Rand turns 60 !

[Purple Frog]

I have it from questionable sources in Sharon CT that Thursday, September 27th is Mike Rand's 60th birthday.

This now moves him up into a select group of my older mentors. Such esteemed guys as Weitzenhof, Jordan, Cooper, and Moran, amoung others. Like Cole says, guys with lots of black and white pictures in their albums...

He is still, just ever so slightly, older than the race cars he drives.

Happy Birthday! Mike

[HazelNut]

happy birthday mike!

[stonebridge20]

Rand is going to be one of those guys you tell your grand kids about. "Yea, there was this guy back in my day that would kick all the young guys ass's and he was 74 years old!" Maybe some of that Carmichael DNA rubbed off on him. OR it could be that Sept 27th is a good day for REALLY fast guys to be born

Rand, Stop by my MoHo Thursday night at LRP and have some cake!

Agnif

[Cole Morgan]

Mike Rand - The man, The Myth, The Legend.

Mike, like they say, 60 is the new 40, so if you want you can race McDonough next year for the Old guys Championship. Was that too harsh? Anyways, happy birthday buddy. I hope you have a great 60th, too bad we aren't at the track for an F2000 event or I am sure we would have a killer bash with the Fat Boys and everyone. If you get a digital camera call me from your rotary phone so I can tell you where the ON button is.

Love the biggest pain in your ass,
Cole

[Camadella]

Happy Birthday, Mike - you have "kids night out" planned with Pocock?

[Zebra]

Mike the Fat boys may have to come to the NAARC runoffs just to take you for a work out with a 'massage therapist' and single malts after you win.

Will see you soon

Happy Birthday

Charles Finelli

[Zebra]

Also bring Fat Boy chairs

[Frenzy88]

Happy Birthday Mike!
The good news: 60 is the new 40.
The bad news: the old 40 was pretty old.
A note for Cole:
to add to your respect for people in black and white photos, you should add while wearing a bow tie.

[Beartrax]

Happy Birthday, Mike! Cheers!

[Alan R Guibord]

Happy Birthday Mike! Now we're the same age, you can't call me old anymore
Al Guibord sr

[Tim Minor]

That had to be a miss print Mike you don't look like a day over 59 .HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE
Tim Minor FC 88

[DaveW]

Happy birthday, Mike!!

[Bob Wright]

The number on your car needs to be changed-you should now be following in the footsteps of one PLN...

[Michael Rand]

Thanks to all for the kind words, but I am sorry to say I am only a Metric 60.
When it comes to age, the metric multiplier is, I am pretty sure, something like .6. Maybe .65, so something like 60 metric equals 36 or 39 in "real" years.
Or maybe in Lewis Carroll years.... one makes you larger, one makes you small, and the one that someone else gives you just might not do anything at all.......
Obscure enough ?

[ccambern]

Or maybe in Lewis Carroll years.... one makes you larger, one makes you small, and the one that someone else gives you just might not do anything at all.......
Obscure enough ?

Gotta lay off the poppies, man...

[Cole Morgan]

Or maybe in Lewis Carroll years.... one makes you larger, one makes you small, and the one that someone else gives you just might not do anything at all.......
Obscure enough ?

Anyone want to translate this for the younger generation? I'm lost, and I know everything, I'm a teenager.

[Steve Maxwell]

Alice in Wonderland. Or is it Mike in Geezerland? Happy Birthday Mike!! So sixty is the new metric 36 or 39 or real 40? too bad they're all "old". Too bad I'm close to your metric age. Or is that good? Man my brain hurts!! Enjoy a Dark & Stormy or two or three!!

SEM

[Peter Olivola]

Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane. Not that I remember...

Anyone want to translate this for the younger generation? I'm lost, and I know everything, I'm a teenager.

[Bob Wright]

"...one pill makes you smaller, one pill makes you larger, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all..." and I actually do remember which may be very scary in itself.

Ok- I looked it up and I didn't remember after all:

"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall..."

[Steve Demeter]

To keep up with the Carmichael DNA, Mike needs to race for another 21 years and finish top 5 in Atlantic at the runoffs that last year.

Dan is one amazing guy.

Happy birthday Mike.

[Frank C]

Well, I had the same birthday earlier this year, and it does make you think a little. I did warn Mike that his plan to drive an RV did have the possibility of making him appear to be a geezer, but he replied that driving it fast would reduce that chance. As long as we are on song lyrics, I think J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton are thinking about aging, too. I had lots of time to listen to "The Road to Escondido" album (nice driving music) on the 400 mile tow from Stillwater to Motorsports Park Hastings recently, and these lyrics from "Last Will and Testament" caught my attention -

"You know I'm going over sixty, I'm older than most
It won't be long now, I'll be nothing but a ghost."

One also gets some of this feeling from "This Sporting Life" and "Hard to Thrill."

- Frank C

[Beartrax]

"...one pill makes you smaller, one pill makes you larger, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all..." and I actually do remember which may be very scary in itself.

Ok- I looked it up and I didn't remember after all:

"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall..."

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (and I did not have to look it up, I swear)

Cole - you should be able to find it on Napster. (I believe I'm exactly 1/2 way between Rand & Cole in years, so I can be the interpreter)

"Jefferson Airplane" became "Jefferson Starship" became "Starship" (yuck). Surviving members presently touring as "Jefferson Wheelchair".

