Harvard, Massachusetts USA

Our first win



OK, LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN I GOT TO 3 RIVERS I FOUND SPENCER DOING LAPS WITH SOME FRENCH SPEAKING WOMAN {WHO LOOKED LIKE A MAN} WHICH WAS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF OUR RULES FOR THE BET.

THE WHOLE PREMISE OF THE BET WAS THREE LAPS WITHOUT SEEING THE TRACK. BUT WAIT IT GETS WORSE. IT ALL STARTED AT LIME ROCK AFTER WORK. AS I REMEMBER IT [WITH PLENTY OF WITNESES I MIGHT ADD] SPENCER SAID AND I QUOTE "RICK I AM SO GOOD,SO GOOD I COULD GO FASTER THEN YOU IN TWO LAPS HAVING NEVER SEEN THE TRACK" AND I SAID, "I WILL GIVE YOU 3 LAPS, AND I BET I WILL BE FASTER THAN YOU." WELL, ALL SPENCER HEARD WAS BET, AND YOU KNOW SPENCE HASN'T BEEN WITH A WOMEN LATELY [OR AT ALL] SO HE WAS READY TO GO. HE WAS ALSO WAS DOING LAPS WITH ANDY LALLY BUT I WON'T EVEN MENTION THAT.

SO WE GO TO THE TRACK FOR THE FIRST TIME [AT LEAST, IN THE RACE CAR] AND I AM REMINDED THAT WE ARE THERE TO WIN A RACE, NOT A BET, BY MY BUDDY, JERRY GREEN, WHO ALSO JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE TIMER FOR THE BET. SPENCER GOES OUT AND I'AM WATCHING JERRY, MY BUD, LIKE A HAWK. SPENCE GOES BY, JERRY HITS THE WATCH AND LOOKS AT IT LIKE IT JUST TOLD HIM TO GO JUMP IN A LAKE. HE TAPS IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WRITES DOWN A LAP TIME 6 SECONDS FASTER THAN THE TRACK RECORD. I THOUGHT RIGHT AWAY THE BET WAS RIGGED. SO I JUST LOOK AT MY EX-BUDDY JERRY AND HE SAYS DON'T BUG ME. I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT. THE SECOND LAP WAS EVEN FASTER AND I DIDN'T DARE SAY A WORD. WELL, WE GOT THE TIMES FROM GRAND-AM AND YOU GUESSED IT, THE TIMES DIDN'T MATCH. SO THERE WAS NO WINNER AND NO LOSER.

AS FOR THE RACE, SPENCER WON THE POLE, SET A NEW TRACK RECORD, WON OUR RACE AND THE OVER ALL RACE [OH, AND HE WAS FASTER THAN ME, BUT NOT IN THREE LAPS]. HE WAS A "HE-MAN", HE WON IT ALL AT 3 RIVERS. WELL ALMOST AND I'AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BET.

THANKS FOR THE PODIUM, SPENCER, YOU DID REAL GOOD.

- Rick