<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you for that sir!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lester</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 10:51 AM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">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 class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Bob Kitterer</span><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;" class="">1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;" class="">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;" class="">2013 Miata</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Pay it Forward</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;" class="">Thanks Frank</span><br class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 8:27 AM, JMFangio via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class="">“What we have here is a failyah to communicate.”</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Let me be more specific, what is Valve cover racing?</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">I mean I have seen drag racing, the good kind where no high heels were involved only a rope and a Spridget.</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Lester</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Howard Collins <<a href="mailto:miniac7@aol.com" class="">miniac7@aol.com</a>> wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Yup ....They had a 4 cylinder class and 6 cylinder class. Probably 20 or so participants in double eliminations. </span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Sent from my iPhone</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 11:06 AM, JMFangio via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Valve cover racing?</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Lester</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Howard Collins via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Just returned from Encounter 2019 in Ocean City New Jersey, hosted by the Philadelphia Region of the Austin Healey Sportsj & Touring Club. </span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">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 class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">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 class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">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 class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">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 class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">There were four tech sessions on various topics of interest and four routes identified for self-guided driving tours.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Next years Encounter will be hosted by the Brandywine Region of AHS&TC on July 15-19 in Newark, Delaware.</span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Howard Collins</span><br 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