Steve,
I am astonished that you are not aware of the Corvette Mafia Brotherhood
(or CAB drivers). They draw straws to see which one must take out the
most formidable competitor during the race (or the night before). It is
NOT true that they all drive PastaMobiles. Most have Corvettes. After
they have done this, they are "made men", and the next one goes to the
novice.
Porsche driver (Johnny von Neumann - he added the "von" himself) was a
big importer/racer of Porsche's. His sister, Josie, was a better
driver. They had ladies races, back then, but she could hold her own in
any event.
You might envision some brown-shirted uniformed henchmen destroying
competition the night before, but this would not be correct. He simply
withdrew from the race if the competition appeared too good, and issued
the statement that "this course was not designed for Porsches".. Can you
believe that? And it is true.
Steve Laifman
Steven Silverstein wrote:
> - - Circumstances can come up that eliminate you from contention through
> little fault of your own, regardless of how well you've prepared or how
> superior your equipment is. Jim Adams got speared by a backmarker
> Corvette
> in the ARRC, if I recall correctly.
>
>
> Yes, Jim's car was taken out by another competitor in 1965. So was
> Don Sesslar. I believe another Corvette hit Don in the first turn.
> Believe it or not, Carmichael was taken out, too, while driving the
> Alpine. 1965 wasn't a good year.
>
> The prevous year, 1964, wasn't any better for Dan Carmichael. He
> was hit in the rear by a TR-3 and forced off. In the process
> over-reved the engine breaking a rocker.
> I have that rocker...
>
> According to H.J. Meyer, Dan ran the Tiger that I think people refer
> to as the "Mystery 50", and did fairly well. Particularly, if you
> know the rest of the story. Dan told H.J. Meyer that the car didn't
> have any top end. When Dan confronted the supporting mechanic he
> stated that he was instructed to take out the race cam and install a
> stock cam. It was too late to do anything before the race. Can
> anyone guess who instructed the mechanic to do this???
>
> Steve
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