Marcos Maniacs

Hi Maniacs,

May 25 through June 2 is British Car Week in the USA. The British Car Week started in response to an article in Road and Track Magazine written by Peter Egan. Peter, in his article, remarked that while he saw a lot of British sportscars at car shows, he never saw any being used on the highway and what a shame that was since they are really neat and at one time he saw a lot of British sportscars on the road. So... every year we have a British Car week. Get the Marcos out of the garage and drive it. Let people see it on the highway. Enjoy the experience!

Last week, Don Lattimer and I took our Marcos cars to the British car show in Dixon California. Dixon is about 1 hour and 30 minutes for me and probably 2+ hours for Don. The weather was threatening to rain as I left the house at 8:30 am. I arrived at the show first and Don arrived soon after. British Car Magazine had a vendor space so we moved the Marcos cars to either side of their space and that created a lot of interest. Lots of people and lots of questions. Shortly after lunch it started to rain pretty hard so everyone started leaving since the show was almost over anyway. On my way home I saw a number of accidents including a 6 car accident that occurred right in front of me.

This weekend I am headed to a track day at Laguna Seca race track in Monterey, CA. It should be fun. I have watched races at Laguna Seca since I was a child but this will be the first time that I have driven the track. Today I spent the day servicing the Marcos and getting it ready. Tomorrow I will wash and wax the car, put the numbers on the side, and head for the track tech inspection. We have the track all day Saturday and Sunday. I'll report on "how it went" when I get back.

Best regards,

Mike denman

Chassis # 4079

Track day at Laguna Seca!!!!! Now I'm REALLY jealous. I wish I could 
be there!

I'm sure you'll have a fantastic time. Watch the ground clearance as 
you drop through the Corkscrew! :^) 

I look forward to hearing your comments.

Cheers,

Mark

PS Mike, thanks again for sending over the British Car magazine. Good 
article.


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mike Denman" <mikedenman@e...> wrote:
> 
>   Hi Maniacs,
>       May 25 through June 2 is British Car Week in the USA. The 
British Car Week started in response to an article in Road and Track 
Magazine  written by Peter Egan. Peter, in his article, remarked that 
while he saw a lot of British sportscars at car shows, he never saw 
any being used on the highway and what a shame that was since they 
are really neat and at one time he saw a lot of British sportscars on 
the road. So... every year we have a British Car week. Get the Marcos 
out of the garage and drive it. Let people see it on the highway. 
Enjoy the experience!
>       Last week, Don Lattimer and I took our Marcos cars to the 
British car show in Dixon California. Dixon is about 1 hour and 30 
minutes for me and probably 2+ hours for Don. The weather was 
threatening to rain as I left the house at 8:30 am. I arrived at the 
show first and Don arrived soon after. British Car Magazine had a 
vendor space so we moved the Marcos cars to either side of their 
space and that created a lot of interest. Lots of people and lots of 
questions. Shortly after lunch it started to rain pretty hard so 
everyone started leaving since the show was almost over anyway. On my 
way home I saw a number of accidents including a 6 car accident that 
occurred right in front of me.
>       This weekend I am headed to a track day at Laguna Seca race 
track in Monterey, CA. It should be fun. I have watched races at 
Laguna Seca since I was a child but this will be the first time that 
I have driven the track. Today I spent the day servicing the Marcos 
and getting it ready. Tomorrow I will wash and wax the car, put the 
numbers on the side, and head for the track tech inspection. We have 
the track all day Saturday and Sunday. I'll report on "how it went" 
when I get back.

>   Best regards,
>   Mike denman
>   Chassis # 4079