Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Hallett 98-reply

[Charles Perry (charles]

>I say Ferrari people because there were many Listers back then that 
>didn’t own a Ferrari, but it didn’t matter someone would let them drive
>something regardless.

This is my overwhelming memory of The List as well, and probably the reason I 
got into Ferraris. I bought my TR at 27, so I was shopping around 25/26. No 
dealer took me seriously at that age, and the local Porsche dealer was such a 
condescending ass to me that I wrote to PCNA to make them aware. They must've 
cared since he later called to apologize.

But there were many listers who freely shared keys, and that's how I figured 
out what I wanted. Marc Kilburn with his Testarossa, Bart Durham with his F355 
spider, you with your 328, and I'm sure there were others. I remember one 
particularly fun mountain drive with your 328 since I had come to a gathering 
in something less interesting and you said you weren't going to use it for the 
afternoon. Listers have always been very generous and education-oriented to 
newbies. I've tried to pay that forward over the years since it was so 
important to me early in my involvement.

I think the Los Alamos guy you were thinking about was Joe Martz. He brought 
the black Countach to Hallett and eventually had a Testarossa and then a string 
of Diablos. Again, his was the only Countach I've ever driven (at Hallett, 
after the track day). It broke my heart since I literally couldn't sit in it 
without my head being bent over 90 degrees on my shoulder, but I can at least 
say I've driven one because of The List.

-- charles