| Gone Racin' Newsletter by Richard Parks #101 Dec 14, 2005 | ||
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*Will Scott (Gold Coast Roadster and Racing
Club/SCTA) is scheduled for open heart surgery,
on Dec 15, at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA. He went in to
the doctor for a check up
and was given tests. Angiogram changed to open heart surgery.
(Evelyn Roth)
*Al Teague underwent surgery on Dec 6, to repair the
mitral valve in his heart. All went well and
he is now in a regular ward. This message came from Landspeed Louise
who spoke to him today
and reports that he is doing well. Al is antsy to return home on
Friday. Landspeed suggests that
you use email to send your good wishes and prayers, as he does need
to rest in order to recover.
Or send your emails to Landspeed at
bonneville@adelphia.net and
she will give them to Al.
*Just got home and got the word from Glen Barrett
that Bob Webb got called from his heart
transplant group and he is going to have a new heart installed
tonight according to Glen. This is
all I know for now. Keep Bob in your thoughts. (Bob Sykes Jr)
*I just wanted to let you know that Bob Webb is on
his way to the hospital where he has a new
heart waiting for him. He will be at Cedar Sinai. We’ve been
told that he is reporting to the
South Tower. Neil Thompson is recovering at home
now from his triple by-pass and feeling
better. (Becca Livingston)
*Al (Teague) is doing well. Hope to get him home
tomorrow. (Jane Teague)
*Talked to Bob Webb's son-in-law this morning at breakfast, the operation went great and the
heart was a "perfect" fit. Bob was in recovery when he left. We
commented that Bob will finally
have a heart as we wern't really sure before. (J.D. Tone)
*We’ve heard that Al Teague is home from the
hospital today. (Becca Livingston)
*Bob Webb (Gear Grinders/SCTA) had a good night and the breathing tube should be removed
today. No phone calls or visitors allowed. Bob should be
transfered to a private room by the
weekend. Jan and family thank everyone for the prayers and
concern. (Glen Barrett)
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*AUTOBOOKS-AEROBOOKS; meet Author Janos Wimpffen and
Publisher David Bull for
a Special Afternoon of Sports Car Reminiscences, Dec 17, Noon to
3PM. Janos' latest book is:
Open Roads and Front Engines: The World Sports Car Championship
in Photographs,
1953-1961. Janos’ meticulous style weaves each image into
the context of each season’s racing
and the various themes of the era. Most of the photographs that
appear in this oversize book have
never been published before, and each image was personally selected
by the author during his
research at archives around the world.
*Dirt Nation Radio Show live from the Virginia
Motor Speedway. See www.racetalklive.com
or www.dirtnation.net
(Doc Lehman)
*Duncan Dayton's Highcroft Racing Team will run the former Dyson Lola EX257 AER-powered
#16, and he plans to race it in the American Le Mans Series
in 2006 in the top class, LMP1.
Rick Knoop will be a co-driver at the ALMS season
opener, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of
Sebring at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Fla. March
15-18. (Linda K. Mansfield)
*SpeedFreaks to interview Danny Lasoski,
Bill Simpson, Carmen Electra, and Tony
Schumacher. Dec10, 9pm and again on Tuesdays
at 7:30am ET. For further information see
http://www.SportsByline.com, the Armed Forces Network and
Sirius Satellite Radio's channel
122, via Sports Byline USA.
*Tom Malloy was featured on KCET-TV, Dec 8 at
6:30pm, regarding a Race Track in Antelope
Valley near the California State Park Poppy Reserve. The
interview was done at the race shop.
(notice courtesy of Bob Falcon)
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*Palm Springs Revival Races, November 18-20, 2005. 1959 Old Yeller II
Buick Special, Ernie
Nagamatsu-driver. Friday- Weather was clear and
sunny. The temporary race circuit was on
the Jacqueline Cochran Airport runways in Indio near Palm Springs.
