Bill,
Congrats on the win, made me feel good about my triumph too. How was the
race on Sunday. I took my cousin for a spin up the mountain yesterday, he
had a great time.
Jane
'67 GT6
>This past Saturday a local town had a Street Festival. As part of this
>festival they decided to have a car show and asked all the local clubs if
>they could provide some cars for the show. Our local Brit club president
>called me and asked if I would put my Spitfire in the show. I was very
>hesitant because I planned to race on Sunday and besides my car is not a
>show car, but I went ahead and put my car in the show to support the
>festivale. The show was devided into two classes, foreign and domestic.
>The foreign class was made up of a couple MG's, a couple Sunbeam Tigers,
>my Spitfire, a Lotus Esprit, and a bunch of cars from the local Porche
>club. As I pulled up I noticed the Porche guys cleaning the treads on
>there tires....I didn't even get a chance to vacuum the inside of my car
>but it didn't matter to me. The judging of the show was by popular choice
>so it was obvious that the winners would come from the Porche club for
>foriegn, and the Viper club (there were four!) for domestic.
>
>At the end of the show I was planning to leave before the awards but I
>couldn't get my car out so I waited. In the foriegn class Honorable
>Mention went to a Porche 911, Second went to a Porche 350 Turbo, and then
>the presenter said the "First place in foreign goes to a 1970 Triumph
>Spitfire Mk3".....I didn't realize that was me for a few seconds...then I
>about died. As I tried to figure out were in my little car I was going to
>put this 2 1/2' trophy (it ended up riding high in the passenger seat) a
>lot of people came by and said they voted for my car. What I found was
>that all of these people had some experience in thier past with a Triumph.
>I felt very good...not to win so much but to bring back some memories for
>some good folks.
>
>Thanks for reading.....I just wanted to share an experience that makes me
>feel good about our hobby....people do appreciate the effort we all put
>into keeping our cars on the road. BTW, in order for me to leave after
>the show I had to drive right through the middle of the Porche club.....it
>was the only way out...really :-).
>
>Bill M.
>'70 Mk3 Spitfire
>Huntsville, AL
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