maybe our 3rd Annual meeting will be held under sunny skies?
Rain or not, I really had a great time.
As much as I love cars in general, especially Cobras & GT-40s, it's the people who support this hobby that make it all worthwhile. In and of itself, a car show or a race is really nothing special. Interacting with entertaining people who share the same passion for high performance cars as I do is, however, something very special. Some of you I've had the pleasure of meeting before and it's always nice to see familiar faces again. I'm happy I got to meet many more of you this weekend. Everyone I met and talked to was open to discussion and eager to talk about their cars or about themselves. Some of you are real characters and had me in stitches quite often.
I hope everyone made it home okay.
Susan & Bill Parham, you are super nice people. Thank you for your gracious hospitality. I hope your business remains ever successful and your personal lives enjoy much happiness. I really did enjoy my little trip to "Mayberry."
Doug Reed, your jokes were old, they were scripted and they were poorly told. So why am I still laughing??
John Woerhide (sp?), thanks so much for bringing some of your very cool toys to the party. Your cars are anything but show queens, but they were the icing on a very pretty cake as far as I was concerned. The patina of obvious regular use, the IDA Webers with no filters and the fact that you took them out in the rain makes you all the more of a character and adds to your legend!
Ed Kamptner and Jim Pomroy. Thanks for teaming up with me on the trip up and back. You're good guys to hang with. I guess I'll see you boys again at Gainesville in June. Ed, start saving for the 40...
Fred Savage (a.k.a. FIA FRED), what can I say. I love your car and I'm buying stock in any company that makes duct tape.
Jim and Tina Broome. I've really got to give you folks credit, driving together all the way to McDonough, in the rain, in a Cobra, and with no top!!! You two are real "car people". You're a credit to this club and I'm very glad I got to meet you both. BTW, your car is beautiful and it looked great out on the open road yesterday on the way back south. When you pulled up along side of me, your rotating wheel hubs looked invisible and I could clearly see the rotors and calipers, it looked sooo cool.....
Jerry and Trudy Rowley. You are and have been the glue that brings us all together. Thank you and be well.
Dan and Jean Wulff. You've become like family to me. I always enjoy your company and I look forward to your reign as President and first lady.
Ruble (a.k.a. the LootKeeper). Funny, at Gainesville in February, you told me you couldn't afford new rearend gears. So how'd you come up with the money for the 3.73's so soon???
We'll have to start keeping an eye on you from now on....
Jerry Cowing. Your car is too nice looking to be seeing track time. Your hard work is evident and deserving of the trophies you took home. Good job, but you've got to decide if you're going to be a waxer or a racer.....
To those of you I have yet to meet. Don't let a little thing like rain stop you from coming next time.
Mike
