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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wonderful stuff I'm gonna forward it to my
newsletter Gang</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Racer Bud</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mlcooknj@msn.com href="mailto:mlcooknj@msn.com">michael cook</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cwn74@aol.com
href="mailto:cwn74@aol.com">Clark W. Nicholls</A> ; <A
title=fot@autox.team.net
href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Phill Hill - Triumph -
British Leyland party CSPRRC 1975</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>We had that party at every Road Atlanta Run-Offs for about ten
years. Theoretically it was only for drivers and crews of British Leyland cars
but when we expected maybe 300 people we always got about 500. In 1971 or 72
we had the Playmate of the Year as a guest. Another year, Paul Newman brought
in a rather large "professional" lady from Atlanta and had her go after
Bob Tullius. She was only wearing something like a toga which didn't cover
much.<BR> <BR>We had to be careful at one end of the party room because
it was close to a church and it was illegal to drink liquor within a certain
distance from a church. So there was a rope stretched across the hall about 20
feet from the end wall and you could not have alcohol on the other side of the
rope.<BR> <BR>You had to have a private party in those early days to get
a drink in Gainesville. We all had to imbibe <U>freely before</U> the Sunday
night victory banquet because on Sunday even private parties were veboten and
there were security guards stationed outside the Holiday Inn Hall, checking
the guests for suspicious packages or concealed
bottles.<BR> <BR>Actually, the British Leyland cocktail party began at
the original "experimental" Run-Offs at Riverside and Daytona. I think the
first one was at Riverside in 1968 and the host was a west coast PR agent
named Ian Dunne who did the publicity for Kas's team. At Daytona we crammed
ourselves into a room at the Daytona Plaza and honored a female driver ...
Eloise Norris from Texas who raced a Mini. I have a picture of a cake we had
made in the shape of a Mini.<BR> <BR>I don't have many photos - too busy
being a good host and besides, one hand was occupied by a glass of JD. Or
somethi9ng called Lightning Creek - memory of that is a bit
hazy.<BR> <BR>No special diets, no vitamin drinks, no early to bed.
Drivers could always come to the BL motor home in the paddock for black coffee
and donuts the next morning.<BR> <BR>And there was great racing while the
drug-running Whittington brothers who owned the track flew low over the
circuit in a P-51 and a Bell AiroCobra.<BR> <BR>Since Clark asked, do you
have anythiong to add Ted?<BR> <BR>Mike Cook<BR><BR><BR>
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<BR>From: cwn74@aol.com<BR>To: fot@autox.team.net<BR>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008
19:46:29 -0400<BR>Subject: [Fot] Phill Hill - Triumph - British Leyland party
CSPRRC 1975<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>I remember meeting and chatting with Phil Hill at
the 1975 British Leyland party at the SCCA CSPRRC (Champion Spark Plug Road
Racing Classic at Road Atlanta) at the Gainesville Holiday
Inn.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>Boy were those the glory days!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>David Hobbs was there as were the BL
team.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>The 3 Mikes: Mike Dale (drove a bug-eye at
the time), Mike Cook (we all know Mike!) and Mike Barratt (east coast
competition guru, I'm still driving his carb rebuild on my
Spitfire).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>Group 44, Huffaker, all the drivers and crew
of BL products (MG, AH, Triumph, Jaguar) were there.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>A grand time was had by all!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>If only I took photos!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>Perhaps Mike Cook and Ted Schumacher can expand on
this gala event!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008>My claim to fame was suggesting they have Watneys
Red Barrel at this event (the bar had only 'merican brews). The next year we
had Watneys!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=EC_218313523-25092008><A
href="http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/watneys_red_barrel.html"
target=_blank>http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/watneys_red_barrel.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=EC_218313523-25092008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana>Clark</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana>Clark W. Nicholls</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana>'72 Stag '74 Spitfire</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana>"Reality... It's not what you
think.</FONT></DIV>
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