[Ron Earp]

Hey Chuck,

I'm not leaving SM really, I wasn't ever a real SM racer. I co-owned SMs mainly for endurance racing and as backups for our Improved Touring racers (260Z, Jensen Healey, TR8), but I was not a major SM racer. I think SM is a fantastic place to race though because the cars are reliable and one can focus on driving as opposed to working on your car, a la the aforementioned.

Right now I want to finish up a solid year of campaigning the Jensen Healey to say, "Yep, I did it", but I don't think the Jensen will be a contender for ITS, the class it races in. While doing that I want to build the RCR Lola up and try and run it in the 13 hr enduro for a overall win there - I think that is a contender there for sure.

So, to allow these activities I need some cash, and selling the SM is a way to get that money to keep on keeping on. I really hate to sell it because the cash won't go that far, but having a place to store it isn't so easy these days since my external garage never got built due to that little GT40 money thing that happened in March of this year.

If someone wishes to race SCCA or NASA, this is a fantastic way to do it on the cheap. Throw in a passenger seat instead of the ballast plate and you'd have a great Driver Ed car too.

Ron