The original well known
Palm Springs Sports Car Races was held on the Airport at Palm Springs
in the 1950s. The track
for the weekend was a 2.2 mile track and really challenging with two
sets of difficult chicanes on
both straights... and less than 90 degree corners at the ends. There
was a lot of dust and gravel
on the surface and made for slippery sliding around on tarmac. Our
Group 4 was for historic cars
of the Palm Springs genre. A blue Devin with a very fast Chevy engine
and with inboard disc
brakes and a new old Proctor Special of the late 1950's with a Chevy
with Holly 800 with special
heads so competition tough on topside with cars with horsepower. The
first session had the Lotus
& and Lotus 11 moving fast through the chicanes and braking deep like
little hornets. Two prac-
tice sessions and dust/gravel everywhere on the track. Saturday-
Morning 1st qualifying session-
Changed tires as the flying Devin had Hoosiers...near end of
session...throttle got stuck on firewall
and came through grandstand turn less than 90 degrees and end of fast
straight...and no throttle as
was jammed high...made it through and went off side of track for tow
pick up. Opened a bigger
hole in firewall. The distributor off again and could not keep in
right position. Afternoon Final
Qualifying session- We had posted fasted lap time but Devin did not
have transponder we think.
Sunday - Morning session - had fastest time...car stalled coming in
(distributor moved internally
and will not stay in place). Afternoon race- Organizer put Devin on
pole at last minute but he did
have fast car...but Devin did not have any Hoosier tires left (ground
up by rough airport tarmac
surface) so he had used Dunlop tires in rear for race...and was 4
seconds slower than our times
in the morning. Devin driver comes over and he asked me “if we should
put on a show” (hard
racing- no blocking – change of leads)...I agreed and told Proctor
driver...By end of first lap I
took inside and passed Devin...and I was able with strong new race
motor and new Goodyear
tires to move well and then let them pass...we changed lead several
times and my power was
slowly going off but Proctor Special disappeared behind us and could
not keep up...last lap I
was on tail of Devin to the finish line and could not push past...as
power was off and on "cool
off lap" and coming off track...car stalled out near the
Grandstands...tried to start and had flames
coming up and out of all 6 Stromburg carburetors...fire got put out
(had 5 Firemen around car
and had to hold them off from spraying retardant as that would ruin
motor-they used gloves to
put out fire) and got towed in...the distributor turned
internally/rotated again for the 3rd time dur-
ing weekend and caused the timing to go so far off- would not run.
The announcer was "going
bonkers" thinking it was a fender to fender race...and for the first 7
laps...the Old Yeller II "was
on song" as they say in England...as the tires were really hooking
up...and new race motor really
pulling. So...second place by a bumper is not bad considering it was
to be only a "test weekend"
with new motor put in at very last minute (blew up our motor the week
before at Willow Springs
Races...and suspension changes to improve the car and power going away
at the end of race...
Announcer kept saying over and over…since the Old Yeller II had raced
in the original Palm
Springs races… “it will be a magical moment indeed if the Old Yeller
II could just win.” Racing
was great fun with very tough track layout…and the chicanes were
really eye opening for sure- 4
-3 on backside & 4-3 (the 4 being really difficult being wide and
last being a decreasing angle to
chicane) along front straight at speed! (Ernie Nagamatsu)
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*There has been a lot of controversy in the past year about the
licensing and “smogging” of Rods
and Classics in California, including a high profile “raid” of
Boyd Coddington's shop to drive
the “fear” into rodders in the state. Since then SEMA has been
working with the State to come
up with a reasonable solution to this problem. Vic's Place has
reproduction signs, neons, clocks,
bar stools, original, restored gas pumps and parts. Right Coast
Association schedule of events.
News on the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona. San Francisco
Rod, Custom &
Motorcycle show in Oakland is the second week in January. HotRod
Alley at the 2006 Atlantic
City Show and Auction. Mid Atlantic Rod & Custom show will debut in
March 2006. Thomas
McGinnity has a new website
www.NewYorkBoys.org. This is
all at www.Hotrodhotline.com
or call 877-700-2468, write 246 S. Cole Rd Boise, ID 83709. (Jack Lawford)
*2005 All Stars Circuit of Champions Awards Banquet
takes place this Friday, Dec 16, in
Indianapolis, Indiana. See All Star Circuit of Champions
www.allstarsprint.com
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*Jan 21-Apr 9, 2006, "60 Years of SO-CAL Speed" will be on
display at the Wally Parks
NHRA Motorsports Museum. SO-CAL Speed Shop, which
was founded in 1946 by Alex
Xydias. Legendary street rod builder Pete
Chapouris revived the SO-CAL name in 1997.
