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Great report Duncan.
Many of us have not seen Cornell Babcock for a long time and glad he is stil=
l kicking about.
I'd like to go there once.
Joe
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> This year's featured marques at the Put-in-Bay, Ohio vintage races (August=
27-29th) were Turner, Morgan 3-wheelers and Triple-M MGs. Put-in-Bay races=
are for pre-1963 under-two liter cars and are run the old fashioned way, ar=
ound hay bales. Great atmosphere -- one friend said he'd been going to vint=
age races for 25 years and this one was the best recreation of old-style rac=
ing. There were about 40 racers, I think, but a lot of spectators, includin=
g the local islanders, came to watch the racing on the taxiway and runway at=
the temporarily closed airport, and spectators were allowed a great view fr=
om up close at the airport terminal building. The schedule for registered r=
acers and spectators was pretty full for three days straight although racing=
occurred only on the second day because the airport is needed every day by t=
he mail plane and the plane that takes high school kids to their school on t=
he mainland (racing was on Wednesday). The local police led a quick two laps=
around the original race course, run on the island's streets. I drove that=
5000+ foot-long straight many times and could barely imagine flying down th=
at long stretch, past people's front yards. Corners were, of course, very t=
ight and trees and boulders lined the original course. The awards luncheon w=
as on the second story of a restaurant situated right on the wharf, so we go=
t a great view of tall ships coming and going in preparation for the bicente=
nnial celebration of the battle of Put-in-Bay (a.k.a. the battle of Lake Eri=
e) where Admiral Perry defeated the British Fleet in 1813.
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> Allen Goode put on a good show at the vintage road race revival at Put-in-=
Bay with his 1963 #44 TR4, coming in second to a Porsche RSK. Nice folks -=
- I met him and his wife in the paddock where I had my Morgan 3-wheeler (I c=
ame in a distant last in the all-Morgan race in our stock V-twin powered Mor=
gan against modified Ford-powered Morgan trikes, two of which ran away from t=
he pre-war supercharged MGs).
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> Local boy Rich Hahn got into the exhibition group with his '66 TR4 and Cor=
nell Babcock ran his '58 TR3. Malcolm Taylor was there in a 1960 TR3 too.
>=20
> It was a long, long haul for us (coming from Texas) but perhaps I'll go ag=
ain someday, next time probably with our 1952 Morgan Plus 4.
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> Photos and links to photo sites are found at the Put-in-Bay Road Races Reu=
nion Facebook page (link here:) http://tinyurl.com/og6vo4f=20
> --my photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/charl10/
> ...and there is more information at: pibroadrace.com
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> Duncan Charlton
> 1952 Morgan Plus 4
> #6 red
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Great report Duncan.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Many of us have not seen Cornell Babcock for a long time and glad he=
is still kicking about.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to go there once.=
</div><div><br></div><div>Joe<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 1=
0, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Duncan Charlton <<a href=3D"mailto:duncan.charlton54=
@gmail.com">duncan.charlton54@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockqu=
ote type=3D"cite"><div>This year's featured marques at the Put-in-Bay, Ohio v=
intage races (August 27-29th) were Turner, Morgan 3-wheelers and Triple-M MG=
s. Put-in-Bay races are for pre-1963 under-two liter cars and are run t=
he old fashioned way, around hay bales. Great atmosphere -- one friend=
said he'd been going to vintage races for 25 years and this one was the bes=
t recreation of old-style racing. There were about 40 racers, I think,=
but a lot of spectators, including the local islanders, came to watch the r=
acing on the taxiway and runway at the temporarily closed airport, and spect=
ators were allowed a great view from up close at the airport terminal buildi=
ng. The schedule for registered racers and spectators was pretty full f=
or three days straight although racing occurred only on the second day becau=
se the airport is needed every day by the mail plane and the plane that take=
s high school kids to their school on the mainland (racing was on Wednesday)=
. The local police led a quick two laps around the original race course, run=
on the island's streets. I drove that 5000+ foot-long straight many t=
imes and could barely imagine flying down that long stretch, past people's f=
ront yards. Corners were, of course, very tight and trees and boulders=
lined the original course. The awards luncheon was on the second stor=
y of a restaurant situated right on the wharf, so we got a great view of tal=
l ships coming and going in preparation for the bicentennial celebration of t=
he battle of Put-in-Bay (a.k.a. the battle of Lake Erie) where Admiral Perry=
defeated the British Fleet in 1813.<div><br></div><div>Allen Goode put on a=
good show at the vintage road race revival at Put-in-Bay with his 1963 &nbs=
p;#44 TR4, coming in second to a Porsche RSK. Nice folks -- I met him a=
nd his wife in the paddock where I had my Morgan 3-wheeler (I came in a dist=
ant last in the all-Morgan race in our stock V-twin powered Morgan against m=
odified Ford-powered Morgan trikes, two of which ran away from the pre-war s=
upercharged MGs).<div><br></div><div>Local boy Rich Hahn got into the exhibi=
tion group with his '66 TR4 and Cornell Babcock ran his '58 TR3. =
Malcolm Taylor was there in a 1960 TR3 too.</div></div><div><br></div><div>I=
t was a long, long haul for us (coming from Texas) but perhaps I'll go again=
someday, next time probably with our 1952 Morgan Plus 4.</div><div><br></di=
v><div>Photos and links to photo sites are found at the Put-in-Bay Road=
Races Reunion Facebook page (link here:) <span class=3D"Apple-style-sp=
an" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><b><a href=3D"http://t=
inyurl.com/og6vo4f">http://tinyurl.com/og6vo4f</a></b></span> </div><di=
v> --my photos here: <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/charl=
10/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/charl10/</a></div><div>...and there is mor=
e information at: <a href=3D"http://pibroadrace.com";>pibroadrace.com</a></di=
v><div><br></div><div>Duncan Charlton</div><div>1952 Morgan Plus 4</div><div=
>#6 red</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><span>_______=
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