About that same time I was volunteer pit crew (one of two on the crew) for a guy racing a SCCA Lotus Elan in the Northeast. We worked like mad on Friday night, drive to the track, anxiously waited for the race, watched the car break, then we would wander the course taking pictures until it was time to go back to Boston and order some more parts. We weren't a very good crew, it wasn't a very good car, we never knew if he was a very good driver, but it was fun. I have some shots from, I think, Limerock, of one Porsche 911 that was just beautifully set up. On every lap, in #1 corner, the inside front wheel lifted, and that car just tracked through the corner like on rails. He could consistently gain 2-3 car lengths in that corner. Then the 'Vettes caught him in the next straight, then he gained on the next lap . . .
> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:24:12 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Way OT: More about cars, Dodge Chargers > > This must be car day. Speaking of Dodge Chargers, I was crew > chief/mechanic on a Dodge Charger funny car in the early seventies. > Ironically, I found a picture of that car on the web JUST THIS MORNING > .... some thirty years after it was taken. The Charger was a drag race > car with a supercharged, nitro burning engine. The block, head castings, > and crankshaft were all ofF the shelf Chrysler items. Everything else > was aftermarket or home made. Its best time was 226 miles per hour in > 6.54 seconds. The picture here was taken at St. Louis in 1973. That's me > in front of the car. I would help the driver get in his tracks after > doing a burnout and, with hand signals, tell him how well I thought it > was going to hook up. I remember this day like it was yesterday. We went > 6.71, 221 on our first pass which was second best out of 16 cars that > were there for this booked in show. The days I spent touring with that > race car were the best days of my life. I got all misty when I found > this photo. > Apparently, someone named Charles Schubert took the photo. I never > met him, and I had never seen this photo until this morning. But, hey, > thanks for the picture Charles. > http://home.earthlink.net/~pnstenquist/_uimages/QuVoecharger.jpg > Paul > > John Coyle wrote: >> >> Hey Cotty, I had one of those once! >> In Australia, the Charger was thought of as pretty much a rev-head's >> car, but my mother loved hers (mind you, the last time she drove one of >> my cars, I watched cruising at 130 in a 100 zone with some trepidation, >> so she's no little old grey-haired lady!). Later on, I bought one >> with the 351 engine while another car was repaired after hitting a >> Brahman bull at just under 100k - not recommended. Very basic car, >> quite light for it's time, so had great performance. >> >> Incidentally, over the week-end I had the chance to drive a new Holden >> Monaro: that is quite a car! 4.4 litres of well-tuned power, great >> seats and good brakes. This is going to be the dream car for a lot of >> guys who care about driving. >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> >> On Sunday, May 12, 2002 7:31 PM, Cotty [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: >>> PS- when I was growing up in the south Bay Area, Ca, the car I had my >>> >>> heart set on was a '72 Dodge Charger. <SNIP> >>> Cotty >>> >>> _______________________________________________________ >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
