<div dir="ltr">Here's my big Healey valve cover racer at Bonneville:<div><br></div><div><div><img src="cid:ii_k12nn2mp0" alt="Valve cover.jpg" width="459" height="364"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Rick Neville</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 11:51 AM Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.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 dir="auto">Valve cover racing is where you take a valve cover add wheels and what ever else you want. Then they are raced down a slopped ramp like a Pinewood Derby or a very small version of Soap box Derby.<br><br><div id="gmail-m_2567734728557629018AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Bob Kitterer</span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13pt;text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13pt;text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Pay it Forward</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Sep 27, 2019, at 8:27 AM, JMFangio via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>“What we have here is a failyah to communicate.”</span><br><span></span><br><span>Let me be more specific, what is Valve cover racing?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I mean I have seen drag racing, the good kind where no high heels were involved only a rope and a Spridget.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Lester</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 27, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Howard Collins <<a href="mailto:miniac7@aol.com" target="_blank">miniac7@aol.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Yup ....They had a 4 cylinder class and 6 cylinder class. Probably 20 or so participants in double eliminations. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 27, 2019, at 11:06 AM, JMFangio via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Valve cover racing?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lester</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Sep 27, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Howard Collins via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Just returned from Encounter 2019 in Ocean City New Jersey, hosted by the Philadelphia Region of the Austin Healey Sportsj & Touring Club. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Of the 50 Healeys that I counted during the car show on the boardwalk, there was an impressive showing of 11 Bugeyes and 3 square body. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I polled a handful of the Sprite owners to see who may have been on the Spridgetlist but I came up empty. If anyone reading this was present, please let us know. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>This event started late Sunday afternoon with a drive down to Cape May for a sunset whale & dolphin watching cruise. Although sitings never happened, the weather, sunset and camaraderie were outstanding.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Monday was the road rally and a wine & cheese charity auction, Tuesday was the autocross, a BBQ buffet dinner and valve cover racing and Wednesday was the funkhana, the boardwalk car show and a reception and closing banquet. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>There were four tech sessions on various topics of interest and four routes identified for self-guided driving tours.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Next years Encounter will be hosted by the Brandywine Region of AHS&TC on July 15-19 in Newark, Delaware.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Howard Collins</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Virginia Beach, VA.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>'60 AH Sprite</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote 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