[F500] Looking for F500 Racers in SC

[Richard W Schmidt]

Roger,

Welcome to the F500 fraternity.  I to used to race in a straight line, a
long time ago.  After the thrill of actual competition wore off, the hour
spent in line to race for 15 seconds, just didn't seem like fun anymore.
Discovered road racing back in the early 60's and have been hooked since.
Only recently have I had the resources to actually compete in F500 road
racing.  I think that for the lap times these cars turn verses the money
spent on them that F500 is the best bargain around.

You may want to start looking for a car, but I would suggest that you spend
a season crewing for someone running a F500 car as this is the best way to
learn the ropes.

Richard Schmidt
LOL F500 #6 Red Devil

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Subject: [F500] Looking for F500 Racers in SC


> I'm seriously looking to go F500 racing later in the season and would like
to
> get aquatinted with those in South Carolina that participate in the class.
> I'd like to learn a bit about the class and SCCA before I just jump in and
make
> a complete idiot of myself.  Anyone located in north eastern SC with a
F500
> that I could meet with sometime?
>
> I used to campaign a Nostalgia Blown Alcohol Dragster but got out of it 9
> months ago as the work and expense was killing me, but, not racing is
worse.  Saw
> the F500s on TV a while back and thought it looked like a fun deal.  How
> about it?  Anyone interested in showing an old "straight line" guy around?
It's
> taken me 30 years but I've finally realized there's more to racing than a
short
> 1/4 mile sprint.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger Elmore
> Darlington, SC
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