[Spridgets] Invitation

[lotuspilot at frontier.com]

I have attended every PVGP since the beginning and loved dearly every one of
them up until the unfortunate act of PVGP becoming its own sanctioning body. 
As far as I can see, and many others, that was a very disappointing move.  
 
You are correct in that now there are way more "common" little British
cars.  I love Spridgets to death and have owned around 14 of them over the
years but the beauty of the PVGP was the interesting nearly priceless race
cars that you seldom see anywhere else at races.  Also, it was possible to get
right next to the beauties and talk to the owners and really look them over. 
As an enthusiast that had much more value than the race groups being made up
almost solely of common LBCs.
 
I still attend them all as it is in my back
yard so to speak.  I dream that some day the really interesting historical
rarities come back to PVGP.
 
Mike


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From:
Bud Osbourne <abcoz at hky.com>
To: 'Ron Soave' <soavero at yahoo.com> 
Cc:
'Spridgets' <Spridgets at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:58
PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Invitation


We'd love to see you there, Ron. 
Hopefully you'll be able to make the
schedule work for you, some year.  I know
a lot of guys agonize between PVGP
and Elkhart Lake, on the same weekend. 
That date conflict is very
unfortunate, but we (PVGP) have had the third
weekend in July for the
longest and it isn't likely we can (or would) ever
change it.
Since PVGP became it's own sanctioning body, a couple of years ago,
we've
been seeing a growing number of Spridgets and MGs in general, as well as
various Triumphs.  I'm looking forward to seeing even more, this year.

Bud
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Soave [mailto:soavero at yahoo.com] 
Sent:
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:37 PM
To: Bud Osbourne
Cc: Spridgets
Subject: Re:
[Spridgets] Invitation

I don't know of anyone who's raced the PVGP who didn't
love it. The timing
is always horrendous for me, but I really hope to
participate one day. 

Ron
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truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling."
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On Feb 25,
2014, at 3:30 PM, "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz at hky.com> wrote:

> For those of you
contemplating a trip to Pittsburgh, this summer, for 
> Pittsburgh Vintage
Grand Prix:  PVGP is nearly two weeks of classic 
> sports car-related
celebrations.  One of the things we do, as one of 
> the Race Week Events, is
called Countryside Tour
(http://wwwpvgp.org/countryside-tour/).
> On behalf of
PVGP and the Greater Pittsburgh MG Club, I'd like to 
> extend an invitation
to my Spridget friends to join us on Thursday, 
> July 17 and put a couple
hundred miles of back-roads driving on your 
> Spridget, in the company of
other classic sports & GT cars.  Yeah, as 
> the pictures show, we
>
(reluctantly) allow people to drive their modern cars, as a last 
> resort, if
they can't bring their classic.  But, this event was truly 
> conceived and
planned for classic sports cars and, since I'm the 
> tourmiester dude, I
promise you the roads will favor Spridgets. J
> 
> 
> 
> So, check it out and
come to Pittsburgh a few days earlier than you 
> normally might, for PVGP. 
Of course, on Saturday the 19th, bring your 
> Spridget to Schenley Park and
enter it in the British Car Day show, 
> overlooking the golf course segment
of the race course.  Practice & 
> qualifying goes on all morning, then there
are qualifying races in the
afternoon.
> 
> 
> 
> I hope to see & meet some of
you, this year, for both Countryside Tour 
> and Pittsburgh Vintage Grand
Prix.
> 
> 
> 
> Bud