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41. Re: CART race yesterday (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:12:40 EDT; He retired after announcing his intention well in advance. The $64 Question is: who will sanction a quality road racing series for open wheel cars in CART's absence? In a perfect world this would inv; /html/vintage-race/2001-10/msg00113.html (8,043 bytes)
42. Re: NASCAR vs. Vintage Racing? Part I (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:35:34 EDT; Shoot, in those days Real Men didn't wear seatbelts, much less hide under roll bars. Real Men went to the Masten Gregory School of Personal Injury Evasion. OT: I can well remember the later fuss over; /html/vintage-race/2001-08/msg00026.html (8,010 bytes)
43. Re: Early Downforce (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:24:47 EDT; Nikki Lauda won one race in the Brabham Alfa Parmalat sucker car car in '78; then it was banned. Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group (765) 886-5098 (317) 955-7422 The Easley Vintage Grand Prix October; /html/vintage-race/2001-08/msg00109.html (7,526 bytes)
44. Re: 1940's Movie (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:07 EDT; The Big Wheel with Mickey Rooney. Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group (765) 886-5098 (317) 955-7422 The Easley Vintage Grand Prix October 6-7, Indianapolis Raceway Park Watch hundreds of vintage sports; /html/vintage-race/2001-08/msg00161.html (7,823 bytes)
45. Re: 1940's Movie (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:34:28 EDT; "Viva Las Vegas" isn't the 40s, though. Elvis' car, by the way, an Elva, is beautifully restored and will be driven by owner Chuck Maranto in the Easley Vintage GP at IRP in October. Chuck bought it; /html/vintage-race/2001-08/msg00162.html (7,908 bytes)
46. Re: Vintage race cars built today (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:27:31 EDT; << grid of replicants. >> What's the consensus on letting faux Shelby Cobras race? I frequently see them referred to as vinatge racing legal. Tom Butters Vintage race cars will be mixing it up at IRP; /html/vintage-race/2001-07/msg00148.html (8,671 bytes)
47. Re: Vintage race cars built today (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 20:50:39 EDT; << This reminds me of the 1996 Chicago Historics where, "all 15 of the world's nine (McLaren) M8Fs" were present. LOL! A big idea is no better than the writer who describes it. Tom Butters The Greens; /html/vintage-race/2001-07/msg00166.html (9,260 bytes)
48. Re: Carbon-fiber brake shoes/pads (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:42:10 EDT; ?? If brake heat is a good thing, why do we spend so much time trying to find ways to alleviate it, with ducting, water cooling, alloys, compounds, etc. Don't we want optimal coefficient of friction; /html/vintage-race/2001-07/msg00311.html (6,848 bytes)
49. Re: Flywheel Explosions (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:00:57 EDT; I blew an engine in an F/P MGA in 1969, and when it went, it took out a fist-sized piece of the lower block. I guessed at unrepairable damage when I pulled a plug and could see the ground through the; /html/vintage-race/2001-07/msg00446.html (7,992 bytes)
50. Re: Positive ground alternator? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 23:04:02 EDT; I can remember trying to jump-start my XK140 DHC before I knew about positive ground. It was exciting but not permanently damaging. Later when we raced MGs, first thing we did was convert to negative; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00015.html (7,139 bytes)
51. Re: Good will (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:22:15 EDT; My oldest daughter attended her first race when she was 6 weeks old...became potty trained in the paddock...and watched Mom and dad drive race cars as a natural course of events. Today she has a firm; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00050.html (8,642 bytes)
52. Re: Spitfire questions, bang for buck etc (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:39:09 EST; As a matter of curiosity, why doesn't anyone ever mention the Fiat 124? I raced MGAs and MGBs, and have a Fiat Spider street car, and on paper the 124 is superior in every way to the MGB, its brother; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00235.html (7,553 bytes)
53. Re: Fiat 124 vs MGB (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:30:03 EST; The curiosity about how MGB edged out Fiat in the consumer and racing markets is propelled by their similarity in price. Porsche is in another class and thus not comparable. Alfa might have come clos; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00268.html (8,584 bytes)
54. Re: Fiat 124 vs MGB (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:19:40 EST; Yeah, talk about lessons in humility. I was very happy when he moved up to C prod. The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis Tom; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00279.html (8,425 bytes)
55. Re: Vintage Racing? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:01:30 EST; Yes, but. There was always a pecking order. In the 50s and 60s, we still waved at other sports cars...but a Mercedes would not wave at a Triumph, though it might acknowledge a Jaguar. It was complica; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00284.html (9,155 bytes)
56. Re: Fiat 124 vs MGB (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 12:02:41 EST; And took away the CanAm? The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group Creative communications 765.; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00290.html (8,010 bytes)
57. Re: Vintage Racing? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:48:59 EST; I bought a perfectly good MGA in 1968 as a parts car. I needed the front suspension and disc brakes for our race car. I paid $175! It didn't have a top, and the paint was a bit flat, but it had no ru; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00295.html (8,621 bytes)
58. Re: Any Vette racers out there? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 18:08:36 EST; Add another rule: "That for which you have a spare never breaks." See you at The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis Tom Butter; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00046.html (7,567 bytes)
59. Re: Honesty (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:17:39 EST; The "latest stuff" which isn't yet available is made of a material with crosslinked molecules, called molecuthane and has impact dispersion properties 4X that of conventional foam. It is self sealing; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00229.html (9,164 bytes)
60. Re: Honesty (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:55:19 EST; I am just glad that some Young Guy even knows who Nuvolari was (one of the toughest racers who ever lived, in a category with Lauda, who recently had some interesting things to say about the effete m; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00299.html (8,785 bytes)

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