According to our local newspaper (Saturday, Victoria Times Colonist) the
rally is still alive and well although not without controversy.
It appears that our Canadian team driving a 1938 Packard Super 8 are so far
in the lead that the officials are doing a very "in depth" scrutinizing of
the car looking for signs of cheating. The paper went on to say that they
have only collected 54 points for being late/early at the checkpoints while
the second place team was 2 hours and 9 mins. behind them. I gather that
something like senen cars have had to drop out so far. The only failure that
the Packard has suffered so far was a lost tailpipe!
The team consists of our local LBC guru Jim Walters and his partner Lennox
McNeely of Toronto and they spent about a year preparing the car, which I
think we all will have to agree is probably built as well as any tank ever
produced as far as brute strength is concerned.
They have a web site http://atw.csp.net/ that gives a lot of details and
photos of the event.
The two of them are collecting pledges on behalf of the Lions Society of
British Columbia to send disabled children to summer camps.
Too bad that the rally route does not come my way as it would be something
to see for sure but then you people across the north-central/eastern states
can probably view them.
John Tones - Victoria BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Schwartz" <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Rally results
>
> While not results, there were several news blurbs in Yahoo's entertainment
> photo section, (the following is a copy of one caption) :
> Vehicles participating in the "Around the World Motor Challenge " are
> unloaded from a Russian cargo jet at the Anchorage International Airport
as
> they arrive in the United States from Peking, China, Saturday, June 10,
> 2000, in Anchorage, Alaska. The rally which began May 1, 2000 in London
> England will travel 19,245 miles and cross four continents before
finishing
> back in London July 18, 2000. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
>
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
>
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