<div dir="ltr">Oscar also ran Auto World which was my go-to source for car models back in the day..... Used to love to get that catalog in the mail. I may even have one or two tucked away with my car mags... I see they still have an on-line presence.<div><br></div><div>Dan D</div><div>'76 MGB</div><div>Central NJ USA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 11:23 AM S.Carr <<a href="mailto:britfan1@epix.net">britfan1@epix.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg1925058170820353824"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_1925058170820353824WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt">According to Brock Yates’ book about the race, </span></span><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><i><span style="font-size:12pt"> Cannonball!</span></i></span><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt">, the B/GT dropped out in Columbus, Ohio, with a slipping clutch, having averaged 74 mph—560 miles in 7:45. <u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt">I knew well the second-place finisher, the late Oscar Koveleski—he admitted long afterwards that it was a crazy idea and would never do it again.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt">Sarah Carr<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt">’71 B/GT in PA<u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mgbobh@gmail.com" target="_blank">Robert's New iPad</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 28, 2024 7:02 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:paulbhunt73@gmail.com" target="_blank">Paul Hunt</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mgs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Mgs] Vintage MGBGT sighting</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="m_1925058170820353824apple-tab-span"> </span>Not reported was how the MGB fared.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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