Anyone like racing?

[JimT]

Whoo! Memories from my youth! The Flying Scot Jimmy and one of his rides! Thanks for posting this, sorrt I missed it before now!

I've always loved what ACB Chapman gave to the world. Lotus Cars inspired a lot of dreams of mine as I was growing up, Jimmy Clark was my hero!

A little too dear ever to be contemplated sitting in my driveway, an Elan S2 my third year in high school retailed for $4,226.00.

(I did test drive one once though at a dealership in Lake Forest Illinois.)

In today's inflated US $$ that's just $33,666.00, more than I've ever spent on daily transport.

(Learned of the passing last weekend of Sir Stirling Moss, another racing great from those days.)

He was my hero too! My sons middle name is Clark, you can guess what his first name is.

I had not heard of Sir Moss’ passing. He sure packed a lot into those 90 years!!! I saw him at a USRRC race at Continental Divide Raceway in August 1963. He wasn’t racing, but acting more in a promotional role. I can still remember my dad raving about his abilities. Gurney and Moss were his favorites.

 

[Drop Port]

Is that an RD?

No they are RZ's they came after the RD's, they were liquid cooled 350's with power valves. But I did have an RD also.

 

[Medic505]

I never knew why people were NASCAR fan's, until i met some NASCAR fan's. Then i understood why shiny car's going around and around would make them happy.

Does insulting people just come to you naturally or do you work at it?

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

It's comedy ! We all can appreciate a joke i hope.

 

[rardoin]

Man, I miss the SPEED Channel....

Me too!

 

[Outrider27]

Me three.

Until I dropped Direct TV a few weeks ago (it got too expensive for my usage), we did have MAV TV; not quite Speed Channel, but lots of good racing - way ahead of nothing.

 

[butchlambert]

My Junk

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Is that a 47 Plymouth?

 

[butchlambert]

Speaking of Berkleys, here is my 59, with my daughter in it. It had the 3 cyl 500cc Excelsior engine with 3 Dellorto carbs, no reverse gear, so you turned it off, threw the polarity switch, and started the engine in the other direction. This is from the early 60's, I don't have it any more.

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Mine was red "were they all red"? Mine had an Excelsior also. It fit in the bed of my Bud's 66 396 El Camino. I guess I had mine a little later than I thought after remembering is new Elco.

 

[USMCDOC]

Whoo! Memories from my youth! The Flying Scot Jimmy and one of his rides! Thanks for posting this, sorrt I missed it before now!

I've always loved what ACB Chapman gave to the world. Lotus Cars inspired a lot of dreams of mine as I was growing up, Jimmy Clark was my hero!

A little too dear ever to be contemplated sitting in my driveway, an Elan S2 my third year in high school retailed for $4,226.00.

(I did test drive one once though at a dealership in Lake Forest Illinois.)

In today's inflated US $$ that's just $33,666.00, more than I've ever spent on daily transport.

(Learned of the passing last weekend of Sir Stirling Moss, another racing great from those days.)

when i was a kid.. i lived in Lake Forest.. all i can remember now is that i lived two blocks from the CEO of
Encyclopedia Britannica

 

[LarryDScott]

i used to know Shirl Greer and his son Van.. used to hang out with Van when we were younger!

Shirl Greer was running an AF/X Mopar at the first drag race I went to.
The lettering on the side of his car "TENSION" would actually crawl
the longer you stared at it. There were 5 similar cars at that track
for a match race appearance. Shirl was the winner, w/very low 5s
in the 1/8th mi. I've been hooked ever sense. I believe Shirl passed away
in 2018.

I'm just like you Hedgehog, I would love to have a 68 Hemi dart. An original
lite weight LO23 will bring on the high side of 200K depending on the fame
of the owner. I was fortunate to see Herb McCandless aka MR 4 Speed at
Beech Bend in his original all blue 68 dart. He had baddddd luck that day, he
dropped a drive shaft when he hit second gear. I was w/in 50 ft when it happened.
You cant imagine how violent that occurrence was. The car stopped forward movement
and the whole car trembled as the drive shaft beat the floor pan. LDS

 

[USMCDOC]

Shirl Greer was running an AF/X Mopar at the first drag race I went to.
The lettering on the side of his car "TENSION" would actually crawl
the longer you stared at it. There were 5 similar cars at that track
for a match race appearance. Shirl was the winner, w/very low 5s
in the 1/8th mi. I've been hooked ever sense. I believe Shirl passed away
in 2018.

