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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">It was indeed GREAT to finally, after all this time, put faces to internet names. The weekend at Grattan was fun-filled with great racing, and the paddock activities could not be beat. <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Of the 120 total race entries, 27 were Spridgets. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">This "family" of Spridget racers are an amazing group of which I was thrilled to be a welcomed part. </span></div>
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<div>In a message dated 8/16/2021 7:03:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, spridgets@autox.team.net writes:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">It was great to meet Howard and get lapped by Ron (again).  We had two factory Sprite race cars with fuel injected A-series engines with 8 port heads brought up from Texas to take part in the festivities.  We had a great turnout of Sprites and Midgets and a good time!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Rick<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Aug 16, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Ron Soave via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" shape="rect">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Howard Collins made it out from Virginia Beach to Grattan Raceway in Michigan this weekend to watch the VSCDA vintage races along with the 10th anniversary of our Spridget race series. What a great pleasure to meet a 20+ year list mate, and looking forward to other opportunities to hang out. In the past this list had many such meet-ups, and it was great to do it again. We put on a pretty good show, thankfully!  Great weekend!!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ron Soave<br clear="none">> ------------------------<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" shape="rect">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">> Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets" target="_blank" rel="noopener" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets </a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="noopener" shape="rect">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener" shape="rect">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk@chartermi.net</a>
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