us that are operating at various
> levels in the preparation food chain, we can all get along and have a
> good time.
>
> I loved your article last year about the trip to Daytona and your note
> about your weekend at Savannah is good too.
>
> I was at Savannah, without my trusty TR3, and enjoyed seeing you on the
> track. I just wish you'd have been paddocked down with the rest of the
> tractors so we could have enjoyed your company all weekend. And yes, I
> found it quite depressing that most of the tractors went home with holes
> where there didn't used to be holes.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, I race the next car in line, regardless if
> that's from the front, middle, or back of the pack. And then enjoy the
> other guy's company in the paddock and make plans on where to have
> dinner and a drink on Friday or Saturday night before we do it all over
> again the next day or the next weekend.
>
> Richard Taylor wrote:
> >
>
> > For three hours of track time, the TR-4 performed flawlessly,
>
> A true purist, on the other hand,
> > might have raced with the windshield on as I did last year at Daytona.
> > But, for this blatant disregard for protocol, I was publicly castigated in
> > a Vintage magazine last month.
>
> > Richard Taylor
> > TR-4 #96
> > Atlanta
> >
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