One Down - Anybody Else? / We Receive a Challenge

A letter from David P. Shay, Secretary of the Lightning Class Central Atlantic District, issued a challenge to the Thistle Class on behalf of Lightning Fleet #34. The Lightnings claim superiority over Thistles and propose racing to prove it, offering to race from trailer starts to demonstrate the Thistle's purported advantage.

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• challenge
• Lightning Class
• Lightning Fleet 34
• David P. Shay
• Central Atlantic District