<VV> Corvair Time Trials at the Portland International Raceway

[AKG]

I would love to.  Too bad the rules require me to put a rollbar in my
convertible...

The Artful Dodger

> From: Sethracer at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 02:28:38 EDT
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, fastvair at yahoogroups.com, v8vairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Corvair Time Trials at the Portland International Raceway
> 
> Folks -
> I sit here on June 1 - looking at the entry form for the NECC Time Trials  at
> Portland International Raceway - NEXT MONTH! Arrgh! I am guilty of
> procrastination - perhaps like you are. My intended competition car, a 65
> Corsa, sits 
> in the driveway, mostly disassembled. Between work, wiresets,  and remaining
> married, the car is at the preparation point that it should have  been in
> March! But I am still trying to get it ready. Even if it is finished in  time,
> it 
> would win the ugly "tweety" competition - if there was one! If at the  last
> minute, it doesn't get finished, I will have to drive my street car (not a
> Vair) 
> to the convention and drive that at the Time Trials. But I will be there  and
> running in the event! Now the reason I am writing this is to urge  you to
> send it your entry for the time trials, like I am doing. And do  it NOW! The
> cost 
> - a mere $140,  will allow you to drive as fast as  you want for as many laps
> as you will want to, on one of the most beautiful Road  Racing tracks in the
> United States. If you are in the Western US and are  bringing any kind of car
> to the Convention, (A Corvair car is fine, even  totally stock ones!) you
> should should seriously think about running at the  Trials. This is an
> outstanding 
> opportunity. In the last several years, I have  traveled thousands of miles
> back and forth across US to tracks  in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
> Illinois, Connecticut and Florida  in order to drive these events. Don't let
> this 
> slip through your hands. It's the  first, and maybe the last, chance to do
> this 
> is the West! There will be plenty  of help for you, instructors, tech help -
> loaner helmets - everything you need.  The weekend after we run, the fast
> folks 
> from the American LeMans Series,  including the Chevrolet Corvette C6Rs will
> be there racing. You can tell your  friends - "Well, when I ran at that track,
> I had a ball!"  
> So go to the website now. Download the forms. Fill them out and send them
> in. I would hate to be the only one there. I'd have to run all day  long!!!!
> 
> If you have ANY questions about the event, I will be happy to answer  them!
> 
> The Web site for the forms is:
> _http://www.corvair.org/chapters/necc/registration/necc_portland_registration_
> 2005.pdf_ 
> (http://www.corvair.org/chapters/necc/registration/necc_portland_registration_
> 2005.pdf) 
> 
> Seth  Emerson
> Sethracer at aol.com
> C's the day! Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
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