Hey Ed...I finally got on this list. It's tuff being computer stupid. The
guy I paid to set it up originally left out one word on a set-up screen and
I've been a year trying to get this done. I sure enjoyed the corvette at
B'ville this year. I would have loved to have spent more time studying it,
but the old SO-AL special kept Keith and I pretty busy that week. Anyway,
just wanted to say hey. Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
Cc: ugo.fadini@abc.it <ugo.fadini@abc.it>; saltracer@awwwsome.com
<saltracer@awwwsome.com>; ARDUNDOUG@aol.com <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>;
land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 20:05
Subject: Re: Sanchez-Locasto Studebaker
>Last time I saw Sanchez, he and Doc Jeffries were running the now
Stansbury-Moore
>Corvette. His health was not good at the time but I think he is still with
us. Doc
>(or Wendy) could probably supply a lead.
>Ed
>
>FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hello Ugo, I have a color photo showing the famed
Belmont
>> Sanchez
>> Stude in the background . The car is a light yellow, and has the
number
>> 400 on
>> the door, and is running in " B " Comp Coupe class, lettered as the
"
>> KRASNE
>> HI - MATIC Brake Lining Special " . The Team was San Chez -
Kamboor
>> -
>> Locasto . I am not positive, but think Kamboor was known as " Big
Jim
>> ", and
>> it was Joe Locasto . I believe that the year was 1959, and it
turned a
>> speed
>> of 213 .19 to set a class record . I think Tom Bryant, and
maybe
>> " ARDUNDOUG " King, have extensive records on Bonneville / Dry
Lake
>> racing
>> that could confirm what year / class / speed, etc . They might have
photos
>> and
>> other inside knowledge of these teams and their cars. You probably have
been
>> on this list long enough to know their involvement in drag racing, lakes
and
>>
>> Bonneville goes well back into the Fifties . The COMBINED racing
and
>> automobile knowledge / experience of ALL members on this list is
>> staggering,
>> and it certainly would make a HUGE, VERY INTERESTING book !
>> I believe Belmont San Chez is still with us, and living
in, or
>> near, Hemet,
>> California . Many of our West Coast members might be able to assist
you
>> on
>> this, some may even know him . I saw Kamboor running a dragster at
>> LIONS
>> drag strip in southern California back in 1956 and ' 57, but do not
know if
>> he or
>> Joe Locasto are still around --- others here probably do know .
>> I hope this helps you a bit, and can we expect to see you " on
the
>> salt ? "
>> Good Luck on your projects, Ugo ! Ciao !
>> Bruce Ferguson
>> "
>
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