Did I forget to mention cheap entertainment?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Towell" <rtowell@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; "Thickos"
<team-thicko@autox.team.net>
Cc: <GRMMail@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Grassroots Motorsports
> As a relatively new and geographically displaced member (Florida), my
> answers do not include the food.
>
> - What has Team Thicko meant to you,both on and off the track. Answer --
a
> source of camaraderie and information. I am new to vintage racing and, as
a
> driver of a LBC, find the Thickos as a great source of knowledge and
> information ... some of it is even good!
>
> - What are we doing right? Answer -- Making vintage racing accessible to
> real people. Nothing against Ferrari and Porsche drivers, but vintage
> racing includes a lot of us LBC drivers!
>
> - Why have so many people embraced our philosophy? Overeating and heavy
> drinking ... is there more?
>
> - Why are you involved? See above ... and who else will let a Mini-Cooper
> into polite (?) company?
>
> Pete Towell
> Austin Cooper 'S' #91 "Manic Mini"
> 321-453-0723
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> To: "Thickos" <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <GRMMail@aol.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:17 PM
> Subject: Grassroots Motorsports
>
>
> > To all Thickos,
> >
> > In our grand tradition of tireless self-promotion, I asked Grassroots
> > Motorsports Magazine if they were interested in doing a story on Team
> > Thicko. Their reply... short and to the point... "sure". (Since Victory
> Lane
> > and Vintage Motorsport seem to be dragging their feet.)
> >
> > So, this message is to those of you that like to hear yourselves talk as
> > much as I like the sound of my own voice. What has Team Thicko meant to
> you,
> > both on and off the track. What are we doing right? Why have so many
> people
> > embraced our philosophy? Why are you involved? (Yes... we know some of
you
> > only come for the food. You have been identified by your repeated trips
to
> > the chow line, and sudden departure upon the food's disappearance..).
> There
> > are Thickos on multiple continents. There are Thickos in drag racing,
> land
> > speed record racing. This year will mark the debut of Thickos invading
the
> > vintage go kart racing scene.
> >
> > Give me a paragraph on why you're a member, what you race, why you're
> > amused...or if you're part of the Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco and
Firearms
> > and have been assigned to monitor us.
> >
> > Flounder
> >
>
>
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