[TPR] Big Bend Open Road Race

[John]

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JB

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> On Apr 9, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
> 
> I recently posted to the DeTomaso email forum a question regarding who was going to the Big Bend Open Road Race.
> 
> After receiving a response from Michael Frazier, I thought something needed to be said for our friends who have been running SORC.  You can read the email trail below.
> 
> Later today, a new response from Michael Frazier came in, it can be read here:
> http://poca.com/pipermail/detomaso_poca.com/2014-April/225691.html
> 
> I'm not going to honor that with a response as I think it shows irresponsibility on  a few levels, and he's entitled to his opinion.  I never said BBORR was a bad race.  Nuff said.
> 
> Asa  Jay
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:	Re: [DeTomaso] Big Bend Open Road Race
> Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2014 06:46:48 -0700
> From:	Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> To:	detomaso at poca.com
> 
>    Big Bend may be a good race, but I'm not certain it really has anything
>    on the Sandhills Open Road Challenge with it's narrow road, grass
>    shoulders and no run off room.  There have been Panteras running in
>    that event consistently for several years now without fail.  The team
>    lineup may vary year to year due to their restricted entry system but
>    someone has been there.  Between Bob Radefeld, Bud Hower and Mark
>    Skwarek, I think they've done more ORR than the rest of us combined in
>    the last five years.  Bud even drove out to SSCC a few years ago, and
>    although Mark's new engine wasn't ready, he flew out to spend last
>    year's SSCC with the team as well.
>    I realize BBORR is far removed from the rest of the country due to the
>    shear size of Texas, but it's like you have your own Open Road Race
>    right there in your back yard, and there hasn't been a Pantera entered
>    in over two years?  I'm sure for you it seems like the best of the
>    bunch; it's the only one you've really driven at speed.
>    Asa   Jay
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************
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> 
>    On 4/8/2014 8:53 PM, michael frazier wrote:
> 
>    It's been more than 2 years.  My car is going back together and will be
>    there in 2015.
>    I'd really like to put another group together like we did a few years
>    ago.  We had 10
>    Panteras and filled a table with really hard to come by trophies.
>    I just recently had the chance to see and drive the Sandhills course
>    while touring the local
>    missile fields... did the Silver State drive not long ago while at
>    Nellis.  I'm just glad
>    BBORR is only 300 miles from me, it's easily the best road of the
>    bunch.  I 'll be there
>    again this year with a group of Vettes and this is my 4th year as an
>    instructor and
>    qualifier for the rookie school.  That's the scary part.
>    Hope to see some of you there for the '15 race.
>    Michael Frazier
>    Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
>    > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 18:55:14 -0700
>    > From: [4]asajay at asajay.com
>    > To: [5]detomaso at poca.com
>    > Subject: [DeTomaso] Big Bend Open Road Race
>    >
>    > Team Pantera Racing has not heard from -anyone- in shouting distance
>    of
>    > the BBORR this year. Will there be even -one- Pantera? Say it ain't
>    > so. That would make two years in a row if I recall correctly.
>    >
>    > Asa Jay
>    >
>    > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>    > & Shelley Marie
>    > Spokane, WA
>    > ******************************
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