<VV> More> Plowing at the Farm

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You may not finish first or finish last, but smiles are guaranteed!! Y'all 
should have seen the grins during the spins!

Chuck S
Was wet, tired, smelled like smoke, happy as a clam!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> Looks like all of you had a really fun day!
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net>
>
>> Smitty Says;
>>   Just returned from (I would guess) around the 10th annual Ho Down at 
>> the
>> Whelan family farm in Dinwiddy VA.  It rained the day before the event 
>> and
>> it rained a little off and on all day Saturday.  This would have dampened
>> the spirits of normal people but us Corvair people didn't notice.  The 
>> big
>> event of the day as usual was the autocross in the pasture.  This time a
>> single cone was used to mark each corner so as long as you went around 
>> the
>> cone it didn't matter if you entered "wide" or "tight" or simply drove
>> "across the street" to go around the cone.  The pasture was first cut 
>> with
>> a bush hog at about 8".  Then after the course was laid out a finish 
>> mower
>> laid out a track.  You could not get lost if you tried.  Because of the
>> rain you could light up the tires anyplace on the course and at any time.
>> You could enter a turn at 30 mph if you didn't mind going sideways 30-40
>> feet before actually "turning in".  Hey, raci'n is raci'n, no matter if 
>> it
>> is gocarts or NASCAR.
>>    Spike had been taking a real beating out there in years past with many
>> drivers trying him out.  This year Frank DuVall brought a new entry.  A
>> Late 4 dr with a PG and a 140 engine called Pi. It was an ideal "farm
>> racer".  One of those that got lighter every time you slammed the doors.
>> You have to think about that a bit to figure out the car's side number
>> from looking at the symbol on the door.  Anyway the interloper beat Spike
>> by a second and took away the award for FTD.  Dang PowerGlides anyway.
>> Power means nuthin if you can't get it to the ground.
>>    To fend off the cool and damp a baby fire was started early in the
>> afternoon but that didn't keep us from starting the real fire later in 
>> the
>> evening with it's 20 ft flames and wonderful heat the pushed the lawn
>> chairs back 50 feet.
>>    All day long we ate on the potluck food that had been brought in and
>> placed on tables under the Easy-Ups.  Late in the afternoon we shifted to
>> more conventional picnic fare of hot dogs, hambergers, and steaks, with
>> all the fixins.
>>    The hay ride was cancelled for lack of interest.  Seems there were few
>> willing to sit in wet hay and get slapped in the face with wet branches
>> for an hour.  About midnight when the fire was reduced to a pile of hot
>> coals the troops retired to our tents, campers, or the farm house, or
>> simply went home.  If they weren't tired they just didn't have as much 
>> fun
>> as I did.
>>    The turnout was reduced as might be expected but still there were
>> around 60 fun loving Corvair folks that came.
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