[Agingracefully]

THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE JULY 3RD ROEBLING EVENT PUT ON BY OUR GRACIOUS HOST, JOHAN, REALLY MISSED A TREAT! THE DAY WAS SUNNY!!!!!! AND HOT WITH A VARIED BUNCH OF CARS INCLUDING JOHN PAUL'S EX LEMANS PORSCHE, JOHANS WINSTON CUP CAR, GT-40 AND THE LOUDEST CAR AT THE TRACK, HIS LOLA. IN ADDITION, JERRY ROWLEY BROUGHT HIS COBRA AS DID DAVE--CHIP WAS ALSO THERE--OTHER PORSCHE'S , MUSTANGS MG'S AND ASSORTED RACERS ALSO MADE IT.

I WAS PLEASED, BUT NOT SURPRISED TO FIND THAT MY 158 HORSE, 2830 POUND 944 PORSCHE COULD GO AROUND THE TRACK IN ABOUT 1:28 WHILE COBRAS RAN WELL SLOWER I THINK JERRY WAS RUNNING 1:38'S AND DAVE 1:32'S. COBRAS ARE GREAT FUN, BUT THEY DO HAVE THEIR LIMITATIONS ON A ROAD COURSE.--THE PLUS OF ALL THIS IS THAT DAVE IS BUYING A PORSCHE!! HE WILL HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, THE COBRA FOR THE ADRENILINE RUSH AND SOUND AND THE PORSCHE FOR THE GRACE AND SPEED. THE CAR HE IS GETTING IS A BEAUTY AND I'M JEALOUS THAT HE BEAT ME TO IT.

AS ALWAYS, THERE WERE A FEW CASUALTIES, WITH JERRY GOING OUT ON A POSSIBLY BLOWN MOTOR, BUT NO PERSONAL INJURIES.

ALL AND ALL, A GREAT DAY AND A REMINDER TO ME THAT I NEED TO BUILD ANOTHER COBRA SOON--NOT FOR RACING, JUST FOR THE NOISE AND THE RUSH. HOPEFULLY, MORE OF THE DSSC WILL MAKE IT NEXT YEAR, ITS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A DAY.

RICK BROWNYARD