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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">When I sold it to David, it was just as vintage – maybe even a little more vintage, given the extra years of wear and tear I gave it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I was pretty glad that I found someone “in the family” who wanted to adopt it and use it as God intended.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">That trailer was so well known around the Midwest racing community that I very often had people wander up at the end of the day looking for wine, cheese
and wisecracking. I met a lot of neat folks that way, and usually had a snack or two available for such occasions (though paired with beer, rather than wine, alas).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Glad it’s got a good home with someone who appreciates the history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Scott (B.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">PS, my new trailer has a bathroom, so I didn’t need to replace the hand-held urinal facilities. Use that in good health!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Dentinger via Fot<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 10:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> david.c.cutter@gmail.com; fot@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Novice at SOVREN Spring Sprints<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When I had that trailer, it was truly VINTAGE, even down to its eight-track sound system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Witness to thirty-seven years of fun, by a 'Half Fast' race team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No one had more fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bill Dentinger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: David Cutter via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br>
To: fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2019 8:29 am<br>
Subject: [Fot] Novice at SOVREN Spring Sprints<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">So, after 9 months of listening and learning on FoT, we make our first post. Three days of beautiful warm weather at Pacific Raceways made for a great first race
weekend. Many many thanks to the FoT amici who helped us get here. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Steve Hare, the guy who got us started...our "Obi-Wan Kenobi" who has a seemingly endless supply of Spit spares in his shop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Charly Mitchel and Alec Buchan, our on and off-track driver mentors for the weekend. We learned a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jeff Quick for his amazing troubleshooting methods and Triumph technical knowledge. You really helped our pit crew (my son Sam) overcome some challenges and get
the car back out for the next green flag!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brian Cornell with his yellow and black #85 Spitfire, the other 1147 in Group 1 Smallbore. It was great racing with you, my friend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Phil Pidcock and Bob Scollard, you guys sure know how to drive Spitfires fast...someday we will be up there with you. Good luck to both of you at Buttonwillow this
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ed Dunn, Jerry Craft and Joe Siam, the Red #22 '64 Spitfire continues to race on. We had to re-number for SOVREN, so my son Sam picked #42. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And last, but certainly not least, Bill Dettinger, for building the Beady Eye race trailer and Scott Barr for refreshing the mechanicals on it. Now twenty-seven
years old, it's definitely vintage and has acquired a nice patina. Lots of good Triumph team karma in that trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dave Cutter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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