It was great to see you again Henry! I'm thrilled that the Grandwazoo jinx
on your car is now broken. Seems every time I"m at an event with you some
horrible spell comes over the big yellow car. Maybe it's because of all the
times it saw me at a track with it's former owner.
It was a good weekend, even the weather co-operated.
And Jeff Snook opened his museum on Thursday for those of us on the way to
the track with time to spare.
mike jackson
Henry Frye wrote:
> from my pda this time.
>
> Mark - whats going on!
>
> --- begin forwarded text
>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:26:12 -0400
> To: henry@henryfrye.com
> From: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>
> Subject: sdf
>
> Hi Gang,
>
> Pursuing my desire to find more events with a good track time, I went to
> Mid-Ohio this weekend and ran with VSCDA for the first time. What an
> event! Friday was three 20 minute sessions, Saturday was three 20 minute
> sessions, Sunday was a one hour enduro and a 15 lap sprint race. I
> thoroughly enjoyed burning 32 gallons of race fuel. ;-)
>
> Attention all Northeast and Mid-Atlantic racers, you REALLY need to put
> this event on your calendar for next year. VSCDA ran 6 race groups,
> every session went off on time and my group was off the track by 1:30PM
> on Sunday. What a treat to get an early start for the drive home!
>
> Great competition, my take on the group was they play nice and play
> quite hard when it counts. Pretty much exactly what I am looking for in
> Vintage Racing.
>
> VSCDA is a great organization, it's a non-profit group run by racers.
> Our own Bob Wismer and Bill Dentinger seem to be important amongst their
> ranks, if that's the case they MUST be OK... ;-)
>
> Being a private event not open to the public, the Mid-Ohio Nazi's were
> no where to be found, and everyone had a super time. It was cool but dry
> Friday through Sunday, perfect racing weather.
>
> The FOT paddock was full, but there were not many Triumphs! Mike Jackson
> and his wife Sandy brought his pair of Formula Vee's, they had the Beech
> rented to great guy from California, Dick Ryan. They shared the Beady
> Eye tent with Bill Dentinger, occupying the spaces normally filled by
> Bob Wismer and Don Brick. Apparently The Wiz broke a trailer spring very
> close to home upon departing for the track, and Bob and Don lost the
> enthusiasm needed for the long tow. They were missed, but not as much as
> Don's chee se and Bob's case of red wine for the wine and cheese party!
> Guys, if this happens again remember two words... Federal Express!
>
> John Wiley was there without his TR4, he to was piloting one of his
> Formula Vee's for the weekend. Snook's Dream Car Enterprises rounded out
> our gang, but Jeff was driving his Formula Ford while he and Terry
> attended to a fun father/son team running an pretty nice Alfa GTV. John
> Harkness was co-chair of the event and was seen looking official, and he
> passed the driving of his Vee to his son Sean for the weekend. Sean did
> great, and had a super time to boot.
>
> Bill offered John Harkness a ride co-driving the enduro in the
> Thunderbolt. John jumped at the chance, and turned some incredible lap
> times. I was under my personal best since they started timing us on
> Saturday, and ending up with a low 1:52 in the sprint race. Had a super
> dice with a 356, we never got more that 100 feet apart the entire race.
> He had me on power on the straights, but I was all over him on the back
> half of the course. We swapped positions, but he came out on top when
> the checker flew. I'll get him next time!
>
> All you guys who went to Mid-Ohio with SVRA and got fed up with the
> Mid-Ohio attitude and the low track time, here is your chance to get
> some serious track time at this great course, running with a super group
> of vintage racers.
>
> This one is already inked in on my 2004 schedule!
>
> --- end forwarded text
> Sent from my PDA. Sorry for brevity and typos
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