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American Sovereign/Purple Mile arrives in Ashland!

Started by John Stezelecki , Sep 15 2010 02:25 PM

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#176 Victor Poulin

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 09:30 AM

Wow, guys, that looks fantastic!! NICE JOB!! :clapping:

Thanks for posting some pics.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 09:31 AM

Mmmm... shiny goodness!
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:00 AM

Got my vote for the 2012 Nats! :D (if the site is not already chosen),

Road trip, Mike!

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:05 AM

How many feet is one lap? That track looks awesome!!!!

Post #1 says 220 ft.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:06 AM

15 hours for me. LOL.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:07 AM

Yep, Doc... 220 feet per lap.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:16 AM

And a really long walk to pick up your deslotted car in the deadman.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:25 AM

I'm not sure if I can see that far, I might need a spotter to help drive a track that size.:)


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Posted 21 December 2010 - 10:44 AM

The Nats on a Purple Mile... Naaaaa... B) B) been there, done that... :P :P with enough glue, it's just another one blip track... :rolleyes: lets keep it Retro... :)

After all they have a king for the SCMs... :lol:
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 12:22 PM

W-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-W-W-W-W!!! Posted ImagePosted Image
and only 1,950 miles away (for me)... one day and nine hours according to Google maps. Guess it might be a while before I get there... maybe never. Posted Image

Awesome job, guys Posted ImagePosted Image The important thing is that the track has been preserved and restored to service.

I hope you get a ton of support from racers in that part of the country.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 02:05 PM

Hey Vic, January here we come! :laugh2: :laugh2:
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 03:23 PM

And a really long walk to pick up your deslotted car in the deadman.

Which one? :laugh2: :laugh2:

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 03:24 PM

Are you seeing "double", Rick??? LOL.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 03:26 PM

Yup, double fangers...

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 04:05 PM

with enough glue, its just another one blip track... :rolleyes:

Ben, how do you drive that square donut with only one blip, regardless of how much glue is down? I drove the Framingham, MA, Sovereign from 1969-1975 with wing cars and know it took more. :laugh2:
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 04:28 PM

Hey Vic, January here we come! :laugh2: :laugh2:

Bill, I'm wayyyyyy ahead of you, my friend. :D We may have to bring food and supplies for a couple of days though. :laugh2:
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 07:56 PM

Ben, how do you drive that square donut with only one blip, regardless of how much glue is down? I drove the Framingham, MA, Sovereign from 1969-1975 with wing cars and know it took more.

Square donut???

It's an eclaire! :laugh2:

Ben, if you were one-blipping the Purple, I would have loaned you one of my motors!

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 08:24 PM

(who's still faster than Swiss on the Purple)

Jeff,

What does the above exactly mean?

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 08:42 PM

Simply beautiful. :) :) :)

Only 9,715 miles for me :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 08:44 PM

I think that's a statement, Mike.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 08:53 PM

I still don't know what it means. I don't ever remember racing against Jeff at Georgia Hobby.

Do I need to send him my Nats trophy? It's one of the few I've bothered to keep.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 08:55 PM

Me thinks maybe Jeff went a bit faster or maybe a few more laps on the Georgia Hobby Purple Mile after Swiss won there in 1990???

Inquiring minds want to know and Mike's is the most inquiring. ;) LOL.
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Posted 21 December 2010 - 09:01 PM

Well, I think that he has the fast lap on the purple that was at Georgia Hobby Center while he was working there.

I don't believe the lap was turned in competition but it was the fastest on that track.

I think you should keep your trophy.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 09:51 PM

Good deal on the trophy. I won't have to go digging around in my crawl space.

While I'm flattered Jeff somehow associates hot lapping fast with being faster than me, I think I qualified about 15th or 16th at the '90 Nats. I know I had to run out of the Consis. A lot of guys went a single lap faster than me.

Also of note, Georgia Hobby had two different timers. Dick P qualified way faster (3.37?) in Semi-Pro with the "hot" timer on Saturday than John Pierce TQ'd (3.52?) in Pro on Sunday with the "slow" timer.

Back to the Mile in Mass...

It looks terrific. If there ever was a situation for all the Retro heavy hitters to have a showdown where none of them would have a home track advantage, this would be it.

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Posted 21 December 2010 - 09:57 PM

If there ever was a situation for all the Retro heavy hitters to have a showdown where none of them would have a home track advantage, this would be it.


Hopefully that will happen some day, Mike. :)
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