Historic Auto Races

MR356 is doing the coast route next week
I am planning on being in Monterey for the Historic Races next Saturday and possibly Pebble Beach for the Concours on Sunday,
If anyone wants to hook up for either event drop a line.....

I would love to hook up, as you say, but it is too long a drive. Besides, you might catch something from me ;-)

Quite the contrary John, it is you who would need to be careful,
people generally feel a little soiled after any contact or conversation with me...

Hey, the HSR season finale at Road Atlanta, Oct 20-23? Would be a great travel destination for a speedster road trip for those of us towards the eastern seaboard! Will feature Sports Racers of the 50s among other groups.
http://www.hsrrace.com/SVRA/SVRAHome.nsf/weblinks/EJEN-674PXC?OpenDocument
Should be cool.

Vince, I'll be up there all week, sans 356. I'll keep a watch out for you.

Dan...Cost 150.00 to get into the concours, i have tickets from the late 70's or early 80's that were 10.00...........
I may just hang out on 17 mile drive, 300.00 for me and the boss may be a little steep....
The races on the other hand are 50.00 not cheap but reasonable to see some of the oldies run...
I'll be looking for the wide white's..................

Yeah, Pebble is too much of the wannabe wine and cheese crowd, not my pace. My last Pebble Beach Concours was at Porsche's 50th in 1998. I love watching the old cars actually run, vs. stationary displays. I will be at the historics on Friday, possibly Saturday. Unfortunately, the WWW's will be resting at home, the Yukon Denali will be put into service with a full load @ 14mpg. I'll keep my eye out around town for you.

Cheers!

my last HSR event was the annual "Mitty" (as in Walter Mitty) at Road Atlanta. Very few highbrows-just "old guys racing." It warms the heart to see these old machines put through their paces.

What type of cars run there? Any vintage porsches? Hey Dan, would you consider selling those white wall tires?

David...Yes and No....

At the Mitty there are usually some of everything- I've seen 356s, older 911s, Triumphs, MGs, Jags, Lotuses of many shapes and even the occaisional Ferrari. Brumos Racing usually fields a few of their museum pieces-- Mr. Haywood has been known to make an appearance from time to time.

Perhaps some of you gents can take some pictures?

David,

For the WWW's, get in line behind Vince.

Thank you Dan.......

So they are not for sale?

David,

WWW's are working for me at this time, that said, Vince has propostioned me for them almost upon my delivery of the car.

Monterey Historics and Pebble Beach picstures to follow early this coming week.

Aaaahhhhh..... havce fun guys, take lots of pictures.
This is our yearly "boys getaway weekend", but I had to cancel. My youngest sister went in my place. She called from the Concorso Italiano yesterday to let me know she thinks she's found her first future ex-husband... ;)

Carey

Just returned from Nor. Cal. Put about 900 miles on MR356, had a great time, will have pic's in a day or so....
Talked with a guy in Carmel who had his Carrara GT there, saw 3 of them in all.....my speedy got as much attention as any of the other cars, well almost......will report more later...

I strolled thru Carmel sunday - lots of bucks rolling up and down the streets. Who has the black speedster with the plate 'Carumba'?

Saw him parked downtown, and getting quite a bit of attention....

UC Dale

I wish I had a web site for pic's but its all I can do to control what I already have....that being said, I am showing just a few pic's from this last week up north....

a few more......

OK, so I broke down and used my Bro or was it Manzere....
Here are a few more shots

This Phantom was an attention getter.......as was Moss's rig

I always new my VS was less than air or water tight, but on my way to
Cambria on Highway 1, I passed through a swarm of bee's, must have been thousands of them, at least a dozen got through around my windshield with curtains and top up.....
Fortunatly they were nothing more than pieces by the time they got in, having entered while I was driving 70 MPH....but it still scared the sh%#$t out of my wife, since they entered mostly on her side..

Great pics Vince.
Dale, if you have a 2004 SOC Calendar you've been staring at "Carumba" for the past 22 days. It's the VS of Eddie Janis and all those lookers were probably trying to figure out how he makes that black paint look mile deep.

I used to work for Northrup aircraft a number of years ago, and I worked on a fighter called the F20 Tigershark, I got to meet Chuck Yeager at their Airshow that was intended to show off the Tigershark for foreign sales (employees only airshow)...I also worked on the B2 but I don't think Chuck ever flew that one....He had balls the size of Grapefruits......Wouldn't call him a Hero, but that is basically what he is in aircraft circles......

That would be 2005 Rick??? Man, ain't it funny how time slips away from us?
Vince, great photos. I especially like the photo of Sterling Moss, who was a hero of mine when I was a kid. I was one once, you know. Funny how he looks like just another little old dude, kinda/sorta like the Hoss-man (he he). This brought to mind the time I met Scott Crossfield (first guy to fly Mach 2) at the Oshkosh Fly-in. He made the same kind of impression, a giant of a man reduced to just another "little old dude."
Hoss
power to us little guys!!!

The Rolls Phantom rear view looks like a carbon copy of the Phantom Corsair that Russ Heinz of the ketchup family did in the late 30's. Russ's car was better looking in MHO. The car last I saw it was at the Reno National Car museum in Reno. I think it was used in some of the Batman or Phantom serials put out in the late 30's, early 40's. The ones us kids used to sit on the edge of our seats in the theater wondering how our hero would escape death, wait, tune in next week!

Russ died at an early age and the project died with his death. The underpinnings were Cord. If you are ever in Reno, check it out in its Black majesty!

John
I always thought Moss was almost the equal of Fangio and some days better. He usually handicapped himself by driving privately entered british cars but I think secretly he enjoyed being the underdog.
ed

Ed,
Right you are about Moss being the underdog, not only in his rides but in his conservative racing style. He seemed to enjoy driving at a measured pace, sizing up his competition and the going all out when it would do the most good. I believe his approach was very intellegent and pretty effective too.
Hoss

Hey what type of car is labled vac8 in Vince's photo file? That thing is cool, & so is that rolls phantom!

David, TALBOT LAGO is vac8 and vac9

Vince: Your photos took me back over 40 years ago when I was stationed in England and belonged to the Silverstone Racing Club. I met Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham and Colin Chapman of Lotus. Graham Hill was the club president and a number of the pro-drivers were officials while the rest of us weekend warriors were associate members. We often held time trials or just burned rubber on the track but during the big races we had the Woodcoats Corner (location of the clubhouse) to watch the big boys show how it's really done. Never got to met Sterling Moss but he was the epitome of the old school of racing. Road racing always thrilled me as I thought circles were less challenging (before 200 mph+). In Germany, I tried a couple laps at Nuerenburg ring and had to change my skeevies after nearly losing it in the Carousel and spinning out in the Swallow's Tail. What a course, 14.5 miles to a lap and over 170 right hand and left turns and a straight away you can peg your speedo on before entering a hairpin turn. That's the day my Healy 100/6 had it's doors blown off by a 911 while I was bending the needle at 120mph. So to paraphrase an old saying "If you can't run with the big boys stay in the stands", which is what I do when ever I go to NASCAR but I sure miss the road circuits. Thanks for reviving the old brain cells....ps: Still waiting for word on my Tubaru being built.

a few years back my wife got me 60 laps in a NASCAR......
gave me a whole new appreciation for what they do......
The next year she got me 2 laps in an NHRA dragster at Pomona...
Came in my pants just doing the burn-out.......

Vince: I hope your spouse doesn't get you the Mig 21 ride for Christmas. I hear it's pretty hard to talk with your jewels in your throat from pulling the high Gs.