Jon
Maybe it was pre turbinator days
GB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Amo" <jonamo@landracing.com>
To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: Help break the SCTA myth
>I wonder what Vesco was doing with a carb at Bonneville.... Since he was
> running turbinator?
>
> Cool story...
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dick J
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:48 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Help break the SCTA myth
>
>
> The myth of "The Golden Boys" is just that, a myth. When I first started
> racing, some old gray haired guy (yeah, even older than me) walked by as I
> was trying to sort out my motor after my very first run. "Carb acting up,
> eh? He asked." To which I affirmed his analysis. "You never will get it
> right with that thing on there." was his answer as he walked away.
>
> A few minutes later, a little boy came up to me with a carburetor in his
> hand. He told me I was supposed to bring it back to "that van over there"
> when I was done racing. After an afternoon of flawless runs with the
> borrowed carburetor, I returned it to the van. It wasn't until an hour or
> two later that I found out that the late Don Vesco had loaned me a
> carburetor. I figure you can't get too much more "golden" than that!
>
> Since that incident, I have had several more repeats of nearly the same
> story, only with other "Golden Boys".
>
> DickJ
> In East Texas
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