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TBO GEEZER NEWS DAY 1
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FORTUNATELY, THE OPTIMISTIC WEATHERMAN WAS RIGHT.  THE WEATHER DID NOT INTERFERE WITH DAY 2 OF THE TBO.  THE TURNOUT (LIKE OTHER TBOS) WAS MUCH LIGHTER FOR THE LAST DAY.

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS WAS A REALLY SHARP B-OPEN KART PUT TOGETHER BY SOME MODERN ERA KART RACERS.  THEY BROUGHT A KART THAT LOOKED SURPRISINGLY LIKE AN SAE SPIDER.  GARY W., PAPA SMURF, AND OTHERS HAVE COMMISSIONED THEM TO BUILD SOME ACTUAL SPIDER FRAMES TO BUILD SOME EARLY DAY SAES.

THE B-OPEN THEY BROUGHT WAS A SCREAMER THAT STUCK LIKE GLUE TO THE TRACK.  THE WHEEL MAN HAD LOTS OF SPRINT CAR, MODERN KART, EXPERIENCE AND REALLY PUT ON A SMOOTH RUN.  MR. MAX TORQUE EVEN COMPLIMENTED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REV GRIP CLUTCHES.  HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO NOT POINT OUT THAT THE OIL CLUTCHES AREN'T LEGAL FOR B-OPEN REAR MACS.


MOST OF THE PARTS SELLERS DEPARTED ON DAY ONE.  DAY 2 WAS MOSTLY BENCH RACING, WATCHING ON TRACK PERFORMANCE, AND RESULTED IN RARE ZERO DAMAGE TO MY WALLET.  

SMOKEY
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TBO GEEZER NEWS DAY 1 - by Blaine Robert Young - 09-05-2020, 08:24 PM
RE: TBO GEEZER NEWS DAY 1 - by ted johnson - 09-06-2020, 05:20 PM
RE: TBO GEEZER NEWS DAY 2 - by Blaine Robert Young - 09-06-2020, 09:44 PM

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