THE 48 HOURS AT SEBRING SHINES DURING THESE STRANGE TIMES
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here will be, no doubt, several articles written about how the Gold Coast and Suncoast Regions managed to pull off one of the best Club Races ever in these strange times. Notable no doubt, among many things, will be how the various Committee members from both Regions heroically overcame the myriad obstacles presented by running an event of this size and scope during a global pandemic. “Flawless” was one of the many superlatives used by the National Staff to describe their assessment of the weekend. The usual debriefing with the Stewards (where they tell us all the things that went wrong) and Regional Chairs and was indeed brief this year.
This article, however, will not be about that (well, not any further). In this article I would like to focus on one particular Committee member and the Committee’s and Race Community’s efforts to reward his exceptional efforts. Flashback just a few years ago when, on a dark and stormy night, a big-time race team had the track rented before us and refused to allow us any access until nearly 6pm on Wednesday night. At that time we did not have assigned parking in the paddock; we just brought in participants and helped them find a spot. When I say it was dark and stormy, I mean it was raining like hell. And the sun sets around 6pm every day at the end of
