Dear Cuz's, this is totally off topic but pertains the Wynn's... My Father is Richard L. Wynn, Sr., he has restored my 1929 Model A, which took 25 years to do, all our children grew up watching the car being restored, and which my husband Jerry gave me for my birthday two years ago. My father sold the 1929 Model A, so that he could buy a 32 Plymouth to restore. The 32 Plymouth was special to him because that was his first car that he had ever bought for himself for $500.00 of hard earned cash, and he has many fond memories of. My father over the last years has mentioned repeatedly about he "Great Race", which is a cross country multi-day vintage car race, and how much he would love to be in it. It is very expensive [up from 60,000.00], for the restoring of the car, the double parts for repairs, the three vehicles, and nine member team to back up the car during the two week race and get the car home, motels, meals for him and the team etc. This year my brother Richard L. Wynn, Jr. gave my father the gift of the "Great Race, 2003" for his birthday last November, and is funding this race for my dad. Dad will be the Driver and my Brother will be the Navigator. With this came a automatic "We want to go!!" uprise of the Wynn clan. So now we have a Nine man/woman team called the "Wynn Troupe" who will be traveling for four weeks from start to finish from San Antonio, TX to Detroit, Michigan, to Dayton, FL. and back home to San Antonio, TX. There will be 29 members of the Wynn family at the finish line in Daytona, FL. All of my dad's children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will be standing there to see the completion of his dream. I will be on the nine man/woman "Wynn Troupe" team that will be making that trip with him. My son Michael will be the driver of the Truck/Trailer that will transport the 32 Plymouth to and from the race and from spot to spot as needed with the spare parts. We will be making the complete trip. My hubby Jerry will be joining up with the team half way through when we hit Dallas, TX and will stay with the team as back up driver/navigator until the finish line. All of our shirts will have the Arms that Connie provided me on our left chest pocket with our name above it.. My brother is thinking of putting the Prince/Princess into effect on the names..We are working on trying to incorporate th arms on the car but are having to review the rules of the race as we are not registered as a corp. car which allows logos...giggles but we are trying... I told my mom we needed to wear jester's hats as the "Wynne Troupe" and dad and Rick need to wear crowns..HA HA HA..[that was a joke!!] On March 27-30, 2003, they are having a Rally called "Great Race Texas, San Marcos, Tx", which is a trial run for the Race. In the Rally they allow anyone to register and be in it... So, us girls not wanting to be left out registered as a Mom/Daughter team called the "Wynn Troupettes"..giggles... in the Rookie class, Mom and I will be the Driver and Navigator of Mom's Lincoln Towncar..giggles... [No I am not taking my 1929 Model A down there!]. It will be a blast, my Dad and my brother will be also in the race with the 32 Plymouth, as the trial run. Does this sound like a HOOT!!!! On the web site: http://www.greatrace.com You will find the Great Race, the only multi-day vintage car rally of its kind int he country and has been held annually since 1983. The Great Race 2003, is from June 21, 2003 - July 5, 2003 This is the schedule, if you are going to be in the area on these days, check local news and see when they are coming through, and wave to us and cheer us on!!! Saturday, June 21 - Leave Detroit, Michigan Overnight, Battle Creek, MI Sunday, June 22 - Lunch South Bend, IN Overnight Indianapolis, IN Monday, June 23 - Lunch Effingham, IL Overnight St. Louis, MO Tuesday, June 24 - Lunch Rolla, MO Overnight Springfield, MO Wed., June 25 - AM Pit Stop Joplin, MO Lunch Bentonville, AR Overnight Ft. Smith, AR Thurs., June 26 - Lunch McAlester, OK Overnight Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Friday, June 27 - Day off Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Saturday, June 28 - Lunch Texarkana, TX Overnight Hot Springs, AR Sunday, June 29 - Lunch Searcy, AR Overnight Memphis, TN Monday, June 30 - Lunch Florence, AL Overnight Chattanooga, TN Tuesday, July 1 - AM Pit Stop Athens, TN Lunch Maggie Valley, NC Overnight Concord, NC Wed., July 2 - Lunch Columbia, SC Overnight Savannah, GA Thurs., July 3 - Lunch Lake City, FL Overnight Lake Mary, FL Friday, July 4 - Finish Daytona/Ormond Beach "Centennial of Speed" Celebration Saturday, July 5 - Grand Finish - Daytona International Speedway @ Pepsi 400 My Dad and my brother are on this page as Rookies: http://www.greatrace.com/press/recordbreakingstart.pdf And it says " "Two rookie teams have already registerd: Richard and Richard Wynn Jr. [San Antonio TX] and Mike and Leonard Kelly [Villa Rica, Ga]. The Wynns' support team is made up of immediate family members making The Great Race 2003 a family affair." "This will be a true family affair style racing. We have won The Great Race 2003 by just starting and making priceless family memories," said Wynn, Jr. "At my dad's age [70 years], your dreams can still come true and I'm going to give this dream to him. To share this kind of fellowship with your father doing a task like this, it's what you tell your grandchildren about.". Here's how the competition works: Great Race Director of Competition, John Classen, logs more than 20,000 miles on three trips across the USA, searching for the most challenging back roads to incorporate into the competition. Most of the roads traveled by racers are back roads, so Interstates are used only to enter and leave cities. Each speed change, stop, start and turn is specifically detailed in driving instructions. Exact speeds and "perfect" drive times are allotted for each maneuver. The competitors' objective is to match the perfect times established by John. To make it very interesting, no electronic devices of any type, including calculators and cell phones, are allowed in the cars, and odometers are removed or sealed. Twenty minutes before each team starts the race, each team picks up daily driving instructions. These instructions are very specific, detailing every stop, turn and speed change made to the finish that night. These directions are accurate to within one second. Racers may use only a wristwatch, an analog clock, speedometer and pencil and paper to chart their miles. As if following directions and doing calculations weren't hard enough, Great Racers must function perfectly while driving fractious antique cars. Several times thoughout the day, racers' progress is clocked at secret checkpoints by video cameras with electronic timers. Racers' times are relayed to central scoring via special field uplinks. A perfect score is zero, and each second off schedule at each checkpoint is a penalty point. As in golf, low score wins. Winning scores of 5 to 10 second error for a day are typical. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that the Wynn's are out there tearing it up!!! Hugs Cuz B ttg-inc@attbi.com http://www.ttg-inc.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ ttg-inc@attbi.com http://www.ttg-inc.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/