From twobees at sprynet.com  Sat Mar 19 17:26:50 2011
From: twobees at sprynet.com (Norm 2Bs)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:26:50 -0400
Subject: [Vintage-race] Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof
Message-ID: <000201cbe695$81f231c0$6401a8c0@normoffice>

When I had time, I would get to Sebring early Saturday morning, watch the
race from many vantage points, even crewed for a friend one time.  In recent
years with less time, I would just watch on Speed TV.  Now, it is ONLY
available on ESPN3 on the Internet.  Whose greed was responsible for this?
Sebring's?  ALMS?  Murdoch?  So, now I'm watching it on grainy, jumpy,
illegible, low res 18" image on my 25" high-res computer monitor.  What
stupidity!

I'm going to contact the "sponsors" to let them know what a disaster this
kind of coverage is.

At least I got to see some of the cars live & screaming on Thursday at the
track in practice.

Norm

From healeyrick at yahoo.com  Sat Mar 19 17:39:13 2011
From: healeyrick at yahoo.com (HealeyRick)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:39:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Vintage-race] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Sebring Video Coverage
 or Lack Thereof
In-Reply-To: <000201cbe695$81f231c0$6401a8c0@normoffice>
Message-ID: <557256.32066.qm@web161206.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Somewhere along the line, "Speed Channel" turned into "NASCAR Channel" and we
were all a little bit poorer for it.

Rick


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From: Norm 2Bs <twobees at sprynet.com>
Subject: Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof
To: "750 101 Digest" <alfaromeo750-101 at yahoogroups.com>,
bugeye at yahoogroups.com, "MG Digest" <mgs at autox.team.net>,
MGVR at yahoogroups.com, "Spridgets Digest" <spridgets at autox.team.net>, "Vintage
Racing Digest" <vintage-race at autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:26 PM







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      When I had time, I would get to
Sebring early Saturday morning, watch the

race from many vantage points, even crewed for a friend one time.  In recent

years with less time, I would just watch on Speed TV.  Now, it is ONLY

available on ESPN3 on the Internet.  Whose greed was responsible for this?

Sebring's?  ALMS?  Murdoch?  So, now I'm watching it on grainy, jumpy,

illegible, low res 18" image on my 25" high-res computer monitor.  What

stupidity!


I'm going to contact the "sponsors" to let them know what a disaster this

kind of coverage is.


At least I got to see some of the cars live & screaming on Thursday at the

track in practice.


Norm


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From ralph.towell at earthlink.net  Sat Mar 19 19:33:07 2011
From: ralph.towell at earthlink.net (Pete Towell)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:33:07 -0400
Subject: [Vintage-race] Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof
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Agree ... this coverage sucks!

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From: vintage-race-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:vintage-race-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Norm 2Bs
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:27 PM
To: 750 101 Digest; bugeye at yahoogroups.com; MG Digest; MGVR at yahoogroups.com;
Spridgets Digest; Vintage Racing Digest
Subject: [Vintage-race] Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof

When I had time, I would get to Sebring early Saturday morning, watch the
race from many vantage points, even crewed for a friend one time.  In recent
years with less time, I would just watch on Speed TV.  Now, it is ONLY
available on ESPN3 on the Internet.  Whose greed was responsible for this?
Sebring's?  ALMS?  Murdoch?  So, now I'm watching it on grainy, jumpy,
illegible, low res 18" image on my 25" high-res computer monitor.  What
stupidity!

I'm going to contact the "sponsors" to let them know what a disaster this
kind of coverage is.

At least I got to see some of the cars live & screaming on Thursday at the
track in practice.

Norm
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From RLHardison at verizon.net  Sun Mar 20 14:58:49 2011
From: RLHardison at verizon.net (Richard Hardison)
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:58:49 -0500
Subject: [Vintage-race] FW:  Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof
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I just finished watching the ABC coverage (?) of Sebring which had been
recorded earlier.  I had forgotten how bad it was last year.  This year met
the same standard.  Too bad.

 

Richard

 

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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:27 PM
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Spridgets Digest; Vintage Racing Digest
Subject: [Vintage-race] Sebring Video Coverage or Lack Thereof

 

When I had time, I would get to Sebring early Saturday morning, watch the
race from many vantage points, even crewed for a friend one time.  In recent
years with less time, I would just watch on Speed TV.  Now, it is ONLY
available on ESPN3 on the Internet.  Whose greed was responsible for this?
Sebring's?  ALMS?  Murdoch?  So, now I'm watching it on grainy, jumpy,
illegible, low res 18" image on my 25" high-res computer monitor.  What
stupidity!

