richard bonilla wrote:
>
> any trip to the indy 500 is very cool........(i've yet to not have a great
> time!)..
Even if it *is* being run by scrubs, wash-out's and has-beens?
> beautiful machinery.....(f1's returning to indy i think soon)...
Not likely. Tony George cited a desire to reduce the level of
sophistication in the cars as one of the reasons for his IRL off-shoot.
lots of r&d
> $$
> flying around the pits...
>
Yeah, and quite a bit of the results of it flying into the
grandstands...
CART forever. Real cars, real stars.
JS
> richard / 79' spit / colorado
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>
> To: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 7:21 AM
> Subject: Memorial Day Holiday (small LBC content)
>
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I had a marvelous time over the holiday, and I hope all ya'll did too!
> > We went to the Indy 500 and had a blast!!!! The highlight this year was
> > the stealth bomber cruising over almost silently during the national
> > anthem -- it raised the hairs on the back of my neck, that's for sure!!
> > The race was incredible -- everyone who we thought had a chance to win
> > during the first half was taken out due to wrecks or mistakes or car
> > problems. It was really disappointing to see Arie (front-runner from
> > the start) wreck, and then to have Greg Ray (from Plano, TX!) wreck in
> > the pits, and what a disappointment for Robbie Gordon, to run out of gas
> > on the last lap!! Bet Brack was ecstatic!
> >
> > We went fishing Saturday (at the pre-race party at a friend's lake
> > house) from a jon boat in a lake in Terre Haute and caught lots of fish,
> > including a good-sized bass, and got in some great relaxation time.
> > Sunday we drove in early to the track, cooked breakfast, ran around
> > inside the track, watched the race, cooked out some more while traffic
> > died down, then drove back to Chicago. Monday we ran around Chicago
> > (where my sister lives) and saw a bunch of stuff. We took the Yellow
> > Duck tour that drives around the city then plops into the harbor and
> > cruises there. What fun! It was an excellent trip!
> >
> > The mandatory Spitfire sighting occurred Saturday at 12:15 noontime on
> > Hwy 394 just north of Sauk Trail. There was a white 1500 headed north
> > with the top down as we were headed south to Terre Haute. Anyone on the
> > list??? And there is a TR6 that lives on West Webster in Chicago --
> > I've seen it for two years in a row now, parked with a car cover in an
> > apartment parking lot.
> >
> > Back to Indy next year!
> >
> > Keep Triumphing,
> > Susan Hensley :)
> > Dallas, Texas
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