The Museum is open from Wednesday through Sunday, 10am-5pm. NHRA
members are
admitted free, non-members $5. The Museum is also available for
private parties, meetings,
corporate events, weddings and special group tours. The Museum is
located at Fairplex Gate 1,
1101 W. McKinley Ave. in Pomona. Visit
http://museum.nhra.com. (Mike
Hollander)
*West Coast Stock Car Hall Of Fame, see
www.stockcarreunion.com
(Tim Meyer)
*The 2006 Rockabilly Rod Reunion at The Strip
at Las Vegas Motor Speedway mailing
address is: Rockabilly Rod Reunion, John Bisci, PO Box 620233, Las
Vegas, NV 89162-0233
The date for the Rockabilly is Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at The
Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speed-
way. (John Bisci
www.rockabillyrodreunion.com, 702-632-8231 or
jbisci@lvms.com)
*7th Annual Rat Fink Party is on line at http://www.ratfink.org/rfparty2k6, The Strip at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway. (John Bisci 702-632-8231 or
jbisci@lvms.com)
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Racing schedules:
*7th ANNUAL CRUISIN' FOR A CURE, Sept 23,
2006, Orange County Fair and Expo
Center, Costa Mesa, CA. All proceeds go to Prostate
Cancer Research at the Jonnson Cancer
Center Foundation at UCLA Medical Center. Free PSA testing
for men. Food, entertainment,
sponsor's booth, drawings, celebrities, 3000+ hot rods,
antiques, sportscars, classic and muscle
cars on display. For more info call Debbie Baker
at 949-752-5115x10 or
dbaker52@aol.com
*ASA SPEED TRUCK CHALLENGE 2005
racing/television schedule:
2005 Season Review to air Dec 10 and 17 at 8PM
*CALIFORNIA DRAGWAY 2005 schedule. Located at
the dragstrip, on the grounds of the
California Speedway, Fontana, CA. For more
info Contact Dave Danish at 909-429-5060
or go online at
www.Californiaspeedway.com. All dates and times are subject
to change:
*CROWN ROYAL IROC Series 2006 schedule:
*DirtRacers Radio airs every Sunday evening on
WQKT 104.5 FM from 6-8PM. The show
is hosted by Doc Lehman & Ryan
Pearson, and can also be heard at:
www.wqkt.com
MACS Late Model series racers will be invited on the
show. (Doc Lehman/Ryan Pearson)
*GOODGUYS 2006 Schedule of
Events. See www.goodguys.com
or call 925-838-9876:
*GRAND AM CUP 2006 Racing Schedule:
Jan 4-7, Daytona Test Days, Daytona International Speedway *Points-paying heat races to set field for final event. **Grand Touring Only ***Daytona Prototypes Only (Nate Siebens and Linda K. Mansfield)
*GRAND AMERICAN ROLEX 2006 Series Schedule:
Jan 4-7, Daytona Test Days, Daytona International Speedway
*Points-paying heat races to set field for final event. **Grand Touring Only ***Daytona Prototypes Only (Nate Siebens and Linda K. Mansfield)
*INDUSTRY HILLS SPEEDWAY MOTORCYCLE Races at
the Industry Hills Event
Center, in the City of Industry, CA. Wednesday Nights,
AMA Sanctioned. Adults $12,
Juniors $8, Children $4, and those 5 and under are FREE!
Tapes Up 7:30 PM. Contact:
Freddie Orosco at 909-681-4911, For rider signup see Ryan
Evans at 626-643-7598 or
email sideways31@aol.com.
