Well maybe it's a "little" almost.---:-0 Sal
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Lella <lella@gotnet.net>
To: Sal Versaggi <versaggi@vom.com>; Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>;
Solo2 <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Indy 500 experience
>Doubt it Sal.
>
>There's nothing like the excitement of the Indy 500. In 1989, I spent the
>CART weekend at Laguna with Emerson Fittipaldi, more or less the same sort
>of experience Patrick had at Indy. I was raised at Monza in Italy and my
>father put on the Driver Of The Year Award for Formula One all through the
>sixties. I've never been to Indy, but I know there's no race in the world
>that compares to it. Every driver that goes there is in awe with the
>experience. Indy is legendary and a single CART race at Laguna is no match
>(and I hate ovals).
>
>Mike
>
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>> From: Sal Versaggi <versaggi@vom.com>
>> To: Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>; Solo2 <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: Indy 500 experience
>> Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:51 PM
>>
>> Come out to Laguna and work the CART event and it's almost as good, and
>with
>> all the same players---- Sal
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patrick Jones <axng4me@yahoo.com>
>> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:44 PM
>> Subject: Indy 500 experience
>>
>>
>> >Thought I would share with you some of the totally awesome times I had
>> >this past weekend at the 500.
>> >
>> >Bradley Motorsports teamed up with CAN and we were the main sponsor of
>> >#12, driven by Buzz Calkins at this years race. I had four days of
>> >full pit and garage access along with viewing the race from the new
>> >suites above the new garages built for F1.
>> >
>> >This was my first Indy and what a treat. I had tweleve laps around the
>> >track in the pace car with Anthony Edwards, James Garner, and Parnelli
>> >Jones driving. I had dinner with AJ Foyt, met Johnny Rutherford, and
>> >sat at the bar with Bobby Unser. I was on the grid when the cars came
>> >out for the start of the race and saw the **intense** looks on several
>> >of the drivers faces. I was standing on the yard of bricks when the
>> >order came, "Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!"
>> >
>> >At that point, 200,000+ fans and 33 - 650HP V8s made a noise I will not
>> >soon forget.
>> >
>> >Watching Buddy Lazier try so hard to catch the amazing Juan Montoya -
>> >wow. At the end, I took a golf cart and ran around the new F1 track
>> >that will host the USGP on September 24 this year. Buzz finished the
>> >race with 194 laps and 18th place. The car looked like it had been
>> >sand blasted. ESPN and ABC had coverage of the Team CAN car, and we
>> >hope to be back in "The Show" next year.
>> >
>> >Now, if I can keep those g-Force's from wearing out on the Neon...
>> >
>> >patrick
>> >98 Neon ACR
>> >98 Viper GTS-R #33
>> >
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