Bill,
I miss your wine & cheese parties at Watkins Glen some years ago.
Alas, nobody goes to Watkins anymore.
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Blackhawk Farms NOT a success
> In a message dated 06/20/2011 12:46:52 PM Central Daylight Time,
> sbarr@McCarty-Law.com writes:
>
>
>> <---We had less success this weekend. Chased a bad miss all weekend and
>> ultimately popped a pushrod loose, shaving a bunch of aluminum off of
>> the rocker. Another rebuild on the way. The upside is that it freed up
>> a
>> good coil for the Alexanders' efforts. Great work, guys! You looked
>> very
>> good out there.
>> Presently having my ass kicked by equipment,--->
>
> When I consider the effort Scott Barr (papa Jerry, and Tom Strange) put
> into engine building and race car prep...sure seems like they ought to be
> beating all comers. No so this past week end however, but one can't help
> but be
> impressed by their fortitude. Trackside efforts even included a 300 mile
> trip back and forth to the Fox River Valley for parts. There was a time
> when
> Beady Eye racing used to perform such extraordinary efforts to keep a race
> car on the track. No more. When something breaks now, it's almost a
> relief
> to hide behind. Wismer's TR4 ran great, and my TR3 ran OK, but stopped
> wanting to go into 4th gear in the Saturday
> Sprint race, so I skipped the feature on Sunday. You can actually get
> into
> a nice, pleasant rhythm doing Blackhawk using just 2nd and 3rd gears, but
> you sure miss 4th on the two long straights.
>
> Our Wine & Cheese parties on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights were a
> great success. In addition to Vermont Cheddar, some Muenster, and our
> ever
> popular Mendora Bleu, we featured a new Wisconsin Brie from nearby
> Belmont.
> It was well received and went well on rye crisp crackers. Got to meet
> Jason
> Ostrowski's (GT6) family. He has two of the cutest little daughters, and
> both will talk your arm off. His wife's cute too. He's got more than his
> fair share of good looking women and thus is liable to cause a shortage.
>
> Blackhawk Farms Raceway has all of the elevation changes of a frozen lake,
> but its interesting collection of corners makes it a great 'driver's
> track'
> and premier club circuit. What a way to spend Father's Day.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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