I somehow managed to wander in here, the usual serendipitous looking for one thing and then getting distracted by something else, in this case the presence of David McKinney being noted.

Not sure that after reading many of the posts that I am all that good a "fit" given the general run of the topics I have seen. Plus, I am far more an automotive historian than an enthusiast or fan of automobile racing; you might wish to ponder that statement for a moment....

Over the past weekend I attended the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) which was held in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Friday evening. My fellow dinner companions sharing the table with me were Gordon White, Joe Freeman, and Joel Finn. Gordon and I spent most of supper catching up on things as well as managing to discuss some WW2 history, a reminder of my once being (still am I guess) a military historian. Managed some quick chit-chat with Joe and Joel as well, Joel's "Caribbean Capers" covering the 1957, 1958 & 1960 Cuban GP races (published by Joe) winning one of the major book prizes -- and deserved so.

Then on Saturday, I headed for Watkins Glen and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the inaugural USGP there exactly fifty years to the day. The guest speakers were Gordon Kirby (discussing Mario Andretti) and Michael Lynch (talking about his friend Phil Hill). In addition, Bill Sadler was present as well as Mike Argetsinger with his new book. It was great to spend time with my friends Mike and Michael as well as catch up on the contemporary scene with GK. Meeting Sadler was to become engaged in not only discussion regarding racing but also aviation and military technologies.

I am not much on trivia or other such stuff, I am afraid. Plus, my interest in and thoughts about the usefulness of these sorts of fora is scarcely what it used to be. I find that they tend to be a more of a diversion whenever one's research bogs down a bit or you simply need a break rather than being the research tool some of us once hoped they would be. I am always willing to lend what assistance I can to someone working on a project regarding automobile racing history.

At any rate, I am willing to give pretty much anything a try at least for awhile.

HDC