*JOHN FORCE Cruise Night is held on
the last Wednesday of each month from 5-8 P.M.
at the shop in Yorba Linda, CA 92887. Contact Craig
Hoelzel for details about vendor space,
how to show your car, or for directions. Craig is
at
craig@johnforceracing.com While you
are there, check out the Force Racestation gift shop
next door. It is a fascinating store filled
with all sorts of collectibles, including broken
parts from John's Funny Cars, autographed by
the 13 time NHRA Funny Car Champion himself. You'll
find artwork, paintings, photographs,
hats, jackets, apparel, pins, die cast cars,
souvenirs and just about anything that you could
want.
If Force is in town and not on the race car circuit,
he will be glad to sign your collectible. See
hundreds of hot rods and vintage cars, rock to the
music of the '50's, purchase some delicious
food, and meet your fellow hot rodders. Celebrity
racers and hot rodders are known to show
up for this one of a kind hot rod cruise night at
the legendary John Force Racestation.
*KING of INDIANA
Sprint Series 2006 Schedule: For
info call Mike OLeary 812-825-9614
*LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY 2006 Schedule at The
Strip
JANUARY 20-22 – Nitro Blast-Off preseason test session --
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
27 – Bracket Test ‘n’ Tune – 11a.m.–5 p.m.
27 – BFGoodrich Midnight Mayhem – 7 p.m.–Midnight. 28 – Bracket Championship Kick-Off – 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 28 – Silver State 1/8-Mile Bracket Challenge – 4–9 p.m. 29 – Bracket Championship Kick-Off – 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
(John Bisci, LVMS Public Relations, 702-632-8231,
jbisci@lvms.com)
*MATTEL Children's Hospital
2nd Annual Car Show and Easter Egg Hunt, April 15,
2006, 9am-3pm, at the John Force RaceStation,
22722 Old Canal Road, Yorba Linda, CA
92887. Open to all street rods, muscle cars, classics,
trucks, antiques, exotics and sports cars.
Food, awards, entertainment and sponsor's booths onsite. All
proceeds go to cancer research.
For more info call Debbie Baker at
949-752-5115x10 or
dbaker52@aol.com
*MID-ATLANTIC Championship Series
(MACS) 2006 racing schedule: See
macs1@verizon.net and http://www.macsracing.com (Andy
Geesey)
*NHRA POWERade Drag Racing 2006 Series
schedule.
Feb 9-12, Pomona, CA.
Feb 24-26, Phoenix, AZ
*PERRIS AUTO DRAGWAY, Street Legal Drag Strip
at The PAS (Perris Auto Speedway)
will open on Friday, January 6, 2006. Drag racing will
continue on every Friday thereafter.
The course is a 1/8 mile dragstrip and is open to anyone
16-years old or over with a valid
registration, drivers license and a helmet. Cars, trucks
and motorcycles are allowed. Gates will
open at 4 PM every Friday with racing from 5-10:30 PM. Tech
will close at 9 PM, and you
cannot run if you do not go through tech
inspections. Spectators $10, competitors $20. The
Perris Auto Speedway is on the Lake Perris
Fairgrounds. Take the 215 Freeway, exit at the
Ramona Expressway and go east two and a half miles to the
fairgrounds. For more information
call 951-940-0134, or email them at racesatthepas@aol.com
(Scott Daloisio/Kim Donner)
*PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY, 2006 Valvoline USAC/CRA
Sprint Cars schedule at Lake
Perris, CA: Feb 4 (daytime), Feb 18, Mar 4, Mar 25, Apr 15,
Apr 29, May 13, May 27, June
10, June 24, July 1, July 22, Aug 5, Aug 19, Sept 2, Sept 16,
Sept 30, Oct 21, Nov 2-4 for
the 11th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals, Nov 18-10th
Annual Jack Kindoll Classic.
