[F500] Sprint Related - My Thoughts

[O.S. Brannon]

Karin,

You are absolutely correct.

For over 40 years racing has been a part of my life.
Our entire family, including grand parents, have always been involved.
Greg and I have spent countless hours working on remote control cars, go
carts, VWs, Mazda RX7s and for the last ten years F440s and 500s.
These have been some of the most enjoyable times of my life and I consider
my self very fortunate.
I suspect the same can be said by all the other father son/daughter teams
out there.
The F500 family is an extension of this family and is the finest I have
ever encountered in all forms of racing.
This interaction is much more important than the racing.
The race is over in 40 minutes, but the "family" is there all the time.
Yes, we are competitors, but don't take it too seriously.
There is not a single person, constructors included, who can make a living
only working on or racing F5s.
This whole thing is about having fun and enjoying the interaction with the
"family".

My two cents as well.




>-- Original Message --
>From: Karin <immeuru at dotnet.com>
>To: f500 at www.f500.org
>Subject: [F500] Sprint Related - My Thoughts
>Reply-To: f500 at www.f500.org
>Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:09:30 -0500
>
>
>I was at this year Sprints in pit lane when I first heard of the
>accident that occurred with Calvin and Fred.  I had heard a lot of
>'stories' concerning the 'incident'.  I guess without actually being
>right there it is hard to say what happened.  Personally I just find it
>so hard to believe that a fellow racer would intentionally do something
>to cause possible bodily harm to another.  Maybe I am just naive, but
>this is my feeling.  Having both family and friends out on the track, I
>guess I NEED to believe that this incident or any other incident that
>happens on the track between 2 or more cars is not done intentionally by
>another driver.  If I were not to have this belief I could not go to the
>track and enjoy myself the way I do.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>Karin Greening

O.S. Brannon
Manager, AAA Auto Club South
Heathrow Service Center
Phone (407)444-4360
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