Super - Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Patterson" <garyp@shelbyautos.com> To: "Stephen G. Becker" <sbeckerone@charter.net> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: RE: silver state classic - a challenge to members of this group Steve, After getting into it with the President a year ago over operational issues and business ethics we parted company. The group I am involved with and help start in NE, the Sandhills Open Road Challenge at www.sorcrace.com , is very successful and is already sold out for this August. Let me know what other questions you have about this type of stuff. Gary Patterson Sales and Public Relations Shelby Automobiles, Inc. (702) 942-REAL ext. 104 (702) 277-8430 cell (702) 93-COBRA fax garyp@shelbyautos.com -----Original Message----- From: Stephen G. Becker [mailto:sbeckerone@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:57 PM To: Gary Patterson Subject: Fw: silver state classic - a challenge to members of this group ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis@carmemories.com" <dennis@carmemories.com> To: "shelby" <shelbymustang@carmemories.com> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: silver state classic - a challenge to members of this group > In a few weeks this event is going to happen in Nevada. It is an open > road timed event "race" or road rally. They block off a 100 miles or so > of rural highway and do this event. Participants put themselves in > classes based on how fast you are going to average at the end. Closet > time wins that class. Its way too late to participate this year, > although there are other events. */ > > There is a team competition./* A team is five or more. There is an > existing Ford team and a Mustang Team. The Pantera team had ten cars > make the BBOR in Texas. They blew away all the other teams. All > finished, 7 did very well. There should be a Shelby Mustang team. I > issue a challenge to you. Let's put together a Shelby Mustang team. I am > getting crazier in my older age to want to do this. Please take a look > at the web pages below and let me know if you have a streak of craziness > left to join me. > > You also need a navigator as well as a driver. Remember this is a timed > event. Who who finishes closest to the time WINS that class. Competition > is tough and experienced. > > Note: yes there is a degree of danger here as in all racing. But if you > plug into the 85 mph is it much more dangerous than driving on the > expressway? Go over that 100 mph changes the equation though. Read about > the track and the event on the web pages. Mike Drew and I are on the > Pantera list if you want to commuicate with a particpant. > > These fill up quickly so we are looking at next season. I need to prep > my car for this anyway. Who is with me on this? Let's sponsor a team and > give those Corvette people another Ford Team to contend with. (Half of > the participants are Corvettes.) > > http://www.silverstateclassic.com/ > http://www.bborr.com/. > Dennis