[Shotimes] Worst CSI = "Driven"

sho2go srfdude@cox.net
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:57:53 -0800


Hehehe, in the early 70s as I recall Steve came up to Alaska as our guest to
show the locals how to ice race on our frozen lake.  Someone let him use a
monster TransAm, 455, huge spiked tires, no muffler, a real beast.  He drove
it a couple laps and said "forget it".  He took someone elses dirt bike with
spiked tires and showed some real bike skills; he was a master of the
motorcycle.  The party afterwards was something to remember, that guy was as
cool as they come.  A year later Swede Savage came up, the year before he
died I think, and I got to race against him, I was driving Satch Carlson's
turbo Saab Sonnet which was wicked fast on the ice, Swede was driving
someone's 911, which I should have been able to beat.  Not a chance; he had
no fear, to go with reflexes that i could only dream of.  We didn't need no
stinking roll cages in those days; tech inspection was to make sure nothing
was going to fall off.............sometimes I think the good old days were
really good.
Mike


> Kerby "There hasn't been a good racing movie since Steve McQueen died"
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