Andy:
Thanks for the kind words regarding my TD. It, Verna and I had a glorious
time playing Juan Fangio for half an hour.
Skip................At 10:28 AM 3/30/98 -0800, Andy Ramm wrote:
>This weekend, the Classic Sports Racing Group held it's
>first event of the season at Sears Point International
>Raceway. Thanks to the help and guidance of many CSRG
>members, I was able to participate with my '67 BGT (Silver
>and Dark Maroon #111) in the group's annual driver's school
>which was taught by the Jim Russell Racing staff.
>
>In the school there was a great mix of vintage cars,
>including a Jag XK120, a '38 Morgan, three '50s Porsches and
>a 3-wheel Morgan in my group. There was one other MGB
>attending the school, who unfortunately got loose and
>touched the wall on the drag strip between turns 11 and 1
>when the skies opened up late Friday afternoon. The damage
>was minor and the driver was OK.
>
>The Russell staff was outstanding in their instruction and I
>was able to grasp their process easily. It was exciting
>during the open track time to watch three Porsches drive
>around one another just ahead of me. Surprisingly, the '38
>Morgan went by all of us like we were chained to a boulder.
>I even got into I nice little back-and-forth with a Lotus
>Cortina on the final open track lap.
>
>The whole experience was fantastic. I'm also thankful for
>all of the help given to me by the CSRG folks, who are far
>more interested in helping others race their vintage cars
>safely and skillfully than having any kind of ego-battle on
>or off the track. This was evident in the attitudes of
>everyone from the drivers of the most basic cars (like mine)
>to those with multi-hundred-thousand-dollar irreplaceable
>pieces of hardware. Everyone was friendly, nobody copped
>any attitude.
>
>I owe special thanks to Dan Radowicz for the use of his
>racing suit, Cortina Driver Myles Kitchen for putting up
>with my endless stupid questions, Alfa drivers Simon Favre
>and Sid Gage, and Master Spridget Pilot Chuck Canepa (who
>I'm told has turned legit sub-2:00 times at Sears - ay
>carramba) for the same, and especially to the Legendary
>Butch Gilbert for advising me on how to set up my B for the
>event.
>
>The Sunday fun run was outstanding thand the marque was very
>well represented. I enjoyed meeting list member Skip Kelsey
>and seeing his beautiful black TD. There was a nice
>assortment of As, Bs, Midgets and even one very sharp TC. A
>Miata and a BMW 2002 were also allowed to participate. The
>Miata driver is an MGB owner, but his car is in the UK.
>
>The event went off without a hitch and I think everyone had
>a ball. The only imperfection was the nice '80 LE that
>stalled between turns 6 and 7. Many thanks go to Rod
>Schweiger who organized the event and mentored me during the
>weekend on racing in the CSRG. Thanks also to Doug Jackson
>at British Automotive, who I hope is putting all of my
>paychecks to good use.
>
>Cheers to all!
>
>Andy
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>Andy Ramm
>A silver face in a tweed world.
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