Miata Mailing List: January 1999, Message #173

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On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Gordon Choate wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone else recovering from their New year's celebrations 
> watched Speedvisions's 3 hour special summary (this afternoon) of this year's 
> World Rally Championship?  Excellent show, with some great in-car and exterior 
> shots of the rally cars sliding everywhere.  Very inspiring, especially with 
> all that slippery white stuff covering the ground and roads up here.

Gordon, it was 7.5 hours long...and covered all 13 rallies, along with the
mid-season and end of season reviews.  Guess you missed a few!

> Does anyone else see every empty snow-covered parking lot as an invitation to 
> pull in to slide around a bit and do a few donuts? ...

Always!  It's tough being out of Pro-Rallying lately...I've really got the
bug again, but still no money.  Yes, I even miss my 1973 Mazda RX-3,
though mostly for the sound.

Regards,

Richard Dekker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, MCofA #41997
Founder & President, Wild Rose Chapter - MCofA

1990 MX-5 Miata - Bell Stage III+ - "Turbos Blow"
1973 RX-3 - Rally Port 13B - "Pistons Suck"