[s-cars] NAC: Watkins Glen - Vintage Festival

[Taka Mizutani]

Sounds like that was the place to be- damn. I'll make plans next year to go
to the WGI vintage festival rather than LRP.

Anyway, I hear that the LRP one might not be around much longer- rumors
about moving to NJMP or simply going away abound.

Taka


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:06 AM, <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:

>
> NAC insofar as the closest thing "Audi" was the shirt I wore and the one
> UrQ we saw @ the gate.  But seeing as my Glen Vintage adventure started by
> meeting Mikee Platt @ //SFest2002, it's Audi content enough in my book.
>
> Mikee towed me TR3 out to the Glen with his Hemi Magnum, I'd met him way
> out on MA Pike West late Thurs.  We arrived 4a.m. and caught 3hrs to get to
> our 9a.m. event on time.  Triumph was this years' featured marque there so
> they had a 115 car caravan meet up 20mi from the Glen to parade back, with
> Mikee me navigator - follow the car in front of you he says - he's talented
> you see.  We were DFL in line (dead f'n last), which allowed much
> shenanigans bringing up the rear.  YEAH!
>
> Parade?  Scoff!  Police escort, closed intersections with wave-on's - we
> blasted straight through and cruised ~ 50-70.  Got back to the Glen, track
> went cold, out we go for 'parade' laps.  Parade my arse - we were hitting 80
> in some stretches and giving it full opposite lock hell out there, Mikee
> giggling like schoolgirl and struggling to grasp 'Oh Sh*t Bar' (left turns)
> and side of door (right turns).  Two laps at speed, then time to stage again
> while they CLOSE the main street of the Village of Watkins Glen, so we can
> run the old 6-7mi Vintage course giving it the _full_beans_.  YEAH!
>
> A hint of shenanigans is found in
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pkrasusky/WatkinsGlenVintageFestival908#5243638922094061986- note my ahem 'line' coming into the famous Stone Bridge.
>
> Full JNR'age:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pkrasusky/WatkinsGlenVintageFestival908#
>
> What a *hoot* this is, streets lined with cheering fans, tires wailing
> under full drift, WOT blasts up the main drag - and this is encouraged???
>  NOICE.  We complete our 2.5 laps of the circuit and are all displayed in
> the park.  NOW time to exploit the Villages lack of open container law, and
> imbibe within the sights and sounds of the f'n gnarliest vintage cars and
> racers you can dream of - and yearn to pull bonghits of the wafting race gas
> fumes permeating the scenery.  YEAH!
>
> Back @ WGI, paddock walks only depress you that YOU don't have a quarter
> meelyun dollah semitruck camper with matching waxed double decker extra long
> trailer, loaded with cha-ching-age - <<<SIGH>>>.  We did get to meet Peter
> Klutt which was real cool, and I did manage to ask Vic Edlebrock a question
> about his daughter's Shelby GT350 - neat.  Our credentials allowed us to
> crash the drivers cocktail party in the paddock, free HOARS derves, beer,
> and wine - tho they never checked credentials - we must look im-po-tent or
> sumptin.  Mikee managed to get shush'd during one of the speeches - haHA!
>  Midnight strolls (stumbles) through the open garages, surrounded by
> seemingly trillions of dollars of OMGness.  YEAH!
>
> Returning to basecamp, camp fires and mingling with the coolest of the cool
> gamers you'll find - heck, random campsite next to us had a later night pop
> in from the owner of a '50s Bentley Coupe, 599GTB, 275GTB, AMDB4 cab, and C
> Bristol (all his), with his entourage driving the rest...  in the f'n RAIN.
>  GAMERS!  YEAH!
>
> Meeting you sumzabitches wayway back in 8/02 and starting all 'this'...
> priceless.  Great times with greater doodzez!  YEAH!  Domo Oregato Mr.
> Rossato was supposed to join us but unfort. was summoned back across the
> pond - damn.  Bob no worries - a keen eye found you WERE in fact there with
> us, just needed to know where to look:
>
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pkrasusky/WatkinsGlenVintageFestival908#5243650414849888722
>
> Looking forward to the 'next' time, whatever whenever whereever it is.
>  YEAH!
>
> -Paul
>
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