Anyone like racing?

[Brians356]

I grew up with the Hunt brothers..the parents semi adopted me ie James Hunt F1 champ back in the day. So YES!

"Hunt the Shunt". Win or DNF.
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[unclefish]

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I just saw this old photo of Daytona and thought it was really something being partially raced on the beach like that.

 

[Brians356]

Runs low 12's at 113mph. Gets 22-25 mpg highway. Loaded.

Terry, you messed up the quote part somehow. I never wrote that (you credited it to me).
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[CharlieNC]

F1 starting back in a few days! No oval track interest for me...

 

[cp generation]

A few of you may know what this happens to be.
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the vertex mag is a nice touch, girlfriends father used to get pissed off when i picked her up it screwed his tv reception up with the metal wires....

 

[leakeyjohn]

These were the best of days!

Beautiful cars but death traps as I understand it. I followed F1 very closely in those days and wanted to see one in person (never did). Became pit crew on a AA Altered that ran 6.8 at 218 in 1/4 mile for 20 years with two great friends one gone, one with health challeges and me moving away (wifes insistence).

 

[butchlambert]

Beautiful cars but death traps as I understand it. I followed F1 very closely in those days and wanted to see one in person (never did). Became pit crew on a AA Altered that ran 6.8 at 218 in 1/4 mile for 20 years with two great friends one gone, one with health challeges and me moving away (wifes insistence).

In 1979 when I lived in Anchorage my Bud and I used rotary engines in our little race cars. Mine was a KG VW with a 13B engine with Racing Beat intake, headers, and a 780CFM Holley. I installed a Hewland 5 speed and 4 wheel Porsche disc brakes. My Bud bought a Type 47 Lotus without a drive train. I built a Hewland for him and he mated it to a 13B Rotary also. We also did the same engine-trans combo in the front of a Saab Sonnet 111 and it was a front wheel drive.

 

[Brians356]

In 1979 when I lived in Anchorage my Bud and I used rotary engines in our little race cars. Mine was a KG VW with a 13B engine with Racing Beat intake, headers, and a 780CFM Holley.

Now a popular transplant into air-cooled VWs is a 2.0 to 2.5-liter Subaru 4-cyl boxer engine.
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[durand mortenson]

Beautiful cars but death traps as I understand it. I followed F1 very closely in those days and wanted to see one in person (never did). Became pit crew on a AA Altered that ran 6.8 at 218 in 1/4 mile for 20 years with two great friends one gone, one with health challeges and me moving away (wifes insistence).

Scary machines. I remember Pure Hell and Pure Heaven. Wild Willy Borch drove with one hand.

Mort

 

[D Coots]

Are you thinking Bill Burge a past 409 guy maybe?

 

[butchlambert]

Scary machines. I remember Pure Hell and Pure Heaven. Wild Willy Borch drove with one hand.

Mort

I remember Wild Willy!

 

[gkgeiger]

Another great Rolex 24. I know this is a week late but, in all three GT classes the top 3 cars were within 5 seconds of each other after 24 hrs. How about those Mustangs? I’m a Vette and Porsche fan but those Fords did amazing.

 

[Texas Solo]

Isle of Mann TT bike racing is the scariest of all forms of racing.
Very long course at over 200mph.

 

[Old Navy]

I remember Wild Willy!

I watched Stone, Woods and Cook race their 40 Willies in A Gas Supercharge several times back in the sixties.

 

[Old Navy]

Another great Rolex 24. I know this is a week late but, in all three GT classes the top 3 cars were within 5 seconds of each other after 24 hrs. How about those Mustangs? I’m a Vette and Porsche fan but those Fords did amazing.

The Vette was only 2 seconds behind. Going to be a good year for both brands.

 

[gkgeiger]

The Vette was only 2 seconds behind. Going to be a good year for both brands.

Yes, amazingly close racing. I just can’t get over how quickly the Fords have come to the top. Looking forward to Sebring.

 

[durand mortenson]

I watched Stone, Woods and Cook race their 40 Willies in A Gas Supercharge several times back in the sixties.

The 65 and earlier SWC cars were powered by Olds engines which was typical at the time. The A/GS record was initially set with an Olds by Nunes and Murry.

 

[60723]

My son and I raced mud trucks for 4-5 years. Very interesting. Then switched to dirt drags. Releasing the transbrake on a 1000+ HP truck with cut tires on the dirt is quite an experience.

 

[jackieschmidt]

The 65 and earlier SWC cars were powered by Olds engines which was typical at the time. The A/GS record was initially set with an Olds by Nunes and Murry.

I think that was the late ‘50’s 394 they used.
I saw them at a Match Race in around 1963 at the old Houston International Raceway. It had the blown olds in it then.
The “Gasser Wars” were the big craze then.