[Beartrax]

Oh well a Touch Of Grey
Kind of suits you anyway.
That was all I had to say
It's all right.
I will get by / I will get by
I will get by / I will survive
We will get by / We will get by
We will get by / We will survive

There's a good birthday song!

[jim morgan]

mike,

my mistake, i raised him on pink floyd not airplane

[Michael Rand]

Wait, Steve, I started at age 21 in 1968, Dan started at age 45, when the Navy said that's all in OUR jets Dan....he is my father-in-law, and he raced for 35 years from when he started, 1965 +/- through 2000 +/-. And yes, he is one amazing guy.....3 SCCA National Championships culminating in the F Atlantic gold in 1995 at age 76 !!!!!!! A Triple Ace [Ace = 5 confirmed "kills"] flying fighters off carriers in the Pacific in WWII
Cripes, 2007 is my 40th season in open wheelers !
Man, that looks a lot worse than it sounded when I thought it....
Clark, it's all in, um, well, somewhere.......
Gonna be racing against/with old pal Frank DelVecchio this weekend at Lime Rock at the NARRC Runoffs......Springsteen and Glory Days comes to mind.....since we're quoting song lyrics.....
More than a touch of gray, more like a bucket full......
Agnif, see you tomorrow and we can share that cake....

[Scott Gesford]

Happy Birthday Mike

[rp]

Now, I don,t feel so bad Rand ! Happy Birthday .
Peter Gates

[Peter Olivola]

Say Hi! to the tongue puppetmaster for me, Mike.

Wait, Steve, I started at age 21 in 1968, Dan started at age 45, when the Navy said that's all in OUR jets Dan....he is my father-in-law, and he raced for 35 years from when he started, 1965 +/- through 2000 +/-. And yes, he is one amazing guy.....3 SCCA National Championships culminating in the F Atlantic gold in 1995 at age 76 !!!!!!! A Triple Ace [Ace = 5 confirmed "kills"] flying fighters off carriers in the Pacific in WWII
Cripes, 2007 is my 40th season in open wheelers !
Man, that looks a lot worse than it sounded when I thought it....
Clark, it's all in, um, well, somewhere.......
Gonna be racing against/with old pal Frank DelVecchio this weekend at Lime Rock at the NARRC Runoffs......Springsteen and Glory Days comes to mind.....since we're quoting song lyrics.....
More than a touch of gray, more like a bucket full......
Agnif, see you tomorrow and we can share that cake....

[Matt Satchell]

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (and I did not have to look it up, I swear)

Cole - you should be able to find it on Napster. (I believe I'm exactly 1/2 way between Rand & Cole in years, so I can be the interpreter)

"Jefferson Airplane" became "Jefferson Starship" became "Starship" (yuck). Surviving members presently touring as "Jefferson Wheelchair".

Cole is familiar with Starship as they sing his favorite song..... " We built this city!" yes he is suspect.


happy birthday Mr. Rand!!

[pkr]

Hey Mike.......

WOW! - welcome to 'Formula AARP'

Hapy Birthday from Paul and the guys at R-Sport

[Cole Morgan]

Cole is familiar with Starship as they sing his favorite song..... " We built this city!" yes he is suspect.


happy birthday Mr. Rand!!

Satchell, you know my favorite is The Starland Vocal Band!!!

"Gonna grab my baby gonna hold her tight, gonna get some afternoon delight..."

Off subject but, Rand, hope your birthday is an "afternoon delight".

[Michael Rand]

Well, at least THAT is over, no more Birthday of any year for this fat boy [yes Finelli, I was a fat boy, note no caps, years before you guys ! But you make me proud...]
Thanks, seriously, to everyone for all the seasons, the fun, and the thoughts.
Now get your stupid race car together and let's go racing.......
One more nod to grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane circa 1966-67,
"Remember what the doormouse said,......FEED YOUR HEAD" !!!!

[Dan Andersen]

Hey, Rand! You're even older than me? Happy Birthday from all of us at Andersen Racing!!!

[Douglas Kniffin]

For a guy who is as old as dirt you can sure wheel a car! Happy Birthday!

[ric baribeault]

well mike...you might have thought i missed your birthday, but that's not the case. when all the hoopla has died down and everyone has gone away, who's there to wish you a happy birthday? ME. so you see, i'm not late....i'm thoughtful. happy birthday and thanks again for a great season....ric

[Phil Picard]

Some say a mans measure of success can be scaled by his funeral procession. Too morbid for me. I rather use what we all saw at Lime Rock on the Saturdays lunch break as a scale.
It was terrific to see so many people turn out to wish you well.

Very nice painting.

Happy birthday

many more.

[Tom Valet]

At this weekend's NARRC Run-Offs at Lime Rock, just for fun Mike decided to start from the back of the pack, even though he had qualified on the pole for his class.

Result:



Congrats Mike and happy birthday.

Take care.

Tom

[andyllc]

Hey Rand
Happy Birthday
If you are too old to be able to figure out the 'new' post dip Road Atlanta, let me know. I will be there helmet in hand to take over the reins.

[Mike Allison]

Sorry Mikey,
I missed your birthday, but i was out on I-77 changing a blowout on my trailer.

You're still younger than i am, ol' pal.

No question in my book, you are still the one to beat.

I'll be at the ARRC trying the impossible for yet another attempt.

Hugs to Tracey for hangin' in there with you for all these years.

Mike

[Zebra]

Cole,

Go ask Alice;
I think she'll know,
When logic, and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the door mouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head."

Lot more Fun than Google Dolls

Chas Fin