[Hal Copple]

we had 60 SPF's, with every sort of engine, some came on/in trailors, many driven long distances. The track was damp most of the time, but for a few hours on sat, at least the main straight was pretty dry. Lots of instructioni, Mac DeMere and one of his mates from the Michelein test track came to be instructors, Mac was very complementary to me on my 396 Stroker's power on the long VIR front straight. Of course, Bob and Dennis Olthoff also spent many hours in one car or another, giving in-car training. They brought their Car and Driver Shoot Out car too, and gave demo rides to all who asked. It has a hardtop on it.

It turned out that the wet conditions really helped all of us learn car control more safely, because when you go off a wet track, you are not going as fast. Actually, some of us "old hands" felt that the wet track was not only a great learning tool, it was a large factor in our not having a single car hit any Armco or tire barriers, nor were any engines blown up.

We also had Ladies Only track times, and trust me, we have some SPF female drivers who can hold their own against any male out there. Typical track times were 20 minutes, and we had all the course time any body wanted.

I had Bob J. take me out in the Great Stroker for a refresher, he is an experience driver, and i saw 130 mph swing by on the straight, before he decided to ease into the Wilwoods for the "*****" as the turn at the end of the straight is called.

We also had lots of wet skidpad, figure 8 training, too.

All in all, a safe, very educational weekend, and well worth the time and money for both our experienced and our Rookie SPF drivers.