RE: SBI - Michigan city POST - PAGE 6
RAY,
YOU ARE TAKING WHAT I SAID OUT OF CONTEXT. YOU HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE POST. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THE WASH DOWN WASN’T INTENTIONAL. I WAS DESCRIBING HOW EXCITING IT IS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO RACE IN CLASS 6 OF O.P.A. (EXCEPT FOR MY WIFE)
PEOPLE WERE MAKING COMMENTS ON HOW EXCITING SBI IS WITH 9 BOATS IN 5 DIFFERENT CLASSES.
I HAD A DIFFERENT TAKE ON WHAT MAKES RACING EXCITING FOR ME.
I KNOW IN ST. CLAIRE, I THINK THE FANS AND SPECTATORS AGREE THAT CLASS 6 WAS WHERE THE EXCITIMENT WAS OUT ON THE WATER. IT’S A DOG FIGHT. THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE. WE GAVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING IT.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN YOU AND MAXED OUT WHEN WE GOT WASHED DOWN, BOXED OUT AND LEFT BEHIND AT THE START. HEY, IT HAPPENS AND THAT’S RACING.
IN TAWAS, MISS PTM (STEVE) DESCRIBED HOW I WASHED HIM DOWN AROUND THE TURNS.
IN PORT HURON, WAZZUP 2 WASHED ME DOWN SO HARD THEY BROKE MY GO PRO BRACKET.
SPEAKING OF GO PRO, I HAVE GREAT VIDEO FOOTAGE OF OUR BOATS RACING RAIL TO RAIL IN SOLOMONS LAST YEAR.
WE REALLY ENJOY RACING AGAINST YOU AND BOB AND ALL THE OTHER TEAMS.
WHEN I DIDN’T SEE YOU IN LAKE HOPACONG, I SAID TO ERIC “I HOPE THE OLD MAN DOESN’T RETIRE. I WANT ANOTHER SHOT AT HIM.”
ANYWAY, MY WHOLE FAMILY WILL BE IN LONG ISLAND ALONG WITH SOME OF THE GUY’S FROM COUNTRY SERVICE AUTO TRANSPORT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND BOB THERE.

JEFF

One thing everyone can say about Ray and Rob is they race by the book! I always enjoyed racing against them. Ray's a straight shooter and tells it like it is.