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Re: [Fot] Another Kastner car

To: Mike Harmuth <ofracer@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Another Kastner car
From: Bob Bownes -Seiri via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 18:57:49 -0400
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If only it had a Rover V8!

> On Oct 7, 2021, at 16:27, Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:=

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> I never knew that Kas had an F5000 car.
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> mike h
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> =46rom this week's Haggerty newsletter
> 10 pedigreed open-wheel racers at American Speed Festival 2021
> 1971 Lola T192
> Cameron Neveu
> Ego and racing are inextricably linked=E2=80=94and they don=E2=80=99t hono=
r the divides of racing series and regulatory bodies, either. Case in point:=
 the Questor Grand Prix held at Ontario Speedway in California, a shoot-out o=
f sorts between Formula 1 and Formula 5000 cars of the era. R.W. =E2=80=9CKa=
s=E2=80=9D Kastner=E2=80=94he of Team Nissan GTP fame=E2=80=94bought this Lo=
la T192 from Chicago-area distributor Carl Hass, but before he managed to pu=
t an engine in the rolling chassis, Hass was back on the phone. Would Kastne=
r loan Hass the car so that Al Unser could challenge the F5000 boys in Calif=
ornia? On the condition that Hass supplied and installed the engine (and lef=
t it in the car when Unser was done with the race), Kastner said yes.
> Cameron Neveu
> Unser didn=E2=80=99t perform very well at Ontario Speedway, but the 1400-p=
ound, monocoque racer and its Weber-crowned Chevy 305 have earned its curren=
t owner, Mead Korwin, plenty of on-track grins. Leaning back in a folding ca=
mping chair, wearing Columbia boots and a denim short-sleeve shirt, Korwin p=
ronounces it: =E2=80=9CRemarkably forgiving. It really is. It=E2=80=99s all t=
orque=E2=80=A6 It kinda grunts its way out of the corner, you don=E2=80=99t r=
eally have to rev it.
> =E2=80=9CDonohue called this model one of the best natural-handling race c=
ars he ever drove.=E2=80=9D
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> Copyright Haggerty Newsletter
> Author:
> Grace Houghton
> 06 October 2021
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>If only it had a Rover V8!</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"ci=
te">On Oct 7, 2021, at 16:27, Mike Harmuth via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt=
; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr=
">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">I never knew that Kas had an F5000 car.<div><br>=
</div><div>mike h</div><div><br><div>=46rom this week's Haggerty newsletter<=
/div><div><h1 class=3D"gmail-article_heading gmail-text-heading_1" style=3D"=
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nherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:3px 5px 3px 0px;padding:0px;border=
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r:rgb(72,76,81);display:inline;text-align:right">Cameron Neveu</span></div><=
div class=3D"gmail-article_body-content" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;backgro=
und-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-va=
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px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;fo=
nt-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:=
baseline">Ego and racing are inextricably linked=E2=80=94and they don=E2=80=99=
t honor the divides of racing series and regulatory bodies, either. Case in p=
oint: the Questor Grand Prix held at Ontario Speedway in California, a shoot=
-out of sorts between Formula 1 and Formula 5000 cars of the era. R.W. =E2=80=
=9CKas=E2=80=9D Kastner=E2=80=94he of Team Nissan GTP fame=E2=80=94bought th=
is Lola T192 from Chicago-area distributor Carl Hass, but before he managed t=
o put an engine in the rolling chassis, Hass was back on the phone. Would Ka=
stner loan Hass the car so that Al Unser could challenge the F5000 boys in C=
alifornia? On the condition that Hass supplied and installed the engine (and=
 left it in the car when Unser was done with the race), Kastner said yes.</p=
></div><div class=3D"gmail-article_body-figure" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;=
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ght:1.2em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(72,76,81);di=
splay:inline;text-align:right">Cameron Neveu</span></div><div class=3D"gmail=
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at;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inhe=
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herit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;fon=
t-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inheri=
t;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Unser d=
idn=E2=80=99t perform very well at Ontario Speedway, but the 1400-pound, mon=
ocoque racer and its Weber-crowned Chevy 305 have earned its current owner, M=
ead Korwin, plenty of on-track grins. Leaning back in a folding camping chai=
r, wearing Columbia boots and a denim short-sleeve shirt, Korwin pronounces i=
t: =E2=80=9CRemarkably forgiving. It really is. It=E2=80=99s all torque=E2=80=
=A6 It kinda grunts its way out of the corner, you don=E2=80=99t really have=
 to rev it.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-article_body-content" style=3D"box-=
sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0=
px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;f=
ont-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&qu=
ot;,Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:1040px;width:1040px;color:=
rgb(9,10,11)"><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;mar=
gin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;=
font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:i=
nherit;vertical-align:baseline">=E2=80=9CDonohue called this model one of th=
e best natural-handling race cars he ever drove.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"box=
-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;bord=
er:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stre=
tch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baselin=
e"><br></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin=
:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;fon=
t-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inhe=
rit;vertical-align:baseline">Copyright Haggerty Newsletter</p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;bor=
der:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-str=
etch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseli=
ne">Author:</p><p style=3D"font-size:1.25rem;box-sizing:inherit;background-r=
epeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;fo=
nt-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.06=
25rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href=3D"https://www.ha=
gerty.com/media/author/grace-houghton/" title=3D"Posts by Grace Houghton" re=
l=3D"author" class=3D"gmail-link_1 gmail-white-space-nowrap" style=3D"font-s=
tyle:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;bac=
kground-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inhe=
rit;font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.0625rem;font-family:GT-America-Mono-Re=
gular,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:b=
aseline;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(9,10,11);outline:inherit;white-s=
pace:nowrap">Grace Houghton</a></p><span class=3D"gmail-article_byline-item g=
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ox-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:8px 0px;bor=
der:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-st=
retch:inherit;line-height:1.25rem;font-family:GT-America-Mono-Regular,&quot;=
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r:rgb(111,117,124)"><span class=3D"gmail-white-space-nowrap" style=3D"box-si=
zing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;f=
ont:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap">06 October 2021</spa=
n></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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