[Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

[fubog1]

 I remember a dream I had of him in a batman suit, hanging from the roof inside of his racecar trailer, down @ PBIR...Strange dream.Glen
 
 
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From: Mike Jackson <grandwazoo at earthlink.net>
To: fubog1 <fubog1 at aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 10:25 am
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

#yiv9529432044 #yiv9529432044 -- DIV {margin:0px;}#yiv9529432044 I just love that picture!
I'd have liked to tell either the Batman story  from PBIR or the Bat-a-Gator one from Rd Atl or the "Circle of Truth" from PBIR but they all take much too much explanation.

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From: fubog1 
Sent: Sep 27, 2019 7:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4 BAT vs GATOR

 I have one of Charlies (cardboard) bats right here in my office!And then there's this photo if it goes through the innernets...Glen

 
 
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From: Bill Dentinger via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
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Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 2:45 pm
Subject: Re: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

The infamous BAT vs GATOR race.  
I was there.  I seen it.  
They waved, when they went by.
Bill Dentinger.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Jackson via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
To: Dean <tr3a58dean at gmail.com>; fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>
Cc: charlie106 <charlie106 at att.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 11:35 am
Subject: [Fot] Charlie Kates and his TR4

#yiv9529432044 -- DIV {margin:0px;}#yiv9529432044 Charlies old TR4 is now owned and extremely well driven by Mark Wheatley.  It is a joy to see it every time its at the track with us.
I dont want to bore everyone with a hundred stories of that '92 weekend.  But, here's my favorite..Charlie and I remain great friends even tho he races some Jap thingy now.  We had been running literally door handle to door handle all weekend long and having a great time at it.  His wife Betty passed away some years ago but she and my wife Sandy were on the hillside at the keyhole for the "big" race that weekend.  During the race as we continued to come thru the corner either nose to tail or side by side Betty says to Sandy "I sure am glad Charlie doesnt take this too seriously and only does it for fun".  Sandy bit her lip and said nothing.  After the race she got Charlie off to the side and told him that he would "owe her forever" for not explaining to Betty just how seriously we did, in fact, take it.  
Ok, one more... in the paddock he blipped the throttle and it ran up more like an F1 car of the era.  "Charlie you POS, it's supposed to have a flywheel on it!"  His reply "It does".... "Well it's supposed to have a weight at least in two digits"...."It does!  Eight point five"
Dear God, there are so many more Charlie Kates stories both that weekend and thru the years.
Mike
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From: Dean via Fot 
Sent: Sep 26, 2019 12:11 PM
To: "fot at autox.team.net" 
Subject: [Fot] 1992 Mid Ohio

#yiv9529432044 -- filtered {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}#yiv9529432044 filtered {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv9529432044 p.yiv9529432044MsoNormal, #yiv9529432044 li.yiv9529432044MsoNormal, #yiv9529432044 div.yiv9529432044MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv9529432044 a:link, #yiv9529432044 span.yiv9529432044MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9529432044 .yiv9529432044MsoChpDefault {}#yiv9529432044 filtered  {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv9529432044 div.yiv9529432044WordSection1 {}#yiv9529432044 Don’t know if this will transfer, but this is from the race in 1992 carried in Vintage Motorsports Annual. I PhotoShowing Mike Jackson and Charlie Kates.  Sent from Mail for Windows 10  
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