There would have been alot more in your class and the other classes
had this been two years ago. There were so many vast empty spaces in
the paddock that use to be full.
I sincerely hope that Beaverun and PVGP has the highest turnouts ever
as I will for sure be there. I doubt that I go back to VIR as it has
shrunk considerably in the last two years and it is just the factor of
the drive and to watch modern (muscle) cars 1999 and newer out on
track kind of blew it. I choose to go to vintage races to see vintage
race cars - that is '50s and '60s model cars.
I was with some friends while at VIR and their consensus turned out to
be that the air show was better than the races. The air show actually
was pretty cool. However, in the past that was not needed as their
was so many neat sports racers and exotic early racers to look at.
I am not saying this to dis VIR as I have been there so many times and
I like the race track. It just hurts to see it dying down along with
the stupidity that occurred at Summit Point for the last two years.
For the last two years, Mid-Ohio has not had near the turnout that it
use to either. I hope that this pattern ends and things pick back up.
I can't wait til Beaverun, it is close at 100 miles away from me ;^).
Mike Carpenter
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From: Awgertoo@aol.com
Sent: Jun 9, 2008 7:53 AM
To: mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com, ralph@cloverleaf-auto.com,
vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] (no subject)
I raced at VIR this weekend--there were 22 or more cars in my class
(B), a like or larger number in Vintage C and decent fields in all the
other groups, including that for Muscle cars which were billed as the
feature. Also Vintage Karts. I had a great time despite the 100
degree heat, though during the feature race I almost hit a deer at the
top of the climbing esses. Many racers said they were planning on
being at Beaverun and PVGP.
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 6/8/2008 10:33:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mail4carpenters@peoplepc.com writes:
I hope that you have a better turn out at Beaverun and PVGP than
they had at VIR this weekend. I would not have wasted money on gas
to drive 5.5 hrs to see nascar like cars run around the track.
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