Harold,
Hi again. You and I are going to have to get together on an airplane some
June and go to Goodwood. I might even take the little Bentley. :-)
All the best,
Jim Brown
Houston
----- Original Message -----
From: <PaceCars@aol.com>
To: <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; <owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Re: next year?
> Uncle Jack et all,
> I'll go for a prewar challenge race (not that I have one, but I'd love to
> watch). How about a US/UK challenge at one of the ovals - Texas World
comes
> to mind (since it's close to me). Could you imagine a grid of the top
ERA's,
> Rileys, ex-Brooklands Bentleys, and the Napier-Railton lined up vs.
Millers,
> the Shaw Maserati, Duesenbergs, etc? Wow. The smell of period fuel would
kill
> mosquitoes for miles around.
> Harold Pace
> Devin SS
> Mallock U2 (4 sale)
> In a message dated 9/11/99 1:43:27 PM, vinttr4@geneseo.net wrote:
>
> >Some day I'd like to see a race group of the really early sports cars.
> >
> >Have you seen at a 1914 Mercer Raceabout lately?
> >
> >This glorious beast was totally impractical, had no luggage space, no
> >weather protection, room for only two (does this sound familiar?) -- and
> >in 1914 the great Eddie Pullen won the 300 mile Corona, California race
> >at 87.76 mph in one.
> >
> >Too bad we seldom see stuff like this at our events. Wonder what it
> >would take to get a bunch of these on a track.......
> >
> >--
> >uncle jack
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