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david ring · 02-06-2012, 05:26 PM

I had a great time as well-a couple of things about the banquet that had personal meaning to me. Growing up in Norwich, CT, I'd heard of Dave LeBrun but never met him. I went to the Keystones in 1998 and it was my first time at a drag race in 30 years. I was crossing through the staging lanes on Saturday morning (that was the first day I attended the race) and stock was in the lanes-Dave and his car just happened to be near the crosswalk, so I went over to him and introduced myself-it was a big thrill to talk to him. When Lee Zane won Memphis in 2006 in my car, I was on vacation with my brothers and sister and parents at Groton Long Point (some things are more important than drag racing). While it was great to celebrate the win with them (and we did have quite the celebration), I needed to talk to someone who really understood how hard winning a national event is, so I went to Dave's shop in Groton-I missed him that day, but we had a great visit the next day. I'll always appreciate the fact that Dave was always willing to talk to me about the past, particularly to learn more about the 30 years I was not following racing.

Second it was great to see two people I'm now involved in racing with recognized for their contribution to ASRA, Joann and Steve Cultrera-I forget exactly when this summer that they told me that Joann was the first treasurer of the association, but it came up during some conversation when I mentioned I was a big fan of ASRA racing. And who knows, one of these days you might see a Cultrera racing in ASRA again.

02-06-2012, 05:26 PM	#7
david ring Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oneonta.,NY Posts: 889 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Banquet Highlights I had a great time as well-a couple of things about the banquet that had personal meaning to me. Growing up in Norwich, CT, I'd heard of Dave LeBrun but never met him. I went to the Keystones in 1998 and it was my first time at a drag race in 30 years. I was crossing through the staging lanes on Saturday morning (that was the first day I attended the race) and stock was in the lanes-Dave and his car just happened to be near the crosswalk, so I went over to him and introduced myself-it was a big thrill to talk to him. When Lee Zane won Memphis in 2006 in my car, I was on vacation with my brothers and sister and parents at Groton Long Point (some things are more important than drag racing). While it was great to celebrate the win with them (and we did have quite the celebration), I needed to talk to someone who really understood how hard winning a national event is, so I went to Dave's shop in Groton-I missed him that day, but we had a great visit the next day. I'll always appreciate the fact that Dave was always willing to talk to me about the past, particularly to learn more about the 30 years I was not following racing. Second it was great to see two people I'm now involved in racing with recognized for their contribution to ASRA, Joann and Steve Cultrera-I forget exactly when this summer that they told me that Joann was the first treasurer of the association, but it came up during some conversation when I mentioned I was a big fan of ASRA racing. And who knows, one of these days you might see a Cultrera racing in ASRA again.