RE: Tustin Vintage Races: A Short Review

["Mike Zamarocy" <***mhdavion@earthlink.net***>]

Tim, what time did you get there? I was a bit late, so I got there about
10:15 (White A4), and as I was pulling in Lake was almost leaving in his
Cactus Green A4. He had been there for awhile he said. And a few minute
later Robert arrived in his Black A4. We waited around a bit, and ended up
leaving late, near 11:00-11:30. Next time I will give you my pager number in
case. I AM SORRY!!!!!!   :(

I didn't see the cars you talked about, except the Black 100 in the pits,
but I did see a Silver A4 in the lot, and there was our 3 A4's there too.
But didn't see your Coupe.

Well, SORRY for the FUBAR, but it was not meant as any hostile act.

As for the racing, yep, the Green GT40 was nice, but the Red one didn't race
Sunday cuz his entire rear body panel ripped off after catching some air
flow in Saturday's events  :(

I also got nostalgic seeing all the old Spitfires and A GT6!!! As well as
the Lotus's (specially the Cortina!) - and in the hanger was a Lotus Europa
FAKE Type 47 (had the popoff gas caps and the side vents) - it was FOR SALE,
and though a FAKE, I am tempted!

And for me, the best race was the Porsche 930 Turbo vs the ex-IMSA Nissan
GTP car! WOW!!!!!! But the Porsche's lead was short lived till the Nissan
got warmed up, then it even LAPPED the 2nd place P after some laps! AWESOME!
And the real cool thing was, the car was driven by Jeff Kline - EX IMSA GTU
killer who raced for MAZDA (Racing Beat, Malibu GP) in the dominant RX7's
years ago! He used to be one of my idols when I raced my RX7!

Ah, errrrr, ummm, as for that NASCAR race, I walked away from that one.

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Tustin Vintage Races: A Short Review
>
>
> Well,  to start off,  I have to say the cars and the races were pretty
> fun to watch.  The sound of old GT racers zooming around the track was a
> aural treat!  And being able to get behind the wheel of a Ford GT40 was
> something of a lifelong dream.  ( Yeah, like they'd let ME drive
> something like that! )  Hell, just wandering around the parking lot was
> thrilling.  I saw a Plymouth Prowler with the Lic. plate "PRWLR1", a de
> Tomaso Pantera & Mangusta, bunches of Porsche's, some Ferrari's, and
> other exotics and classics.  In my opinion, the real car show was in the
> parking lot!  I also saw a red `85-87 Audi 4000q with a R/C racers'
> permit in the window;  anyones' on the list?  One of the race teams had a
> 100 in the paddocks as their personal car.  And as I was leaving I saw a
> pearl 200 (I think) that was parking.  Other than that, those were the
> only Audi's I saw.
>
> Which brings me to my next question:  Where was everybody?!  I waited in
> the Wickes parking lot for an hour, and no one so much as drove by!
> What's the deal?  Did the A4 club peek around the corner while I was
> reading my paper, say to themselves, "Oh, just some wanna-be Coupe owner.
>  Let's ditch'em!"  Well, I got enough of that treatment when I was in 6th
> grade.  Hmph!  [8^)  Seriously though, I found it a waste of my time and
> very inconsiderate.  I don't want to open up the "Camaraderie" can of
> worms again, but maybe we should all at least think about it for a minute
> or two.  I hope to get a better reception at the Petterson Auto Museum
> next month!