I'm just like you Hedgehog, I would love to have a 68 Hemi dart. An original
lite weight LO23 will bring on the high side of 200K depending on the fame
of the owner. I was fortunate to see Herb McCandless aka MR 4 Speed at
Beech Bend in his original all blue 68 dart. He had baddddd luck that day, he
dropped a drive shaft when he hit second gear. I was w/in 50 ft when it happened.
You cant imagine how violent that occurrence was. The car stopped forward movement
and the whole car trembled as the drive shaft beat the floor pan. LDS

Quack painted that car.. he is from the same town too.. he don't remember me now the last time i met him.. too much smoke beer and paint i am afraid!

2010

 

[ebb]

The All American Futurity was the one I wanted to win. Its a quarter of a mile but not with cars.

 

[jaytee]

Spent a few years back in the early 90's chasing the ASA series (American Speed Association) around the US and Canada racing on such famed asphalt tracks as Winchester, Salem, I-70, Anderson, Toledo, Berlin, Milwaukee, Nashville and the Minnesota State Fairgrounds just to name a few. Had some great times with my great friend, the late Tony Roper, who was tragically killed in a NASCAR Truck series race at Texas back in 2001. I was lucky enough to be the jackman on his crew for a couple of years. Sure miss him.

 

[Cecil S.]

No they are RZ's they came after the RD's, they were liquid cooled 350's with power valves. But I did have an RD also.

Ok right , I had forgot all about the RZ. I always lusted over a TZ 250 and lets not forget the 500's Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey battles. Classic!

 

[hpshooter]

"Jimmy Adamo (RIP). He was always willing to help and mentor. "

My favorite rider in the old "Battle Of The Twins" series. Had planned to go to Daytona the year he died, glad I wasn't there to witness that.

 

[Outrider27]

........But out of all of them I always wanted the 426 hemi in a dart.
JW

I have a neighbor about a 5 minute walk down the road in the rural area where we live with a way oversized garage that houses a neat collection of about 15 cars, mostly Mustangs. One of the most interesting among the non-Mustangs is a 1970 426 hemi Dart. That would be my favorite if it wasn't for the '67 427/435 'vette coupe complete with the factory handling package. Both are in essentially as new condition......

 

[Cecil S.]

"Jimmy Adamo (RIP). He was always willing to help and mentor. "

My favorite rider in the old "Battle Of The Twins" series. Had planned to go to Daytona the year he died, glad I wasn't there to witness that.

Sad day when he died. I never met him but always heard how he helped newbies in the sport. I raced Amateur Twins class in the Mid Atlantic Region many talked about him.

 

[Drop Port]

Ok right , I had forgot all about the RZ. I always lusted over a TZ 250 and lets not forget the 500's Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey battles. Classic!

And don't forget the man that paved the way for those two, "King" Kenny Roberts, the yellow bike was Roberts commemorative. A friend of mine sold a TZ 500 about five years ago and offered to let me ride it before it went. I decided to just listen to it and watch the pipes smoke. Scary machine not much heavier than a dirt bike.

 

[Drop Port]

"Jimmy Adamo (RIP). He was always willing to help and mentor. "

My favorite rider in the old "Battle Of The Twins" series. Had planned to go to Daytona the year he died, glad I wasn't there to witness that.

He always put on a show in "Battle Of The Twins"

 

[Cecil S.]

And don't forget the man that paved the way for those two, "King" Kenny Roberts, the yellow bike was Roberts commemorative. A friend of mine sold a TZ 500 about five years ago and offered to let me ride it before it went. I decided to just listen to it and watch the pipes smoke. Scary machine not much heavier than a dirt bike.

King Kenny Roberts , invented "knee dragging" on a 750cc two stroke and raced in all 3 Moto GP classes. Edit , I saw Rich Oliver ride a wheelie across the finish line at Pocono Raceway at 182mph on a 500 and he waved to the crowd. Amazing!