Enjoying the tastes, dirt in Calistoga

Friday, September 05, 2008

Dear editor,

I wanted to thank your community for sharing Calistoga Speedway with us for the most memorable Labor Day holiday in my 43 years. I traveled from Stanfield, Ariz., to be a pit crew member of the No. 2 USA Midget, driven by Jimmy Voitel.

I have never been to a dirt track that had the most wonderful wine tasting any tourist could ever enjoy. Raffine Chocolates’ Mona Keady had chocolates that gave this non-drinker a sense of how good your local wine is, as well as the dream of eating more of her delicious sweets! I cannot over-emphasize how good her chocolates were.

It was great to meet the sons of one of your local legends, Louie Vermeil. It was as if Dick Vermeil, former NFL head coach, had won the Super Bowl again, seeing the size of his smile!

It is my sincere hope that we are able to do this event again. The fans were incredible, both in their enthusiasm of the racing and in the event as a whole. I also hope that we were good ambassadors of our sport that you will want all of us to do this again next year!

Joseph L. Godoy

Stanfield, Ariz.

1 comment(s)

skeptic wrote on Sep 6, 2008 11:18 PM:

" i couldn't agree more. this was the best event in calistoga in over 2 decades and so many agree with me. the wine and racing were both top notch and i was thrilled to see the 1926 sprint car mr. Vermeil brought, actually circling the track. people are still talking about it and the stands were packed. even the cheeseburger was the best i've tasted in years. thanks to all who made this such a terrific success. "

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