Ferrari Mailing List: Re: USGP

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Picture this – 1968, I have to cover the CanAm race at Laguna Seca and its Wednesday before the race.  I have no place to stay. 

 

Not to worry says Ferrari Bubba, aka Ferrari Willi – go to the Lighthouse Lodge on the corner of Asilomar and Lighthouse – you’ll get in.  Why?  There are reservations?  Nope – they don’t take reservations over the phone. 

 

So I putt up there, arrive at 10:00 at night go to the lit up porch and bang on the office door.  One very old and sleepy Japanese man answers – looks at me – shoves the registration card across the counter and points to “$17 up front” for the night and sends me off to cabin 12.  Thurs, Fri, Sat – all $17 a night.  Cabins have old John Steinbeck linoleum floors and a wall heater.  I can hear a buoys bell down on the ocean.

 

Looking back – dang that was cool. 

 

Cabins and the Japanese man are gone and in its place is a new Lighthouse Lodge at a gazillion $’s a night during the hot season.

 

Alas

 

DOUG

 

It was that race we razor bladed extra worthless #44 general admit passes into #14 paddock passes.  With the help of Bud of course – lots of Bud.  Those days are gone.

 

 

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From: italiacars [at] aol.com [mailto:italiacars [at] aol.com]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 3:21 PM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

Go to Monterey weekend then talk about outrageous hotel prices.

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On Sep 7, 2012, at 2:40 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

I may be spoiled. The Canadian GP is 10x more fun (better food, drink, night life, weather, police, women, women, WOMEN, car culture, hotels, public transport, etc. ) for less than the cost of Indy.

The Euro races are much more expensive for sure.

LS

 

 

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From: Stephen Sherman <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

We stayed in Anderson, North of Indy.

We talked to europeans, that said Indy was a bargain, even with airfare, hotels, car rental it was cheaper than their home GP's.

 

Stephen

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:59 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

Indy was good but still overpriced for what it was...the hotels were as expensive as the ones in Montreal which is 10x the fun as a vacation.

 

 

central

wines-spirits   est 1934

 

625 e street nw

washington, dc 20004

 

centralwines.com

 

facebook.com/CentralLiquors

 

202-737-2800

 

 

 

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From: "jashburne [at] aol.com" <jashburne [at] aol.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

The races at Indy were the bargains of the century. I had a blast meeting up with Clyde, Rick Lindsay and many other Listers at the 2002 race.

Scalped a seat in the stands across from the pits at half price and moved back and forth between there and th FList group in the Turn 1 stands for a total cost of less than the grandstand ticket.

Unfortunately Bernie forces tracks to up the prices because he takes so much off the top.


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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:44:53
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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

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