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141. Re: .Not again!!! (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 23:11:37 EST; << If our objective becomes to race vintage cars like the "Yurrupons," so be it. >> They, by and large, do not have the variety of racing sanctions available to them that we do in the US so they flog; /html/vintage-race/1999-11/msg00159.html (7,245 bytes)
142. Re: corner workers (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:25:37 EDT; In the several years I have been a member of a vintage racing group in the Midwest, I have never been asked to work an event, in any capacity, even though I no longer race and thus have no race day c; /html/vintage-race/1999-10/msg00071.html (8,130 bytes)
143. Re: Passing problems (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 18:05:17 EDT; A faster car driven by a faster driver will find his way around you without you having to surrender your line. I once caused an accident by trying to accommodate two faster cars. Two C sedans, fighti; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00026.html (7,276 bytes)
144. Re: I'm always willing to learn (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:47:56 EDT; My Tormont Webster's Illustrated Dictionary offers as one of the definitions of Corinthian: "A wealthy amateur sportsman, especially a yachtsman." This definition ought to be amended to read "An amat; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00077.html (7,872 bytes)
145. Re: Flight at Lemans (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:12:01 EDT; << Group 44's GT6 is still around. It ran in the MG-Triumph Challenge at Mid-Ohio this year. I'm not sure who owns it now. Sam White had owned it. Rumor has it that it sold for around $30k. >> This w; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00121.html (7,723 bytes)
146. Re: Reflections on a racing incident (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:24:27 EDT; I am curious as to why there should be any debate on the meaning of flags. The SCCA GCR used to be quite clear on this, including the significance of a waving yellow...which does not mean "slow down/; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00165.html (9,074 bytes)
147. Re: Reflections on a racing incident (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:31:13 EDT; I attended races at The Glen in the 70s and 80s representing various works entries, and remember that Armco (and I think the chicane) was added when Francois Cevert was decapitated, and Stewart (with; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00166.html (9,059 bytes)
148. Re: Feedback on Watkins Glen (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:12:17 EDT; When I raced SCCA nationals, the stewards were death on car to car contact. Is it possible that too many people are racing vintage events that shouldn't be...people that don't have the experience the; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00247.html (7,732 bytes)
149. Re: Corner stations (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:54:09 EDT; Re: remote flagging stations, some years ago the SCCA Indy Region devised remote controlled flags, used mainly at IRP. This enabled workers to stand in a safe position and place flags closer to the t; /html/vintage-race/1999-09/msg00344.html (7,342 bytes)
150. Re: in-car cameras (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:18:26 EDT; In the early 70s I mounted a super 8 movie camera to the roll bar of our E Production MGB, with a remote flexcord trigger. There was little vibration and the picture was excellent, for a super 8. We; /html/vintage-race/1999-05/msg00191.html (7,887 bytes)
151. Re: spridget rear lever shocks (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:08:45 EDT; << I just use STP, personally... >> Can't you get the competition valves anymore? I used STP in failing lever shocks in MGBs and MGAs in prod car racing; when it got hot it wasn't sufficient. Comp va; /html/vintage-race/1999-05/msg00223.html (7,087 bytes)
152. Re: vintage-race-digest V1 #208 Roler rockers... (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:07:28 EST; More as a matter of curiosity than anything else (and from my perspective as an ex-SCCA production car racer) , aren't the notions of vintage racing, and cheating, antithetical? There is such a wide; /html/vintage-race/1999-01/msg00128.html (8,638 bytes)
153. Race car search (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:46:28 EST; To all members: I am curious about the fate of a couple of race cars I owned and drove in the 60s and 70s in SCCA CenDiv events -- sentimental curiosity, I suppose. I hope that one or both might surv; /html/vintage-race/1998-12/msg00158.html (7,412 bytes)
154. Re: More on Flag Knowledge.... (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:26:00 EST; Re: the question about the overtaking flag: when I got my SCCA novice license many years ago, there was a written exam given prior to any track time and the two required driver's schools. The written; /html/vintage-race/1998-11/msg00178.html (7,211 bytes)
155. Re: Leaf springs (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:53:21 EST; << What's all this fuss about rusty leaf spring on a British car. The only reason they are rusty is because it hasn't been driven. >> Indeed, this is the same reason MG chassis never rust. MG's novel; /html/vintage-race/1998-10/msg00119.html (7,519 bytes)
156. Re: TR / MG Challenge (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:07:19 EST; When I began SCCA racing in the late 60s, production car preparation had evolved from the "tape over headlights" stage to a more sophisticated level, but it still fell short of the eventual movement; /html/vintage-race/1998-10/msg00135.html (9,596 bytes)
157. Re: Penske Cooper (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:39:01 EDT; I believe Penske's "Zerex Special"car was eventually parted out with various bits ending up here and there. An ambitious enthusiast announced plans to build a replica a year or so ago, at great cost,; /html/vintage-race/2006-06/msg00001.html (6,649 bytes)
158. Re: [Vintage-race] Fuel pump recommendation (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:18:16 EDT; Back in The Day we used Bendix electric pumps on our MGA and MGB and never had problems. Tom Butters Motorsports Art Morgan Creek Studio 5392 Gilmer Road Greens Fork, Indiana 47345 765-886-5098 Winne; /html/vintage-race/2008-03/msg00025.html (8,803 bytes)
159. Re: [Vintage-race] More Sad News (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:51:15 EDT; PLN and Bob Wagner filmed some "Winning" scenes at IRP when I was employed there-- pit scenes, mainly. They both enjoyed a beer or two after shooting was concluded, though Paul was more prone to talk; /html/vintage-race/2008-09/msg00019.html (8,281 bytes)

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