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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Wasn’t the hitting of the skunk in 2002 and not 1992?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dean</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">Mark J Bradakis via Fot</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, September 26, 2019 8:04 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Fot] 1992 at Mid Ohio</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That event left me with one of my fondest memories ever. There were </p><p class=MsoNormal>many from that weekend, like rattle can paint repairs and the already </p><p class=MsoNormal>mentioned fragrant incident. I wonder if I still have the well worn and </p><p class=MsoNormal>tattered T shirt stashed somewhere in the house? I know I've told this </p><p class=MsoNormal>tale before, but....</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, the feature race was getting close, the drivers headed out to </p><p class=MsoNormal>the pregrid. All the others made their way to the bleachers there at </p><p class=MsoNormal>the final turn before the start/finish line. There was just SO MUCH </p><p class=MsoNormal>energy in the crowd, such an incredible event already. Everybody was </p><p class=MsoNormal>yakking away in spirited animation. That is until the amazing field of </p><p class=MsoNormal>gathered Triumphs came into view on the pace lap. It got REAL quiet all </p><p class=MsoNormal>of a sudden in the stands. Well, not counting the roar of the engines </p><p class=MsoNormal>rolling by on the track. I don't think there was a dry eye out there, </p><p class=MsoNormal>it was just such an incredible, emotional sight to see what started as a </p><p class=MsoNormal>dream become a reality, to see that impressive collection of Triumphs </p><p class=MsoNormal>roaring by en masse on their way to the green flag.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It was a great beginning.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Writing that just now brought up another memory. As some of you may </p><p class=MsoNormal>recall there was a vintage-race@autox list for a while. It was one of </p><p class=MsoNormal>the ones that got pruned due to lack of interest, as so many other </p><p class=MsoNormal>on-line options opened up as the network grew. But a bit over a year </p><p class=MsoNormal>after that Mid Ohio event I wrote a message to that list, which included </p><p class=MsoNormal>portions of this email from well before 2002.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://autox.team.net/html/fot/1998-09/msg00000.html</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"Those old men and women along the road remember. They weren't waving to </p><p class=MsoNormal>us. They were waving to the ghosts of those who once drove our cars </p><p class=MsoNormal>absolutely as fast as they knew how to go."</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>mjb.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ps: It's nice that most of us are still flesh and blood, not yet </p><p class=MsoNormal>ghosts. See you all at Mid Ohio.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>fot@autox.team.net</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.fot-racing.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>Archive: http://autox.team.net/archive http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</p><p class=MsoNormal>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/tr3a58dean@gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>