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neelyrc

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At Speed on the Barber Track
« on: March 13, 2018, 03:07:02 »
Many of our USA members are MBCA members and will have received the March-April edition of The Star in the last few days.  In President Gene Jurick's "At the Wheel" column on Page 8 you will see a picture of my Pagoda at speed on the track at Barber Motorsports Park.

A copy of the picture is attached below.
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Ralph

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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2018, 12:26:18 »
Ralph,

Pretty cool - do tell more.    Are you driving it around the track?   What speed?

Nice to see
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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2018, 13:03:08 »
Oz, there was a  Cars & Cocoa event at Barber on January 6 in connection with the Drive Home III caravan sponsored by the LeMay Museum.  See here:

https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=27063.msg193962#msg193962

We did about half a dozen laps at relatively safe highway speeds. If you zoom in you can see Flora's white AMG cap! I was driving.  There were about 25 cars on track, no passing allowed.

The picture was taken by Dr. Jim Roberts who was behind me on the track in his 116. A cold but fun afternoon!
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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2018, 22:21:08 »
Way cool, Ralph!  I saw the photo in The Star but didn't know it was you - I'll be sure to show it to Lucy this evening.  Say "Hi!" to Flora from both of us!
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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2018, 22:51:38 »
Thanks Mike, will do!
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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2018, 00:03:27 »
Maybe we should start a Pagodas at the track thread?
Our ‘66 230 at Vancouver Island Motorsport Park:
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Re: At Speed on the Barber Track
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2018, 07:18:56 »
I've never tracked my car

My wife on the other hand...

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