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[NJ Racer]

I can wear a Steube mask and Tex can wear a PdL mask, after all it's almost Halloween.

I bet they both will show.

[Pappy]

I can put them back on the list so let's take a vote. How many of you guys want them back on the list, raise your hand.

[Tex]

... and Tex can wear a PdL mask...

Do I have to get a haircut ala PdL?!?!

Of course, I DID shave my head bald once...

[Tex]

Butch,

I'm sure we all want them to show up... and MORE! Whatever their reasons are, they are what they are; let's hope we get to lock horns with 'em another time.

[NJ Racer]

Mike Swiss:

I take it the fastest way around is on the inside black lane. Red looks like you can ride the sidewalls hard, that's if your body does not get sucked up. I may have to apply some of my Eastern Oval racing technique here, if you know what I mean. Do you have a more recent pic all complete?

[Ron Hershman]

Do I have to get a haircut ala PdL?!?!

Of course, I DID shave my head bald once...

No... but you have to wear his shirt

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[MSwiss]

Ray,

Go HERE, posts #77-#80.

You can forget about riding the wall on the flat track. Not possible.It has 6" aprons, inside and out. The King walls are a lot closer and you can touch them and suck in your body if you're into exiting turns sideways. That's why I put big aprons on the flat track.

While black is quite a bit shorter than red, it's tight enough that it's pretty hard to win a heat on it unless it's with a 1/32 homeset car (which run very well on the track). Guys sometimes win the heat on purple but the fastest laps and highest totals are usually on blue-green.

[MSwiss]

I just spoke to top Midwest/Tri-State ISRA scale racer Dave Schlueter, and he is intending to race at the Sano.

[Pappy]

I'll put him on the list.

[NJ Racer]

Schlueter has to spot me 10 laps. LOL! So far that's 10 from Hershman, Kisling 10, Van Wagnen 10. If Gawronski is there I want 20 laps

[Cheater]

Ray, you'd better ask for more from Gawronski...

[NJ Racer]

That's per heat... I might still need more. :laugh1:

[NJ Racer]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if some Brits made the trip. They have a program up and running as far as I read here on the blog.

[MG Brown]

I just spoke to top Midwest/Tri-State ISRA scale racer Dave Schlueter, and he is intending to race at the Sano.

Awesome; it will be good to see Dave.

[MSwiss]

Pappy,

Go ahead and add Doug Demski to the list. I have five or six locals or semi-locals that have purchased (or are building) cars and will probably participate in at least some of the events, but I'll wait until they're a little more firm to mention their names.

[MSwiss]

Pappy,

Go ahead and add John Austin, Jim Bostrom, Bob Oaks, Mark Mattei, and Basil Michael to the list.

[Pappy]

Done.

[MantaRay]

More Chicagoese... for those attending the Sano

Subject: Chicagoese

SLANG

1. Grachki (grach'-key): Chicagoese for "garage key" as in, "Yo, Theresa, waja do wit da grachki? Howmy supposta cut da grass if I can't git intada grach?"

2. Sammich: Chicagoese for sandwich. When made with sausage, it's a sassage sammich; when made with shredded beef, it's an Italian Beef sammich, a local delicacy consisting of piles of spicy meat in a perilously soggy bun.

3 (Tree). Da: This article is a key part of Chicago speech, as in "Da Bears" or "Da Mare" (the latter denoting Richard M. Daley, or Richie, as he's often called).

4. Jewels: Not family heirlooms or a tender body region, but a popular name for one of da region's dominant grocery store chains. "I'm goin' to da Jewels to pick up some sassage."

5. Field's: Marshall Field, a prominent Chicago department store. Also, Carson Pirie Scott, another major department store chain, is simply called "Carson's."

6. Tree: The number between two and four. "We were lucky dat we only got tree inches of snow da udder night."

7. Over by dere: Translates to "over by there," a way of emphasizing a site presumed familiar to the listener. As in, "I got the sassage at da Jewels down on Kedzie, over by dere."

8. KaminskiPark: The mispronounced name of the ballpark where the Chicago White Sox (da Sox) play baseball. Comiskey Park was recently renamed U.S. Cellular Field (da Cell).

9. Frunchroom: As in, "Getottada frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes." It's not da "parlor." It's not da "living room." In the land of the bungalow, it's da "frunchroom," a named derived, linguists believe, from "front room."

10. Use: Not the verb, but the plural pronoun 'you!' "Where use goin'?"

11. Downtown: Anywhere near Da Lake, south of Da Zoo (Lincoln Park Zoo) and north of Soldier Field.

12. The Lake: Lake Michigan. (What other lake is there?) It's often used by local weathermen, "cooler by Da Lake."

13(Tirteen). BoysTown: A section on Halsted between Belmont and Addison which is lined with gay bars both sides of da street. "Didn't I see use in BoysTown in front of da Manhole?"

14. Braht: Short for Bratwurst. "Gimme a braht wit kraut."

15. Guys: Used when addressing two or more people, regardless of each individual's gender.

16. Pop: A soft drink. Don't say "soda" in this town. "Do ya wanna canna pop?"

17. Sliders : Nickname for hamburgers from White Castle, a popular midwestern burger chain. "Dose sliders I had last night gave me da shits."

18. The Taste: Da Taste of Chicago Festival , a huge extravaganza in Grant Park featuring samples of Chicagoland cuisine which takes place each year around da Fort of July holiday.

19. "Jieetyet?": Translates to, "Did you eat yet?"

20(Twenny). Winter and Construction: Punch line to the joke, "What are da two seasons in Chicago?"

21(Twennyone). Cuppa Too-Tree: is Chicagoese for "a couple, two, three" which really means "a few." For example, "Hey Mikey, dere any of dem beerz left in da cooler over by dere?" "Yeh, a cuppa too-tree."

22(Twennytwo). 588-2300: Everyone in Chicago knows this commercial jingle and the carpet company you'll get if you call that number -- Empire! (Famous for their salesmen using 30 inch yard sticks to measure your home for carpeting).

23(Twennytree). Junk Djor: You will usually find da 'junk drawer' in da kitchen filled to the brim with miscellaneous... but very important, junk.

24(Twennyfour). Southern Illinois: Anything south of I-80.

25(Twennyfive). Expressways: Da Interstates in da immediate Chicagoland area are usually known just by their 'name' and not their Interstate number: Da Dan Ryan ("Da Ryan"), da Stevenson, da Kennedy, da Eisenhower (da "Ike"), and da Edens.

26(Twennysix). Gym Shoes: The rest of the country may refer to dem as sneakers or running shoes, but Chicagoans will always call dem gym shoes

[KenMiles]

Aw jeez... anudder forn language!

[Pappy]

Ray, that's a lot to learn in less than two weeks.

[slotcarone]

Sounds kinda like you guys are from Da Bronx!!!!

[Tex]

Sounds kinda like you guys are from Da Bronx!!!!

Correction: that would be "youse guys" or, as he put it, "use guys". Fuggedaboudit!

[TSR]

No wonder da mare can win his elections with a 99% margin. No one can figure out the election bulletins so they all vote for the first name on the list...

[Noose]

Mike Swiss asked me to do a special body for the Sano incorporating the two main themes of Can-Am and F1, so here is the "The Sano Lola-Cooper". Mike and I are deciding what will happen with this body. We'll let you know.

This is a montage of it:



..and some individual pics...

[TSR]

That's a real beaute, and in the spirit of the 1960s as we like them to be!