<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#400040" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 03/28/2015 6:41:37 AM Central Standard Time, fot@autox.team.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Donny Sopp of Homer, NY has been racing his Spitfire <I>(and picking up the parts falling off it) </I>for well over the past 24 years usually with me at events at Watkins Glen; Mid-Ohio; Summit Point; Shannonville, CA; and Mosport, CA. He is known for his innate ability to extract magical extended life and service from parts others might discard. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#400040" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Russ...<BR>
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Shannonville. Wow! There's a Blast from the Past. <BR>
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I ran Shannonville once, many, many years ago. Maybe it has changed, but back then it was very blue collar, and the only track I can think of where you can pretty much see the entire circuit sitting in the grandstand. <BR>
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Two things stick in my mind. One that this is the only circuit I ever ran where there were side by side straights which gave the illusion that traffic was coming back straight at you. No one warned me. The first time out, I got to the grid late and by the time I was headed down the first straight, traffic was already coming back at me. I thought I had done something wrong, and only the laundry knows how excited I got. <BR>
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The second thing I remember is that I blew a head gasket in one of the practice sessions. I was all alone, no crew, and I'm a lousy mechanic. But local spectators helped me change the gasket, and I made the race. I even got a class trophy.<BR>
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Near by Kingston, is a great little resort town. My wife Shirley loved it.<BR>
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Sorry I don't have any Spitfire parts, but a big hello to Donny Sopp.<BR>
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Bill Dentinger<BR>
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