Good afternoon All! With half time upon us and the Redskins up, thought I would take the opportunity to share the attached. Howard Pardee scanned three...
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Bob
fannum
Jan 6, 2013 11:27 pm
If you get a _*message from Rober*__*t Hines with no subject*_, I'd purge it without reading. Rick Mandelson told me of Bob's passing, and I opened the...
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Terry Oneil
terryoneil308
Jan 7, 2013 9:56 am
Hello all, A little bit of information on Howard's car (which may already be known by Howard) The car was entered at Nassau in 1965, number 17. It took part in...
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Mike Matune
cgaysu
Jan 7, 2013 12:19 pm
Terry, Thanks for the info, I am sure Howard will appreciate it. Attached is a picture of Howard's car I took at the 2006 SAAC Convention at VIR. Thought it...
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Howard Pardee
saachp@snet.net
Jan 7, 2013 2:54 pm
Terry, Thank you very much for sending the photo. I know that you used it in your excellent book about the Bahamas Speedweeks. At Nassau it ran meatball number...
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Howard Pardee
saachp@snet.net
Jan 7, 2013 2:57 pm
Mike, I've already contacted Terry and thanked him for sending the photo. As you know, he is the author of a book on the Bahamas Speedweeks. 5R095 ran in three...
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jockellis@...
jockellis...
Jan 7, 2013 3:49 pm
Someone from the Atlanta Region raced a 350 Shelby in a 1967 regional at Vidalia, Ga on the city airport which was a WW II training base. Ed Rahal had his...
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Howard Pardee
saachp@snet.net
Jan 7, 2013 4:59 pm
Jock, Do you happen to remember the name of the driver of GT350? Howard Pardee...
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John Ellis
jockellis...
Jan 7, 2013 5:47 pm
Funny you should ask because it is almost always on the tip of my tongue but only once a year or so can I remember. I'll check with the AR to see if any...
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Howard Pardee
saachp@snet.net
Jan 7, 2013 6:14 pm
Jock, I'll throw out a couple of names that might be the driver: William Floyd or Jonathan Ponter? Howard Pardee ...
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Terry Oneil
terryoneil308
Jan 7, 2013 7:04 pm
Howard, What have you seen in my Bahamas book that I have not seen? You will be pleased to know that this is the first airing for this particular photo. ...
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Rick
wilder0939
Jan 8, 2013 4:25 pm
Bob A belated thank you for the heads up. I received that E Mail also and I did as you advised. Rick W. ...
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Bob
fannum
Jan 10, 2013 12:41 am
Most of you remember Scooter Patrick as a top Porsche driver, for top teams. He is in poor health and in desperate straits, and could use our prayers and...
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Mike Matune
cgaysu
Jan 10, 2013 12:27 pm
Good morning all, Howard Pardee shared this with me concerning the reopening of Thompson Speedway's road course in Connecticut. Like all of you, I have heard...
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slosilveralf...
Jan 10, 2013 3:27 pm
Mike and everyone -- I passed Marlboro every work day for the last two years and eight months <retireed a week ago today> the Marlboro Raceway will never open...
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John Ellis
jockellis...
Jan 10, 2013 4:38 pm
Why do the locals hate the track so? Jock Ellis ... From: Sam_Smith01@... <Sam_Smith01@...> Subject: Re: [Marlboro_Raceway] Thompson Speedway...
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slosilveralf...
Jan 10, 2013 10:20 pm
Locals never related to the sports car crowd -- not enough money to effect local economy -- remember few hotels/ no good restaurants closeby - OBI was a local...
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Rick Mandelson
rick21043
Jan 11, 2013 12:00 am
Sam Well written and your right about the further North East we raced, the Towns People would roll up the sidewalks and you couldn't get a Coke after 7:00...
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jockellis@...
jockellis...
Jan 11, 2013 1:51 am
Guys, I wish you had the franchise on NIMBYness but down here in the sunny South, hospitality is much like a small child seeing a playmate with a toy He,...
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donaldfrye@...
Jan 11, 2013 2:18 am
Unfortunately. I have to agree that Marlboro is e morto and a memory. There will not be any financial backer to bankroll such a small track. The trend is...
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slosilveralf...
Jan 11, 2013 4:58 am
I would not worry to much about Summit Point -- many "Departments" rely on the Point: Defense, Justice, Homeland S ecurity, &  Virginia State and County...
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Mike Matune
cgaysu
Jan 11, 2013 12:49 pm
Sam Smith did a great job relating the emotions and events surrounding Marlboro and the local community. Attached is an article Larry Jendras supplied that...
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slosilveralf...
Jan 11, 2013 2:44 pm
Thanks Mike -- pretty much sums it up ... From: "Mike Matune" <mmatune@...> To: "Marlboro Raceway" <Marlboro_Raceway@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January...
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Bob
fannum
Jan 11, 2013 3:03 pm
IMHO, the noise was a minimal part of the discontent. Too few residents within earshot, and the surrounding pines were a great sound barrier. It was the image...
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Howard Pardee
saachp@snet.net
Jan 11, 2013 3:20 pm
Thanks to all of you for presenting a history of the problems with Marlboro. I brought up the subject of Thompson Speedway opening up their road race course. I...
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Ed Diehl
mediehljr
Jan 11, 2013 4:57 pm
Hey, Rick, All that has been said is true, but you must admit that we (the outsiders had a lot of fun there) There were many good times had at the ...
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Don Haines
donhainesphoto
Jan 11, 2013 4:58 pm
When I attended my first race at Marlboro, we had to park on U.S.301 because the lot was completely full. And the property next door to the track was also...
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Don Haines
donhainesphoto
Jan 11, 2013 5:01 pm
Thanks Howard, I attended my first driver's school at Thompson. I remember getting the car ready on Friday all day, working until midnight and then driving the...
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jockellis@...
jockellis...
Jan 11, 2013 5:16 pm
Don, got any clips from SoS? I was a newspaper sports editor and found round track racers the most media savvy of the people in any sport. I always obliged by...
