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  1. BigHead

    BigHead Formula Junior

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    #1 BigHead, Oct 5, 2009
    For the 3 of you that may care, the Automobile Magazine article on our Supercars Across America trip with fellow FCA/NER members Dan Watkins (FChat: Dan360) and Glenn Farrell is now out! Subscribers should be receiving the November issue in their mailboxes any day (some have already gotten it), and it's available now on newsstands.

    I submitted a 9,600 word masterpiece/giant stinkin' pile of rubbish about twice the length they had specified. Oops. The editors were kind enough to spend several days hacking away the useless bits with a chainsaw to get it down to something like 3,700 words, and with the photos they selected from the professional photographers, Mark and yours truly, it's an EIGHT PAGE spread. You'll be able to see it in the next (November) issue, and I'm pretty pleased. Some of the trimmed bits, including some fairly funny stuff probably not suitable for a national magazine (all of the rude jokes, the innuendo, idle gossip, and complete and utter lies) will turn up in the future, maybe as additions to the blog. http://bigheaddennis.blogspot.com/ Thankfully, this is the last you'll hear from me about this trip. :)

    vty,

    --Dennis
     
  2. Jedi

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    #2 Jedi, Oct 5, 2009
    Way to go Dennis!! Count me as 4

    Jedi
     
  3. darthnefas

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    #3 darthnefas, Oct 5, 2009
    Nice. I'll pic up the mag, read the article, then put it back on the newstand if I'm unable to sneak over to the copier. lol
     
  4. Wolfgang5150

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    #4 Wolfgang5150, Oct 10, 2009
    Dennis;
    haven't seen you since the Montreal GP '06. Just read the article tonight; great story.
    Here is another one where you are mentioned:
    http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13011123

    hope to see you at Montreal next June...
    Kevin (& Terese)
    Orchard Park, NY
     
  5. BigHead

    BigHead Formula Junior

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    #5 BigHead, Oct 14, 2009
    Hey, Kevin! Yeah, let's hope that Bernie works out the tax issue and the Montreal GP is a full "go"!

    vty,

    --Dennis
     
  6. chucklehead

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    #6 chucklehead, Oct 15, 2009
    Great article and pictures.

    I am going to hit you guys up for autographs on my copy. I'm sure it will be worth millions in the future.

    Charlie
     
  7. ronfrohock

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    #7 ronfrohock, Oct 17, 2009
    I just read the article, twice. I will likley read it again before the day is over.

    Jesus, where did I go wrong.

    - Ron
     
  8. ronfrohock

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    #8 ronfrohock, Oct 17, 2009
    Just read it again.
    Damn!

    Whan an experiance.

    Thanks for writing the article.

    Damn!
     
  9. of2worlds

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    #9 of2worlds, Oct 17, 2009
    Well it should show up on the shelf at Chapters eventually. Thanks for the tip!
    CH
     
  10. 55fanatic

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    #10 55fanatic, Oct 17, 2009
    thanks for the heads up, Ill make sure to go pick up a copy and check it out
     
  11. BigHead

    BigHead Formula Junior

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    #11 BigHead, Oct 19, 2009
    Automobile Magazine has now put it online!

    http://bit.ly/SupercarsAutomobileArticle

    Enjoy, and thanks for the great comments. And, yes, I will put the full, unexpurgated version on the Blog eventually... :)

    vty,

    --Dennis
     
  12. ddemuro

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    #12 ddemuro, Oct 20, 2009
    I bought the magazine at the newsstand and can't wait to read it! Still heartbroken I heard about the trip only after the cars had left my hometown of Denver - that picture of the four cars parked at Denver's Ritz-Carlton cuts me deep!
     
  13. BigHead

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    #13 BigHead, Oct 20, 2009
    Sorry about that! :) We agreed, the next time we do this, we need to plan it better, and put more notice about it up on FChat. Though to be honest, given what happened to delay the Mantide, the entire schedule was up in the air!

    vty,

    --Dennis
     
  14. PatrickM

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    #14 PatrickM, Oct 25, 2009
    I just finished reading the article, it was absolutely fantastic! It is so nice to see those cars being driven! It looks like you all had a great trip. I have been dreaming of a coast to coast run of my own and while I admit, I'm a bit jealous that you had the likes of the Mantide and a McLaren to drive, I truly feel inspired to finally bite the bullet and head west. Until then, I have your article, which is so descriptive I felt like I was right there with you guys!

    Thank you for the fantastic read and thank you for racking up some miles on some of the rarest machinery in the world!
     
  15. speedy_sam

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    #15 speedy_sam, Nov 8, 2009
    Fantastic article. :cool: Awesome of Dan to undertake this adventure. :)

    Any more driving impressions of the F1?
     

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