[Fot] 27th Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan...

[John Hasty]

Just a note on peaches & G

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On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:56 AM, billdentin at aol.com wrote:

> Amici...
>
> Next week end Tony Drews (TR4), Tim & Ryan Murphy (TR4), and I (TR3) will
all
> be representing TEAM TRACTOR at the 27th annual Vintage Grand Prix au
Grattan,
> Grattan Raceway, Grattan, Michigan.  I have run all twenty-seven of these
> events, and made several other trips to Grattan Raceway as well.  While I
> pretty much like them all...Grattan is my favorite race track.  It is the
> right size for our cars.  It has a long front straight where your car
should
> be able to get going about as fast as it can go, followed by a tricky,
twisty,
> roller coaster backside that requires 100% of your attention.  We'll be
> paddocked in the upper competition paddock ( garages #8, #9, and #10 all
> weekend.  Fancy, huh?
>
> One more thing:  one of the highlights of this August event at Grattan is
that
> this tract is in the heart of the Western Michigan fruit country. When most
> folks think of peaches, they thinki of California or Georgia, but Michigan
has
> fantastic peaches, and they are ripe and for sale at fruit stands now (also
> apples, blue berries, etc.).  There is a night and day difference between
> these tree ripened peaches and what you can get at your local produce
market.
> We always bring home a bushel to share with friends and neighbors.  Twenty
> eight years ago, when we first started racing Grattan Raceway, we made up
our
> mind that when we stopped racing, we'll still keep coming for the peaches.
>
>
> For those with any curious interests, my close racing friend and fellow
FOTer,
> Jeff Snook has been brokered to sell my nice TR4 street car. Its first eBay
> auction was unsuccessful, and a second auction started yesterday afternoon.
> It is item number 261261907989, and a link to it is:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261261907989&s
> sPageName=ADME:L:LCA:MOTORS:1123#ht_36241wt_958
>
>
> It actually may have come close to selling the first time around, as one of
> the bidders contacted Jeff after the auction claiming a last second bid
close
> to our reserve price was not recognized.  We'll probably get to see if he
was
> serious later on in this auction.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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