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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jun 7, 2020 14:03:43 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Aug 21, 2020 4:47:50 GMT -8
This is a great read about a great racer whom I knew personally, and knew both of his sons well also. Frank Monise Sr.In 1950s and ’60s, Frank Monise Sr. was the racer no one wanted to faceFrank Monise Sr. had no business living long enough to meet Peter Brock, much less being physically capable of winning a championship with the BRE Datsun team in 1969. By the time Frank Sr. climbed into the little Datsun Roadster and claimed that trophy, however, he had already survived racing’s most dangerous era to become one of SCCA’s winningest drivers of his time. He was also a man who refused to give in to any challenge—up to and including death. www.hagerty.com/media/motorsports/frank-monise-sr-was-racer-no-one-wanted-to-face/?fbclid=IwAR0O8rsDzQ2MFfmil1gu66ya9wx6DLSeOOyojsb-K18rdOymiOYh4hTuNFY
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Nov 28, 2020 13:09:33 GMT -8
Turns out the AAR Toyota-Eagle that Canepa restored and auctioned was the tub that was my 99 car I worked on in the 1990 season, tub no. 004 straight, never wrecked. Winner of 4 races the HF89-90s won: Topeka, San Antonio, Sears, Del Mar, all in 1990.
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Post by chernaudi on Dec 20, 2020 8:53:22 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 1, 2021 14:34:13 GMT -8
Dan Gurney's Lotus 19B, the last Lotus 19 built and the only 'B' spec specifically for the Ford V8
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Post by truenorth on Jan 10, 2021 10:50:57 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Jan 10, 2021 15:42:14 GMT -8
^big honkin Vette, ha ha
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 21, 2021 4:40:02 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Jan 21, 2021 9:02:40 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Jan 21, 2021 9:29:11 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 22, 2021 10:06:56 GMT -8
Today would have been Phil Remington's 100th birthday.R.I.P. Rem.For those unclear on or unaware of Rem's impact on motorsports, here you go. It was Rem that made the GT40s what they were, among other major accomplishments. It's a great read. The life of Phil RemingtonWith heat, metal, and two hands, Phil Remington made the things that made American motorsport.
PS ... one of the biggest disappointments for me in 'Ford v. Ferrari' was Rem's character, it was borderline insulting to the memory of the man.
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Post by truenorth on Jan 23, 2021 9:51:02 GMT -8
Today would have been Phil Remington's 100th birthday.R.I.P. Rem.For those unclear on or unaware of Rem's impact on motorsports, here you go. It was Rem that made the GT40s what they were, among other major accomplishments. It's a great read. The life of Phil RemingtonWith heat, metal, and two hands, Phil Remington made the things that made American motorsport.
PS ... one of the biggest disappointments for me in 'Ford v. Ferrari' was Rem's character, it was borderline insulting to the memory of the man.
Thanks for this. Remington was a great man and a great part of sport's history. It's a must read for any of the faithful
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Post by sd787 on Jan 27, 2021 8:26:27 GMT -8
1991 Mazda RX7 GTO.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 28, 2021 14:30:35 GMT -8
Today would have been Phil Remington's 100th birthday.R.I.P. Rem.For those unclear on or unaware of Rem's impact on motorsports, here you go. It was Rem that made the GT40s what they were, among other major accomplishments. It's a great read. The life of Phil RemingtonWith heat, metal, and two hands, Phil Remington made the things that made American motorsport.
PS ... one of the biggest disappointments for me in 'Ford v. Ferrari' was Rem's character, it was borderline insulting to the memory of the man.
Thanks for this. Remington was a great man and a great part of sport's history. It's a must read for any of the faithful I know, I worked with him at AAR, broke a die on his huge brake, and lived to tell the tale ... ... the brake is in the background ...
