These e-mails just in from LRRS officials Don Hutchinson and Jerry Wood: Re: Your article about James Lee and his 2:07 lap times at Mid-Ohio (See “No, 36 Seconds A Lap Off Fast Time Is Not Quick Enough For An AMA Supersport National,” posted 8/3/02): Mr. Lee has never raced with us at Loudon nor has he held a license with us at any time. He does not show up in any of our records going back to 1985. I have often questioned the AMA licensing requirements and find it hard to believe that this has not happened in the past. Don Hutchinson LRRS-GP/PRO After reading about James Lee I had Don Hutchinson check the LRRS records. James Lee is not a LRRS Expert, in fact he has never raced with us. The LRRS is one of the largest road racing groups in America if not the largest. We run 1000-1300 entries per weekend and have a Junior class. It is a long, hard road to Expert. Please inform the world that this squid did not come from the LRRS series. Jerry Wood LRRS And now this response from James Lee: I have never raced with the LRRS. Never have claimed to. I haved raced CCS in the Mid-Atlantic region like my license says. I don’t care to race in the LRRS. I don’t know who Jerry Wood or Don Hutchinson is. I don’t appreciate these people calling me a squid. Why is there a campaign against me? Does David Swarts have something against me? James Lee (Editorial Comment: David Swarts reported what he saw and what he was told at Mid-Ohio by AMA Pro Racing’s Ron Barrick and by racers Jimmy Moore and James Lee. His reporting is backed up by the notes he took at the time. Generally speaking, turning lap times 36 seconds off the pace and making obscene gestures at the Superstock series points leader on the track, in full view of reporters in the press tower, and punching the Superstock series points leader on the track, will tend to attract press attention. Reporting what happened and what the participants said at the time does not constitute “a campaign against me.”) (Note: In SPEED Channel TV coverage of the AMA Supersport race at Mid-Ohio, racer Ty Howard #235 was misidentified as being James Lee #200 when seen on Jake Zemke’s on-board camera during the opening laps. It was Howard leading Zemke in early stages of the race, not Lee, who did not start the event.)