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1. Re: Mount Equinox Hillclimb (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 13:53:51 -0700; It sounds like an autocross with cliffs instead of cones. ;=); /html/vintage-race/2001-06/msg00017.html (6,938 bytes)
2. Sears Point Construction Update (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 10:41:33 -0700; For those of you going to the Wine Country Classic (hit Delete now, Myles), I have just been informed that the full road course will be open. In March, CSRG had to use a short course due to construct; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00004.html (6,647 bytes)
3. Re: Positive ground alternator? (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:22:32 -0700; Are you sure it's an alternator? 1964 sounds like it should be a generator. If you know some basic electronics, and have the right schematics, you can use a negative ground generator to produce posit; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00010.html (8,251 bytes)
4. Re: Positive ground alternator? (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:26:55 -0700; The original requestor pointed out privately that he's certain this is an alternator, not a generator. These instructions do not apply to him.; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00012.html (9,873 bytes)
5. 2001 Wine Country Classic event schedule (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:23:15 -0700; I was asked to post this. I was wrong about the F1 cars. It's probably the same bunch I just saw at the CSRG event. CSRG had them running just before and just after lunch. At the Wine Country event t; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00014.html (9,190 bytes)
6. Wine Country Classic 2001 Report (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:28:57 -0700; I'm just getting back into the swing of things after the Wine Country Classic. I had a great time, the best in years. I had taken Wed-Fri off to take care of some domestic items and get ready to go e; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00145.html (10,992 bytes)
7. Re: Wine Country Classic (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:36:54 -0700; CSRG had an event like that in Willows a couple of years ago. The locals organized a benefit BBQ and had CHP escort the race cars into town. We got an escort back alright, but by then it was pitch da; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00178.html (7,466 bytes)
8. Re: Looking into Driving School...(longish post-sorry) (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:38:01 -0700; I took the Russell Racing school back in '93 when they were at Laguna Seca. They have since moved to Sears Point, with Skip Barber moving to Laguna. I would say it's worth every penny. The 2 possibl; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00205.html (9,775 bytes)
9. Re: Broken Stub Axle (Spindle) on Austin-Healey 3000 (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:54:10 -0700; Thanks for a very rational and practical view on the subject. Simon ...; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00221.html (9,799 bytes)
10. Re: Broken Stub Axle (Spindle) on Austin-Healey 3000 (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:01:12 -0700; I doubt that any asphalt race track is as bumpy as an English country lane. ;=) They were designed to take a beating, but this is one of the reasons I like being forced to run the hard-compound Dunlo; /html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00228.html (9,640 bytes)
11. Re: Girls in racing (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 08:46:58 -0700; Several good examples come to mind. Camee and Christie Edelbrock, (yes, THAT Edelbrock) go out and thrash dad's butt on the track, never giving him an inch he didn't earn. Then there's Dick McGovern; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00089.html (7,440 bytes)
12. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:58:25 -0700; Of course there are examples of a race engine going into a street car. The one that might be of most interest to vintage buffs is the Fiat/Ferrari Dino. The entire car was produced just so the motor; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00108.html (10,699 bytes)
13. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:27:56 -0700; According to the article in Vintage Motorsport a few years back, the Climax FWA engine was actually designed to Interior Ministry specs as a fire pump. It had to be light enough to be carried by 2 so; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00117.html (9,696 bytes)
14. Re: Mazda Seca??? (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 16:10:35 -0700; Why not post it on the team.net FTP site? Try ftp://ftp.team.net/vintage/Images and then upload the file. Any FTP client can do this.; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00126.html (7,174 bytes)
15. Re: Engine Trivia (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 20:21:17 -0700; Pretty impressive credentials. Recalling the history from that article I mentioned, the specs included several things, and there would have to be some not reported in the article. Since it had to be; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00134.html (10,949 bytes)
16. Re: Race Engines in Street Cars (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:38:48 -0700; I previously mentioned the Ferrari/Fiat Dino. The motor was designed as a Formula 2 motor, but they had to put it in a street car to qualify by the FIA rules. The only reason Fiat became involved was; /html/vintage-race/2001-04/msg00158.html (10,914 bytes)
17. Re: Open Wheel cars in VDCA (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 09:59:29 -0800; What? You forgot Formula Junior??!!?? Harrumph!; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00060.html (7,515 bytes)
18. Re: Helmets amd Driving Gear (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 09:57:17 -0800; Here's another funny one. I once ordered a Nomex head sock thru the mail. Soon afterwards, I got a catalog in the mail for all sorts of paramilitary gear including, you guessed it, Nomex hoods in bla; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00061.html (7,262 bytes)
19. Re: New virus report - Naked Wife (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 15:31:42 -0800; Normally, I would scold somebody for propagating yet another virus hoax, but this one is real. When you do post something like this, please make sure to include a direct URL for verification, like th; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00073.html (7,187 bytes)
20. Re: race cars and CA registration (score: 1): Author: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:31:42 -0800; I say don't bother with the DMV. A friend finshed up a long sob story about the California DMV with the observation that for the people who work there, thought equals pain. ;=) Anything you do that m; /html/vintage-race/2001-03/msg00091.html (7,764 bytes)

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