Originally posted by p99ro@Oct 24 2005, 12:18 AM
Nice Idea Anthony.
Very nice of you to contribute to the event. And Nice of you to pull out. We know it was the rain and your car did`nt want to get wet. Or Wrecked. So why did the 3rd place winner who runs fast all the time not want some monies. I`m not saying that person cheated but I am aloud a thought and last time I checked we have free speech right or wrong. Had I been part of that I sure would have collected I have nothing to hide... Cheaters who know who they are as so do the rest of use. Some people go to sleep with the idea that they did something increadible with an Ilegal race car. Not talking about a wrong size catch can or something that really changes the handling or performance of power. Why not be man or women enough to go legal. This is a club and designed for fun and doing the best you can with your resorces and Balls. To any cheaters out there reading this would you want your children lying to you or to cheat in school to just get a grade with nothing learned. Then your not a honest person and if it gets to you then oh well no pitty. Look racing always has and will have cheating. NASCAR, GO-karts Baseball. Hey I don`t know much about cars but the signs are like right there. If you blow up all the time and break CV joints and blow smoke in the morning runs. Something is not right. But I would like to hear Y the 3rd place finisher decided not to get his car checked. Maybe Cheating????? Or the weather was bad. Or maybe decieded to not try to win some monies after all are sport is so cheap to run that were all so wealthy we can let monies that we won just go away.
Are maybe I`m full of it. 
I feel better now.
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Hey Scott and all, yes you have the right to your opinions.
The reason that the 3rd place finisher (me) did not get checked by MSN, was because I chose not to participate in their contingency, which would have required me to place the big MECHANIC SHOP NORTH banners across my car. I believe in the contingency program that we are trying to do here at the NARRC, and appreciate all the businesses that offered prizes/money. I did participate in select programs.
HOWEVER, my main sponsor is Acura of Peabody, and by displaying their name prominently on my car during the season and this great year-end race, I was guaranteed a prize of $285 (entry fee), no matter what place I finished, or if I finished at all. That is why I didn't participate in many of the other contingency programs, because I don't use their products or services. So no, I didn't do Phil's (never bought tires from him, but run Hoosiers and get the national Hoosier contingencies when I'm lucky enough), not SMBS, or Issac, etc. Again, I do appreciate businesses participating and want it to continue next year.
Please, I am not afraid of a teardown. I have told everyone what I have under the hood. You are free to come to my garage anytime and take it apart, and you'd be able to tell that I haven't taken off the head since 1998 (let alone since the race on Saturday). I have never had a DNF in the 4 years that I have been racing SCCA, almost 40 races, and I'm proud of that.
Funny thing the rain does to racing, it's almost an equalizer for the cars, because horsepower doesn't always win. I think driver skill comes in there somewhere. Just look at the low horspower ITCs that beat many of the ITAs on Saturday!?
And back to me, the 3rd place finisher. So I must have sandbagged all the qualifying sessions on Friday? Because if you look at the grid, I was more than 2 seconds slower than the frontrunners, and who likes to start 10th on the grid? For this last race of the year, I was only looking to get in the top 5, and drive the car on the trailer at the end of the day, which is my goal for all the races.
It was a great race, fun and clean, and my congrats go out to all the racers. See you next year.
Victor Gangi
#03 ITA
fully compliant 1992 Acura Integra
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