Chuck,
Nobody could miss what was going on overhead all weekend. We drove the
gravel road around the perimeter and watch several races across from the
tower on the outside of Thunderbolt, and the coolest thing for me was
being less than 300 yards from the runway while all of the war birds
were taking off and doing flyovers. I still can't identify everything I
saw, but was in awe of the bombers and P-51 with it's 12 cylinder
engine. The classic car show was special also, I was impressed to have
the chance to examine 6 Allards, with several different engines. The
Allard with a competition pedigree was powered by a Chevy V8 and a huge
McColough (sp?) supercharger. My friend J.D. King won a hard fought CFF
race, the best one-armed race car driver you will ever see, an
inspiration to see what some people with disabilities can accomplish.
The cheatin dog was driven by Matt Hagopian, a nice young man and new
member here. I met Matt and his grandfather on Sunday in the Lightning
paddock and had a nice conversation with them. Unfortunately I didn't
get to see them race, there was just so much going on and we tried to
take it all in. Got an offer to drive at the ARRC in a F1st in November
from the car's owner, and an offer to collaborate on my vintage FV
project with the goal of both of us being competitive at the 50th
anniversary celebration at Roebling Road in Savannah. Another
distraction to finishing my Sprite, but it's great to have my good
friend and ex-crew chief Jim Smith involved again. The garage work
wasn't getting done, but I need to get to the track more often.
Also, no sand fleas, just a great event!
John
Fogelsville, PA
charles christ wrote:
> who was driving the "cheating dog" silver spridget this last wekend at NJMSP
>???
> saw the car but never saw the driver.....(yeah , i wuz there.....) so was a
>number of "PHA" other "SCCA" people. the WW2 warbird display was impressive
>beyond my expectations! ya missed a great show! :)
>
> chuck.
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