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CHRYSLER JEEP SUPERSTORES APBA GOLD CUP
*** GOLD CUP MERCHANDISE IS AVAILABLE!
Because of the lead time on custom sportswear, our merchandise
arrived after the race weekend had begun. Not a lot of people
had a chance to see the items, so we we've posted an order form
that you can find via our home page.
There are many items, featured are T-Shirts and Caps signed by
the 2003 APBA Gold Cup winner, Mitch Evans! These are limited
in number, so if you want one we suggest that you order soon.
*** ART ASBURY - CANADA'S FASTEST MAN ON WATER
Ray Dong mentioned that Art Asbury is getting quite old and has
not been doing well. Cards & emails are appreciated, his wife
Eloise reads them all to him.
Visit Art Asbury's web site:
From Leslie Field's history site (http://www.lesliefield.com):
"On November 1, 1957, Art set a World Speed Record of 184.54 mph
driving Miss Supertest II for the Thompsons at Long Reach,
Picton, Ontario. He was awarded the World Medal of Honor from
the Union of International Motorboating from Ghent, Belgium.
This was what you might call "getting his feet wet" because he
went on to set two more World Speed records, three Canadian speed
records, and one American speed record while driving for Aubert
Brillant, Rimouski, Quebec in the period of 1962 to 1965. In 1964
Art was inducted into the American Marine Racing Hall of Fame."
*** GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE - ONLINE VIDEOS AND AUCTION
This just in from the Great Lakes Maritime Institute:
First, to test the Webcasting from the museum we will be showing
shipping related videos online all this week. The videos range
from old 16mm films of ships long gone to current day subjects.
Please visit http://www.glmi.org/webcast/ for more details.
Next - A Silent Auction OnLine. There are a couple old racing
(1976 Gold Cup related and some TFest memorabilia) items in the
auction. Silent Auction on November 8 at the Dossin Great Lakes
Museum with on line pictures now available. The museum will
host a Silent auction of Great Lakes memorabilia including
artwork, two portholes from the S.S. South American, and other
unique items. The highlight will be two bottles of ninety year
old scotch which were recovered from the shipwreck of the S.S.
Regina on Lake Huron. This 90th Anniversary of the Storm of 1913
will include these unique artifacts that originally were carried
by the Regina past the Dossin Museum on the Detroit River to
Lake Huron where they were lost with the crewmembers. Bids will
be taken online and the event will be Webcast in real time.
Click here to view items up for bid http://www.glmi.org/auction/
*** THE MARINE PROP RIDERS ANNUAL BANQUET - SATURDAY NOV 1ST
The Marine Prop Riders are a local inboard racing club, many of
their members are part of the DRRA and they also help to
organize the race in Pontiac each year (Quake On The Lake).
Hopefully a race at Stony Creek Metropark in September '04 too!
The annual MPR banquet will be held Saturday November 1st at
Penna's on Hayes near Hall Road. Contact me [Brian] if you
want to know more about the banquet (RSVP required ASAP), or
for general club info visit http://www.marinepropriders.com
*** FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HEARD ABOUT A BENEFIT FOR MARK EVANS
There was some talk about a benefit for Mark Evans on November
7th at Sindbads, but this particular event has been canceled.
Word got out when people heard Mark's medical bills were not
completely covered, but it turns out that they are.
*** THANKS TO THE KEY DETROIT RIVER REGATTA ASSOC VOLUNTEERS
I want to mention everyone that worked so hard in the DRRA
offices this year, organizing the event and the volunteer staff.
You already know how big a part that Tom & Judy D'Eath were, but
behind them were a number of extremely hard working volunteers
in the offices who did SO, SO, MUCH! Kathy Shuler doing many
tasks, Dick Delsener managing ticket arrangements, and Joe
Schulte answering the phones day and night. Many people worked
hard to make the 2003 event a success, these are the ones that
were in the trenches.
The regular staff at the APBA offices also deserve special
mention for their help.
- Brian Reed
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