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07-17-2012 #1Registered User
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- Aug 2008
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Thank you all for supporting the 2012 Motor State Challenge
Hello Everyone,
I trust you all made it home safe and sound and the trips back were uneventful in a good way.
I want to thank you all for supporting the 4th Annual 2012 Motor State Challenge. If you all had as much fun as we did - I’m sure you still have a big grin on your face. What a fantastic turnout and we finally dodged some of the crazy weather issues we’ve had in past years. Aside from the high temperatures, I don’t think we could have ordered better weather. Looks like our final car count for the weekend was 108 – WOW!
I’d like to once again thank all the sponsors who help support the Motor State Challenge and for making time in their hectic summer schedules to attend and participate. They design and build some of the best parts and equipment in the world for your vintage and late model hot rods and it’s always exciting to have them participate with their company test vehicles. Tell them how much you appreciate them supporting our hobby/industry whenever you have the chance. Those personal testimonies and words of gratitude mean a lot to them.
Special thanks to my good Friends Bill Howell and Brian Finch for all their help and support and for supplying the AWESOME timing system we now use at GingerMan Raceway. I know Jeff Luckritz and the rest of the SCCA group were thrilled with it since it freed them up to concentrate on getting everyone as many sessions as possible. Speaking of our South Bend Regional SCCA Group…..what a bunch of great people! I cannot thank them all enough for what they do to make the Motor State Challenge run as smooth and seamless as it does every year. They are all just genuine car people who love to be around racing and people who enjoy having fun with their cars. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! SBR-SCCA!!!!
I must also give tremendous thanks to the Lane family and our dedicated staff for doing whatever it takes to make sure everyone in attendance has a great time.
Lane Automotive/Motor State Distributing/Allstar Performance Products has made a commitment to support and help develop the Pro-Touring market. Since we attended our first RTTH’s event in 2008, we knew this was something we wanted to be a part of. Great people who enjoy their cars and friendships are wonderful things and we are proud to be a part of it.
To all of you that came out to participate or just hang out for the weekend THANK YOU! This event would not be possible without all your long nights in the garage getting your hot rod built and ready or helping your friends and family get their hot rods ready for competition. I can’t think of any other group of people that work harder and longer than racers, car builders and hot rodders. It’s a good thing we all love what we do because it can be grueling and exhausting many times….but I can’t think of anything else I’d rather do.
We hope you all had a great time at the 4th Annual Motor State Challenge and we’ll start getting plans together for next year as soon as possible.
Our talented staff of in-house photographers spent the entire weekend shooting pictures at each of the events. They’re loading galleries of shots on the Motor State web site which can be viewed by following this link http://www.motorstate.com/msChallenge.htm/ and then clicking the photo galleries added link at the top of the page. They will also be downloading all the photos to a Flickr page where you will be able to download any image you would like. We will give you that link on the web site as soon as it is ready – stay tuned!
I don’t mean to ramble on here but I also want to congratulate all the Champions and Award Winners. We were honored to be able to present the first Todd Gartshore (Memorial) Spirit Award to Donny and Angela Freise. Todd was a long-time friend and colleague and this award is very special to all of us who knew him. He was a tremendous soul and we will never forget him.
Feel free to call or drop me an email if you have any comments or suggestions regarding the Motor State Challenge. We are always looking to improve on what we do and your feedback is important to us.
Thank you all again for making the 2012 Motor State Challenge the amazing event it was.
Sincerely,
Scott WahlstromScott Wahlstrom
Marketing Manager
Motor State Distributing
Lane Automotive
Allstar Performance
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