(Kim Donner/Scott Daloisio, call 951-940-0134, or email them
at racesatthepas@aol.com)
*SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes (Southern
California) Timing Trials 2006 schedule:
*SEMA Club Newsletter (SAN Club
Events) is at www.semasan.com
(Jason Tolleson)
Dec 17, Estero, FLA, Hoops, Hot Rods and Hogs
arish@nba.com
Dec 17, Inverness, FLA, SMTS Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show
monkey4x4@mfi.net
Dec 17, Tucson, AZ, Toys for Tots Show at Little Anthony’s
www.samctucson.org
Dec 17, Honolulu, HI, Hot Import Nights
showinfo@visionevent.com
Jan 8, Countryside, ILL, 35th Super Swap Meet Goofygirlblaha@aol.com
Jan 6-8, Chattanooga, TN, Chattanooga World of Wheels
www.customautoshows.com
*SPECIAL REUNIONS AND EVENTS during the year:
CRA Reunion in January, hosted by Walt
and Dottie James
Car Racers Reunion in April, hosted by Hila
Sweet and Parnelli Jones
Gas-Up Party and Dry Lakes Hall of Fame in
September, hosted by Gold Coast Club
Legends of Ascot Reunion in October, hosted by
Don and Belita Weaver
*Illinois Blue Dots: A SAN-supported bill
that would allow antique vehicles to display a blue
light of up to one-inch diameter as part of the vehicle’s
rear stop lamps was signed into law by
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The measure recognizes
that blue dot taillights have no
detrimental impact on safety and enables enthusiasts to
modify their vehicles to recall the glory
days of the hot rod era in America. (SEMA)
*Iowa, New York, Virginia Spinners: The SAN
defeated legislation in Iowa, New York and
Virginia that would have prohibited motor vehicles equipped with
spinner hubcaps or wheels. The
bills ignored the fact that these products have no proven
detrimental effect on motor vehicle
safety and are not prohibited by Federal law. (SEMA)
*Kentucky Inoperable Vehicles: Kentucky Governor
Ernie Fletcher signed into law SEMA
model legislation to place limits on local ordinances that
prevent automobile collectors from
pursuing their hobby. Under the new law, junked, wrecked or
inoperable vehicles, including
parts cars, stored on private property would only be required to
be maintained out of ordinary
public view. It would apply to owners or occupants of land in a
city, county, or unincorporated
area. The new law applies to automobile collectors, defined as
those who collect and restore
motor vehicles whether as a hobby or a profession. To comply,
collectors would maintain hobby
cars out of ordinary public view, a sight line within normal
visual range by a person on a public
street or sidewalk adjacent to the private property. This
provision would be achieved by means
of suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery, etc. (SEMA)
*Maine Inoperable Vehicles: Working with
officials from the Maine Department of Environ-
mental Protection, the Maine Municipal Association and the
state’s vehicle enthusiast community,
the SAN amended a bill that threatened to repeal the current
hobbyist exemption from the state’s
graveyard laws. The original bill would have required hobbyists
to get business licenses and be
regulated as automobile graveyards. Under the SAN amendment,
hobbyists will retain the exem-
ption but will be required to screen project cars from public
view and properly handle vehicle
fluids to prevent environmental contamination. The bill, with
the SEMA amendment, was passed
by the Maine Legislature and signed into law by Governor John
Baldacci. (SEMA)
*Maine Optional Lighting: SAN-supported
legislation to permit accent lighting on motor
vehicles has been signed by Maine Governor John Baldacci. The
new law permits the use of
optional accent lighting that meets certain conditions,
including color and intensity restrictions.
The new law also provides for under carriage neon lighting,
although not for use on public road
ways, and allows blue interior and dash lighting under some
circumstances. (SEMA)
*Maine Custom Vehicles: Maine Governor John
Baldacci signed into law a version of SEMA
model legislation to create a registration class for custom
vehicles. Under the new law, custom
vehicles are defined as at least 30-years old and of a model
year after 1948 or manufactured to
resemble a vehicle from that era. The bill also allows customs
to have a body constructed from
non-original materials and assigns these vehicles the same
model-year designation as the produc-
tion vehicle they most closely resemble, allowing qualifying
replicas and kit cars to be accommo-
dated under this registration class. The measure requires the
Chief of the State Police to gather
a committee comprised of representatives from the custom vehicle
industry to provide advice
and technical assistance regarding potential inspection
standards and procedures. (SEMA)
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