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

[Mark Strangways]

F'me if photo #40 doesn't speak a thousands words.

JNR indeed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Cc: <robert.rossato at hs.utc.com>; <mplatt911 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: [s-cars] NAC: Watkins Glen - Vintage Festival


>
> 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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