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61. Re: Lecture from Uncle Don (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:58:43 EST; Jim, a Scot, was perhaps the first true international racing star, a guy that Americans took to their hearts after his performances at the Speedway. Nobody ever saw an Indy car spin twice in a race a; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00300.html (8,472 bytes)
62. Re: Helmets (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:00:34 EST; Schumacher's new helmet, which has Bell in a tizzy over contract broaching, costs nearly 8 grand. The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater In; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00301.html (8,386 bytes)
63. Re: Greatest Events!!!!! (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:27:59 EST; Turnstile count is 200,000. Cars going 300 mph in 4 seconds constitute a Major Show. The US Nationals is NHRA's top race. The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00309.html (7,583 bytes)
64. Re: Greatest Events??? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:16:28 EST; Watching a top fuel team change an engine in 20 minutes is an experience. The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis Tom Butters T; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00317.html (7,250 bytes)
65. Re: Helmets (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:23:44 EST; My first helmet was in '69 and had a Snell sticker. 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 C; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00326.html (8,347 bytes)
66. Re: Greatest Events!!!!! (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:36:05 EST; When I became media director at IRP, I was a road racing snob and had never seen a drag race. For my first spectate, I went to the staging area and stood between the cars, back from the Christmas tre; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00328.html (8,439 bytes)
67. Re: Greatest Events??? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:08:24 EST; As a longtime practitioner of the advertising arts, I have mastered the art of weaseled language. The USGP is a US event and thus cannot be compared to Monaco. The Brickyard 400 pays more than Dayton; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00337.html (8,259 bytes)
68. Re: Honesty (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:02:39 EST; 1980 (?), thus escaping prosecution for the Delorean scam. The Easley Vintage Grand Prix IRP, October 6-7, 2001 Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis Tom Butters The Greens Fork; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00347.html (8,007 bytes)
69. Re: Greatest Events??? (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:09:56 EST; That's envy talkin. We may have crappy weather, backward industry and a somnolent legislature, but we also have 250 racetracks. There are 400 companies in Indianapolis that supply products or service; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00348.html (7,715 bytes)
70. Re: Helmets (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:35:10 EST; Probably inbred resistance to anything "required." We got bent out of shape over spec rollbars (jeez, my first one was fastened aft to the sheet metal rear deck and was level with my head!)...five-po; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00364.html (8,990 bytes)
71. Re: Helmets (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:48:29 EST; A borax solution. Didn't help much. 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 communic; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00371.html (8,212 bytes)
72. Re: Helmets amd Driving Gear (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:46:12 EST; Speaking of driving suits, I wrote an article on the late Lew Hinchman in 1968 and learned (though newspaper archives) that he was the first to make Nomex suits, in 1965 as I recall. He made them for; /html/vintage-race/2001-02/msg00390.html (7,794 bytes)
73. Re: Tow vehicles again (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:03:42 EST; First tow car was a '66 Toronado. Lots of power, no trunk space, wrong weight bias (too little at the hitch). Next was a new Dodge Maxiwagon. Could do 85 downhill with an MGA trailored behind, pretty; /html/vintage-race/2001-01/msg00195.html (8,839 bytes)
74. Re: Rules and 'Cheating' (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:41:24 EST; Ought to remove the incentive for cheating, wouldn't you think? It isn't racing if it isn't legal. Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group Creative Communications Services 765-886-5098 public relations & m; /html/vintage-race/2001-01/msg00233.html (8,159 bytes)
75. Re: Rules and 'Cheating' (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:42:16 EST; I made my statement in the context of vintage racing, where the rewards are mainly self satisfaction. It cannot be particularly rewarding to cheat in vintage. That's a bit like cheating at solitaire.; /html/vintage-race/2001-01/msg00247.html (9,466 bytes)
76. Re: Rules and 'Cheating' (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:30:39 EST; As we used to interpret the GCR, you could do anything that wasn't specifically prohibited. Most of these creative changes were costly and were beyond a lowly E production racer, but I had a mechanic; /html/vintage-race/2001-01/msg00305.html (9,079 bytes)
77. Re: Summit Point Zoning Woes (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:16:53 EST; Doesn't Lime Rock, like many tracks, have a Sunday morning "no engines" rule? Some years ago when I was employed by Indianapolis Raceway Park, I came across a legislative proposition that said all ca; /html/vintage-race/2000-12/msg00105.html (9,734 bytes)
78. Re: Summit Point Zoning Woes (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:06:57 EST; If I were the folks at SP I would have at least one neighbors' day each year and get the locals into race cars...have a barbecue and invite drivers...give them tickets...have a special paddock area..; /html/vintage-race/2000-12/msg00112.html (10,597 bytes)
79. Re: Fw: Summit Point Zoning Woes (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:56:00 EST; This is a bit off point, but relevant in that you cannot ignore unintended consequences: during the 70s fuel shortage, conservation groups opposed to racing said the real reason racing should be bann; /html/vintage-race/2000-12/msg00120.html (9,422 bytes)
80. Re: Summit Point Zoning Woes (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:29:18 EST; I remember the homes at Waterford Hills being so close to the track you could see what people were having for breakfast. Tom Butters The Greens Fork Group Creative Communications Services 765-886-509; /html/vintage-race/2000-12/msg00130.html (8,812 bytes)

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