My SERCA Conv. pics

[Carlos Gutierrez]

Hey y'all!

I believe everything's been covered pretty much, so let me just give a
SoCal thanks to Eric & Stephanie Waterman, Eric Kovacs (Hope) & everyone
else who helped in making it a fun & memorable w/e for us all.  Always
nice to have met a bunch of new faces to put w/ old names also!

It's been said over & over, & I will reiterate; if you've never been to
one, you are missing out.  As a club Region Exec., I've always said it's
all about the people & the friends you make.  It just happens that these
silly little cars bring us together.

My only regret was not taking more pics of the city & the landscape.  We
did manage to get a pic of what we think was an original plantation
house on our way back from the track.  I actually won a raffle prize
(water temp. sender adapter) right as we were leaving for the airport.
I think Eric said he was gonna post the award winners as well.  I wonder
who received the Matt Kempe Spirit Award?

10 Things I learned:
1) Southern hospitality is alive & well, thanks.
2) Birmingham is truly a beautiful lil' big city.
3) Not all Pontiac Grand Ams have ABS after all!
4) You can coordinate 6 people out of 3 airports & barely meet up in
your lay-over destination!
5) Changing a tire on #3 takes a long #$%*@n time!
6) Donut spares make green smoke.
7) #3 likes to be trail braked.
8) Fireworks are sold all year long in AL.
9) Chris Scarpulla is much shorter in person.
10) They have an alternative rock station too!

10 Things I knew:
1) You can have fun on a track & still learn something in *any* car,
even a rental :)
2) Wow, gas was sooo much cheaper than SoCal!
3) No matter where, a convention is still FUN.
4) Southern chicks are damn cute & I can sit there & hear'em talk all
day long.
6) Frank Orozco has mad mack ;^)
7) Kerry Roffe bakes a mean cookie, confirmed.
8) Southern BBQ is mmmm, mmmm tasty!
9) Greg V. (my roomie 2 yrs in a row now) snores like a freight train.
10) This is the best bunch of car guys around!

Things I saw:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/sercag2000

Carlos Gutierrez, SERCA-SW R.E.
'91 SE-R (track slut)
'96 G20 (daily cruiser)
Valencia, CA