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 30, 2021 12:53:46 GMT -8
The Life and Death of Riverside International RacewayA two part series from Vintage Motorsport Magazine Part One Jan/Feb 2002This is the first of a two-part series on Riverside Raceway. Part 1 covers the birth and development of the track, its growth through the 1960s and up to 1970. It was distinct because of where it was,out on the edge of the desert near a nondescript town. Riverside’s mystique reached to the core of racer and spectator alike—its layout magical and its races memorable. allamericanracers.com/images/pdf/Riverside1.pdfPart Two Mar/Apr 2002In Part 1 of our two-part article, we covered the early years of Riverside: The building of the course, struggles to attract popular racing series and the people, fans and events that etched character into the Southern California road course through the 1970 season. In this,the final installment, we pick up in the early1970s and wind through the stories that shaped the making and, ultimately, the demise of Riverside Raceway. allamericanracers.com/images/pdf/Riverside2.pdfFor more than three decades, the world-famous Riverside Raceway fought the elements, politics, a Superspeedway competitor and economic downturns. In the end, it succumbed to housing development and a shopping mall.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Jan 31, 2021 4:19:17 GMT -8
This is a GREAT story about a GREAT individual ... Judy Stropus reflects on Hall of Fame career as a timer/scorerShe was hired as a team member by Roger Penske, Al Holbert, Bud Moore, Dick Barbour, Bob Akin, and other racing luminaries of the sport, entrusted on timing stands to deliver precision timing and scoring in major championships long before computers were introduced to our world. Judy Stropus, an inductee in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America’s 2021 class, is a rarity among its membership as a woman racer whose talents on the team and crew side of industry has been recognized for enduring excellence. Where many women who’ve achieved greatness behind the steering wheel are enshrined in various halls of fame, Stropus comes to her induction through pit lane. “To me, this is such an incredible honor, and one that I never expected to receive,” she told RACER. “It’s wonderful to me, that so many of us old-time worker bees in a sport are now being recognized and honored for what we had as a passion, but really it was our jobs. And I’m totally gobsmacked about even being nominated. And this is to me the top honor that I could ever receive, so I am absolutely delighted and honored.” A fixture in Northeast racing circles as an amateur driver, Stropus became a valued commodity in some of the biggest series of the 1960s as Can Am, Trans Am, and eventually, IMSA served as perfect homes for her intense mental processing speeds. Charting the entire field on each lap, Stropus was renowned for unquestioned accuracy while scoring long races where, on more than one occasion, the sanctioning bodies looked to her lap charts to correct their errors. For the biggest endurance races, sleep was an afterthought. “Before computers, obviously I had an ability with scoring, and I happened to meet the right people at the right time,” she said while uncorking a delightful tale. “When the big teams came in, and the manufacturers came in, and sponsors came in, and the races were, six hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, they suddenly realized they weren’t completely prepared and needed some expertise and talent. The first time it happened was at Marlboro, in Maryland, for a five-hour Trans Am race, on a pretty short track. It was Bud Moore’s Cougar team in 1967. “I was so tired of racing already. I’d crashed my Alfa Romeo. I had no car. I had stitches on my chin, and two black eyes, and those were just going away. So I took a bus down to Marlboro to hang out with my friends who were running the Under 2-Liter Trans Am race the day before, and I would do a lap chart for them. “Friends picked me up at the bus station, and took me to the track, and drove me around. And they took me to the cocktail reception the night before the race, we’re all standing there, and they’re saying, ‘This is a five-hour race. We don’t have any way of scoring and knowing who’s in what position because the SCCA doesn’t provide instant information.’ And I’m just standing there oblivious to this conversation, and a friend says, ‘Well, Judy does a very good job with the lap charts, because I had just learned that in the Queen’s Sports Car Club, and found it to be somewhat easy. And Bud Moore said, ‘OK, why don’t you do the race for us tomorrow?’ And I said, ‘OK.’ They said, ‘We’ll pay you $25.’ I said, ‘OK.’ And off I went.” Moore made sure Stropus was part of his factory team moving forward until, while out in California, The Captain introduced himself. “I do the (Marlboro) lap charts for five hours, gave it back to them, they took the chart, they realized it was perfect, called the next day, and said, ‘You need to come out to Modesto,’ she recalled. “I hadn’t even been out to California. And it all started. And then in the middle of that, Roger Penske walks by me one day in the pits, and says, ‘Why aren’t you working for me?’ and kept on walking. And so, then I would work for Javelin for Trans Am, and then Penske for Can Am, in that same year. Then the following year, I was with Roger for both series, and IndyCar, and whatever else he was doing.” After a long and legendary career in timing and scoring, Stropus focused on another skillset with public relations where her clientele includes BMW, Chevrolet, ABC, Dunlop, Pirelli, Brumos Racing, Don Schumacher Racing, and countless others in a trade she continues to practice. “I had a PR business at the same time I was timing and scoring, and public relating, and driving race cars,” she said. “I was traveling to 40 races a year because of it, and then Karl Ludvigsen hired me to be his assistant and handle the Chevy account, because he convinced Chevrolet to have a PR presence in New York City. “So I maintained the fleet of cars, getting them out to the media. This is in the mid-’60s, then Karl took on the job as East Coast editor of Motor Trend magazine. That became a conflict of interest with Chevrolet. So Chevrolet says to me, ‘Why don’t you continue with us?’ Karl says, ‘Why don’t you stay with me?’ And I said, ‘Hmm, no. I think I’ll go with Chevrolet, and then I’ll start my own company, JVS Enterprises. I keep busy with PR today, this honor from the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America tops it all.” racer.com/2021/01/30/judy-stropus-reflects-on-hall-of-fame-career-as-a-timer-scorer/?fbclid=IwAR38Y4-po9sgWdWgOLzQvHDVtRAzLv11elY-bCz0tZpFbPxONnr6QU209X0
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Feb 8, 2021 18:21:27 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 18, 2021 8:28:59 GMT -8
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Feb 21, 2021 4:50:53 GMT -8
From youtube:
WheelsTV 18.9K subscribers From our award-winning 'Wheels' series of documentaries narrated by Bill Stephens, 'The Lost Race Tracks' tells the story of three forgotten race tracks, Riverside International (57-89), Ascot Park (57-90) and the original Watkins Glen road course.
Dan Gurney, Brock Yates, Parnelli Jones, and John Fitch talk about their experiences and history of these Lost Race Tracks.
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22:05 The video incorrectly states that Parnelli Jones won the Indy 500 in 1962. Because of a bad brake line, he placed 7th in 1962. He came back to win the 500 in 1963.
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Post by wilmywood8455 on Mar 10, 2021 10:18:26 GMT -8
TV drama focused on IMSA's wild '80s in the worksFilm and television production company Anonymous Content has announced a new motor racing-inspired drama series focused on IMSA’s wildest and most infamous era. Deadline.com reports the independent, scripted endeavor “is set against the beginning days of IMSA auto racing in the early ’80s, at a time when several drivers formed a massive drug smuggling operation just to finance their racing. It explores the subculture of competitive racing, the business of racing, and the lengths some drivers will go to in order to maintain a competitive edge.” Writer Vinnie Wilhelm, whose recent credits include the TV series The Right Stuff and Castle Rock, will pen the pilot and share executive production duties with David Kajganich. Anonymous Content’s TV offerings are routinely found through streaming platforms. “Recent Anonymous Content Studios projects include the Peabody Award winning series Dickinson which recently debuted its second season; Golden Globe-nominated limited series Catch-22 directed by George Clooney; as well as the recently released series Paradise Lost, Home Before Dark, which just wrapped filming on its second season; and Defending Jacob starring Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery,” Deadline added. No outlet, or timeline was offered for the IMSA project’s debut. racer.com/2021/03/10/tv-drama-focused-on-imsas-wild-80s-in-the-works/?fbclid=IwAR1VzeMtRPzgTt-xGmIXmy77FtGKwfeWS2dF493RtB1yoDaBqUMVRZNjv5s
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