I'm going to contact the "sponsors" to let them know what a disaster this
kind of coverage is.

At least I got to see some of the cars live & screaming on Thursday at the
track in practice.

Norm
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From ralph at cloverleaf-auto.com  Sat Mar 26 13:38:10 2011
From: ralph at cloverleaf-auto.com (Ralph Steinberg)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:38:10 -0400
Subject: [Vintage-race] BeaveRun Historics
Message-ID: <006101cbebf5$cd954da0$68bfe8e0$@com>

Ok everyone it is that time of year again where I start really pushing the
PVGP races and this year we have lots of reasons to, first the racing is
great at BeaveRun period, secondly, for the first time ever it truly is one
big giant vintage celebration starting at BeaveRun on one weekend and ending
at Schenley on another and for a lot of us we can do both weekends in the
same car. For others we can race one car at one event and another at the
other and the prices are fantastic (check out more info and entry forms at
www.cloverleaf-auto.com or www.pvgp.org )

 

Now as some of you may know I have thrown down the gauntlet and we are
featuring a rip snorting ground pounding race challenge - American big iron
against the Europeans. I have heard disparaging remarks coming from the
American side something on the line of "prissy" European cars. Are you going
to take that? I grew up listening to Jan & Dean and their like - do you
remember the song - "Hey Little Cobra"? If my memory serves me something
like - " and the jags were so far behind" And I do remember what Lemans was
like when Ford decided it was time to win and the GT40 came out. Kinda
remember that Chrysler did the same in more recent history. Until just
recently only Austin-healey had the guts to come out and play in NASCAR so
perhaps the ground pounders know what they are talking about..

Perhaps the big healeys and E types have to pick the correct race to come
out in. And Jag sedans only really look good when they are chasing other
European cars and Tigers - what you guys only come out when you can jump
MGB's?

What can I say. The proof is in the pudding. Can you guys take up the
challenge and show these big old American cars that it takes more than
horsepower to be a true race car or are they right - prissy.

 

All kidding aside I would love to have all of my big American Iron here
along with a good showing of our European cousins, Jags, Big Healey, Tiger
and others and for many of you your cars can go straight onto Schenley (that
assumes you played well at Beaver) check the car lists out for Schenley
(they are up on the PVGP site) MKII jag, E Type Tiger all there! And it is
the 50th for the E type. So come on out. To get the best deals enter now! We
offer full refunds if you find you cannot make it

Ralph Steinberg

PVGP Director of Competition BeaveRun

(and I happen to race one of those prissy cars - XK120 though prissy is not
the words that come to mind when I try to get that lead sled around the
streets at Schenley) 

From ralph at cloverleaf-auto.com  Sat Mar 26 14:00:22 2011
From: ralph at cloverleaf-auto.com (Ralph Steinberg)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:00:22 -0400
Subject: [Vintage-race] PVGP/VRG Historic Races at BeaveRun
Message-ID: <008101cbebf8$d67b6960$83723c20$@com>

Ok everyone it is time to get your entry in to PVGP if you want to get the
big discounts and I expect all of you MG Vintage racers and especially all
of you Spridget racers to enter both events!

I fought tooth and nail to get to this day - got me fired from my post as
VSCCA race chair at Schenley Park years ago but the wheel turns and here we
are. You can race at both events, even you funny little cars with frog-eye
headlamps! And square Spridgets with 1275 and 1500 engines - MGB, MGC and
even MGB V8 can run so.

And to top it off, for you Spridget races we are offering you your own
Spridget only race! No looking over your shoulder for some big Jag or Nissan
to come charging buy. No fighting in the corner with a Porsche or big Alfa.
Just you ankle biters and just Spridgets - no Formula Vee or Abarth. No
Honda S800 or Fiat 850. Just Spridgets!

If you need to know how much fun both BeaveRun & Schenley Park are just ask
Chris Myers he has raced at both events and he has promised me a whole mess,
gaggle, whatever, of Spridgets at BeaveRun.

Ralph Steinberg

Director of Competition PVGP BeaveRun