<VV> [fastvair] Re: Great Fun

[levair at aol.com]

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Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 1:27 pm
Subject: [fastvair] Re: Great Fun

All,

We had a great time, Derby City Corvair Club and KYSCCA were great
hosts..
    Our competition Corvairs (Michael, Tracy, and I) were invited by 
John
Lanning to participate in their Autocross and parking lot Corvair show
on the 29th.
    Not only did we have a great show, but there was a motorhome and
food for the ladies and our comfort.
After getting rained out so much this year it was a shock to have the
90+ temps and sun.
   Jim Moore designed a super course with lots of top of 2nd gear
turns/sweepers and slaloms with wide entries. The Papa John's Cardinal
Stadium in Lousiville is a very large grippy lot.
     I was fairlye lame at this time and they allowed me to "scooter" 
the
course and even gave me an auditing job without asking.
     This certainly made the  the 3 hour trip and the 4:00 AM get up 
time
worth it.
     The site has a 92 DB sound limit. We had to feather it in the 
slalom
where the meter was to make the limit. By the sound level I would
suspect our local events have a 102 DB sound level. There were about 85
  cars. We all got 6 runs and I also got a rerun---I was an exhausted
wimp!
    Michael, Tracy and I had the pressure of being the "out of town
gunshooters" . Michael drove his white Corvair in XP and I drove the
red Stinger in CP. Michael  ran a close second to an XP Corvette. Tracy
won her XPL Class and I won the CP class by a couple of seconds.

     We got to meet a lot of our email friends and also made many new
SCCA friends.
    I was too tired to type last night.
  Today is all pleasant memories.

Warren


-----Original Message-----
From: Lanning14 at aol.com
To: Levair at aol.com
Cc: epssax at yahoo.com; oneowner64vair at insightbb.com;
flat6vair at comcast.net
Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 12:34 pm
Subject: Great Fun

Warren & Sharon,
 
Derby City Corvair really appreciates you for spending Saturday with
us. We enjoyed the comradery and the opportunity to see you and Michael
skillfully maneuver your cars thru the autocross course. Based on
comments I heard, many local SCCA people were excited to see some
'Vintage American Iron' out competing. It keeps the sport interesting.
Winning your class also makes it more satisfying.
 
Yesterday was a perfect example of what Corvair chapters should do more
often to keep interest in the Corvair alive and to let the racing world
see these vintage cars in action. By showcasing these unique cars, we
draw attention from the younger crowd to the merits of this car and
hopefully encourage racers to consider joining a group that supports
their club drivers. It's always fun to participate in Corvair
regional's and international conventions, but the non-Corvair world
doesn't get a chance to see or appreciate our cars at these somewhat
closed events.
 
With so many demands on our time, it's admittedly not easy to get race
cars to a specific event on a day when the local club members can come
out to support the activity, but our club did pull it off yesterday. We
will attempt to do this again in the future and I hope other chapters
can plan an event and support your cars and all the other Corvair
racers around the country in the same way.
 
Thanks again for coming to Louisville. Looking forward to seeing both
of you in Cedar Rapids. I will forward pictures when I get them.
 
John  



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