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Vintage Views
May 2006

Mother Nature has finely got her act together so we can get the racing season started. Our first date that we actually made without any weather problem was Twin Cities Speedway in Marysville on May 6th. The Vintage car field was smaller than expected but we were well received and everyone had a good time. Six vintage cars made the trip. Frank & Kay Goularte , Mike Luddon and Alison, Paul & June Ferreira, Stu and Mike Donaldson, Rosemarie and me. Eric and Gerri came down from Oregon to help with the pushing the vintage cars. Eric had just bought a new toy that worked great pushing us into the push off area. Eric saw an ad in the local shopper for this new open wheel two seater sorta dune buggy. The interesting thing is that is has no Brand name so no one had a clue what to call it. So we referred to it as the "Doodle Bug".
Stu brought a new BCRA Vintage member Scott Nail and his wife from Visalia and Scott piloted the # 85 vintage car for Stu. Stu has offered a ride to Scott in Stu’s #87 dirt midget for the 2006 season. Stu and Scott made it to Watsonville’s "Ocean Speedway" for the BCRA midget date on May 12th. Bad luck struck Stu at Ocean Speedway and the motor went sour. Scott has plenty of seat time in several types of open wheel cars so they will make a good team.
Bad luck struck Mike Luddon with a broken motor mount after the second time on the track. That was the end of the night for Mike. The rest of us stuck it out for the rest of the night. Due to several red flags and the night was getting late the vintage members decided to pass on our last time on the track. The show director was grateful for our help We will make it up some other time. Greg, the promoter, allowed four of us with RV’S to spend the night at the track. We were all up and headed for IHOP in Marysville for breakfast by 8:00 A.M. Sunday morning.
The next scheduled date is the "Karz for Kidz" in Madera California at the Valley Children’s Hospital grounds. Last year it was great success and they were able to raise over $11,500 for the hospital and the children. This car show is open to anyone that can make it.
Our next BCRA Vintage date is June 3rd. At Lakeport Speedway in Lakeport California. The pit gates open at 3:00 P.M. Eric and Gerri said they plan to make that date. We told Eric that he would be a big help pushing again with his "Doodle Bug".
We still have the new BCRA Vintage uniform patch and the BCRA Vintage Midget and the Mighty Midget license plate frames for sale. The 2006 Vintage Calendar is also available. Email me at petebcra1@sbcglobal.net and I will get the items in the mail ASAP.
Let me know if you are NOT receiving the BCRA Newsletter each month as I have extras each month. I will send the issue that you are missing.
See you at Lakeport on June 3rd.
Pete