In the early 70's I was a volunteer wrench for a guy racing a Lotus Elan in SCCA. Later the guy I found to work on my own cars (I had a string of Porsche 912's) was an active racer with a Spitfire. I did some serious research, found I could campaign in the formula V or formula Ford for $8-10k per year and gave it a lot of thought. Got involved in rock climbing instead, and probably spent close to that much in my travels. The highlight of my spectating career was at a CanAm at Watkins glen in the early-mid 70's. Donahue was awesome! My cousin was part of the track's volunteer medical staff, she gave my then wife and me Unlimited Access passes. We could go absolutely anywhere on the course. I didn't get any good racing shots, but I got a number of good shots of the babes hanging around the racers in the pits and the garage. Downside of the weekend - we camped too close to the mud pit and didn't get much sleep. (An area where inebriated drivers take turns, usually, driving through a deep pit filled with mud. Great hilarity all around when someone gets stuck. Usually one or two permanently stuck vehicles by the end of the night.) Had our tent knocked down the second night by a Harley ridden by someone who was well over the legal limit...
Stan On Mar 3, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > I'm in southeast Michigan, just down the road from steady Eddie. > > Thanks for the offer, but I've been there, done that & have numerous > T-shirts to prove it. > Started wrenching on a 1968 "A" sedan in SCCA regional's. Moved on > to the > Trans Am with the same Mustang & later a 69 Mustang thru the early > seventies. What a time to be in that series with Donohue, P.J., > Revson, > Follmer etal. Eventually got into a 72 Pinto in "B" sedan as a > driver, got > my regional license & a new son which ended my driving aspirations > (money & > time). That Pinto eventually went on the run in the Trans Am under > 2.0L > category and some IMSA RS races for several years. > Stayed involved as a crew member & in the mid 90's hooked up with a > fellow > worker on an early Toyota Corolla he was campaigning in Cen Div > Nationals in > GT 4. We placed high several times in the Runoffs (the last one run > @ Road > Atlanta & eventually won the National GT 4 title (late 90's) @ Mid > Ohio. > > Nowadays I fuel the racing fires by watching whatever I can catch > on Speed & > driving My Boxster S. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:25 PM > Subject: Re: OT -so how about a pano of moving objects ? > > >> Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >>> Me too. F1 is my main source of race viewing, especially since I >>> can no >>> longer get the WRC. >>> Bring back the Trans Am & the Can Am! >> >> I don't know where you are, Kenneth, but if you're in the >> southeast US >> during racing season, you're welcome to come see SCCA races from the >> paddock with us (my brother and I). Hell, if you don't watch out, >> we'll >> stick a pressure gauge and pyrometer in your hand and expect you >> to keep >> track of the tires. :-) >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> DougF (KG4LMZ) >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
