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Check the Long Island Press dated May 28 - June 3.  Drag racing on public roads has
increasingly become a problem on LI, and Long Islanders are loosing their lives!  The
solution is to create a Long Island Motorsports Park with venues for all local & regional
only racing, including a Strategic Driving course for Student Drivers.

One of the objectives of the Exhibition of the History of Long Island Auto Racing in Port
Jefferson starting Oct 3/4, is to ultimately get enough public support to create a Long
Island Museum of Auto Racing as well as a Motorsports Park.  Please visit our site:
www.HOLIAR.org . Within 10 days we expect to have a guest register operational on the
site.  Would appreciate if you would re-visit at that time and sign the HOLIAR register.
Ultimately the Guest register will be used towards a future effort to resurect the
Motorsports Park "cause" to LI politicians, residents and decision makers.   It is not to
late.  The Grumman Calverton site and Suffolk Count Farm in Yaphank as well as others are
still undeveloped.  In addition to racers and enthusiasts we need the public's support.
We hope to attract 10's of thousands of Long Islanders to the Port Jefferson event.

Would appreciate your passing this email on.

Thanks.
best driving ive ever seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo

On an August morning, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera
to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer,
drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris early in the morning. The film was
limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine ,
through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, because Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some
stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real
pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets. It is a compelling,
dangerous and an unforgettable, once in a lifetime drive through the streets of Paris.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never
revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground. If you haven't seen
this before.... it is-a-classic. Take a look.

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Hi everyone - wanted to share more info on this event. I am helping out Al from LIMENY who is helping put this together.
Some friends of www.LIMENY.org and www.vanderbiltcupraces.com , www.TheHimesMuseum.com  and others, are organizing an Event at the Village of Port Jefferson titled History of Long Island Auto Racing.  It is currently scheduled for a Grand Opening the weekend of Oct 3 & 4, 2009 and will run for 60 days. 
 
We have launched a web site www.HOLIAR.org that has some initial content including a Guest Log.   Would greatly appreciate if all LIMENYs take a few minutes to log on to www.HOLIAR.org and sign the Guest LOG.  Please also forward to interested friends to do the same.  Thanks
 
The idea for the Exhibition came about as a result of several informal discussions that Port Jefferson's archivist of the Port Jefferson magnificent Community Center's Exhibition space Ken Brady, and LIME's Ken Graneri had, regarding how appropriate it would be for Port Jefferson to host an Exhibit on the Long Island's history of auto racing, since Port Jefferson played a role. 
 
One of our planned guest speakers is 84 year old Long Islander Frank Dominniani a Nationally known, past SCCA National Champion Corvette race car driver in the 60's.  Howard Kroplic, the author of the book, Vanderbilt Cup Races is also planned as a presenter, as are a few others including Marty Himes of the Himes Museum of Motor Racing in Bayshore and the original LI Drag Racing community.   
 
  We have scheduled some historically correct race cars to be displayed in the lower level of the Center, such as the the original #8 Alco Racer that won the Vanderbilt Cup Race, as well as Vanderbilt Cup Race Alfa Romeo 8c35 that the great Nouvalari drove.  Also planned is the famous X3 Stock car from Freeport and Islip Stadiums and a restored front engined Dragster from the 60's, plus a few more historically interesting race cars.  The Exhibition will include Board Track Racing, Vanderbilt Cup, Drag Racing, Road Racing, Kart Racing, Stock Car Racing, and even Soap Box. 
     
Ken & Al have been meeting and interviewing Drivers, Crews, Photographers, Authors, and Collectors etc.  These are the individuals that have been, and continue to be, the most knowledgeable and involved with our history of Long Island auto racing over the last 109 years on long Island's 40 race tracks that existed during that period.  Our research indicates that our auto racing history would warrant Long Island claiming the title:  America's Cradle of Auto Racing.
 
Would really appreciate your sending this info to all your LI Auto Racing friends. 

[pedrocooper]

This looks very promising!

[blueheat]

Just got this announcment...

Unfortunately the History of Long Island Auto Racing (HOLIAR) Exhibit scheduled for October in Port Jefferson Village has been cancelled for this year due to a lack of Village Funds to Host the Event.   The organizers are still working on the HOLIAR Exhibit contents and are looking at other options for next year.