oops......forgot about the labor strike......boo...hisssssss.......
millionaires fighting millionaires...big deal....
----- Original Message -----
From: John Suchak <suchak@mediaone.net>
To: richard bonilla <richard@bonilla.com>
Cc: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>; Spitfire List
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Memorial Day Holiday (small LBC content)
> 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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