<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm very familiar with turn 8 at Mosport, a fine place for an accident. I never went through that turn the same way twice. If it has an apex I never found it. I'm glad you didn't hang up your gloves, see you at the Glen. <div><br><div><div>On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:07 PM, Russ Moore wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I had an incident similar to yours two years ago in my Spitfire at turn 8 at Mosport. I had passed a driver in a borrowed Sprite and she tried a Bonsai pass inside me on 8 which is a very high speed sweeping right hander. She lost it and hit her brakes. Her left front corner hit my right rear and I was instantly on my rollbar. I am just now getting all back together and will be at Watkins. I have seen over the past 19 years how some folks suffer from the red mist syndrome and cause incidents they seemingly can get away with. This latest one almost caused me to hang up my gloves. 5 years ago at the Glen I had an orange Sprite punt me in turn 7. At the time I thought I had hit oil but the dent and orange paint revealed otherwise. SVRA let it go because “they didn’t witness it”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">In reading your accounting of the event it was like déjŕ-vu. The other driver the day after blamed me for the incident and I could never get VARAC to take any action. Yep, her left front corner and my right rear, ………………… I had to replace the entire front end, the whole rollbar structure and build a new engine all because she didn’t like being passed. Jeez.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">In any case, here’s to a safe and enjoyable weekend at The Glen this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Russ Moore<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Spitfire #49<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a> [<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Bill Babcock<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:22 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:BillDentin@aol.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">BillDentin@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Fot] Watkins Glen The Legends Speak The FOT<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">It was 150 cars last year, and everyone that wanted to go, got to go. This year as one of the featured elements we might get some special treatment. I doubt they'll have us leading off the thing, but they might at least stick us all together. <o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">It was really fun, I wouldn't miss it. And Diane will need a ride for anyone that has an open seat (they wouldn't let her sit on Peyote's fuel cell, I can't imagine why). She is in NYC this week, visiting a friend, but she packed her leather helmet and goggles. Pictures, here, but a warning too, there are pictures of an injured LBC (more injured than I thought at the time. Tony Garmey is STILL working on Peyote to get it ready for Watkins Glen. I'm glad I took it to Tony, it wouldn't have been ready, and for many, MANY reasons I don't want to miss this race). If you have a weak stomach you probably want to have some Mylanta handy. Also I made a disparaging remark about the SVRA's handling of the accident that I apologized for later. I left the remark in place because the apology wouldn't make sense without it. <a href="http://www.allaluminumtour.com/?p=263" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.allaluminumtour.com/?p=263</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Bill<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></body></html>