SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 153 - February March 5, 2010
Editor: Richard Parks [email protected]
President's Corner: By Jim Miller (1-818-846-5139)
 

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 President's Corner, Editorials, Leslie Long called to give us some updates, You might inform Evelyn Roth to contact her uncle Roy Eves if he is still among the living to see if he recalls a real midget race car that was at the Iwo Airfield, My husband daughter and I were out at the 50th Anniversary of the Winternationals in Pomona last weekend, Rosco McGlashan sent an invitation to our readers, Racing Clubs: Historians listed for each club, Sometimes I wonder why I am still alive especially when I read in the press (people) try to get something banned; like sugar substitutes, The latest issue of Ultra VW March 2010 from England is just hitting the book stores, Please visit the Don Garlits Museum and Hall of Fame web site, This may be of interest to some of you - car club plaques that have been added this month, My first Pre-War boat is on the website the "1933 Gold Cup Winner El Lagarto", This was sent to me and it appears to be only the front page but you then have a link to go the papers website, West Coast sprints and late models Santa Maria Speedway, How Old are Your Tires?, I spoke with Fuzzy (Anderson) this morning, To Thatcher Darwin I'll be passing this along to Jim Miller, Jim, Richard & Thatcher I'm hell bent for more REVS car club data so I scoured all the programs I had available to me, Here's a revised Idlers list, Jim Richard & Thatcher Please find the 4th revision of the Hollywood Throttlers members list, Only two drivers have won the prestigious March Meet four times, Subject: NHRA crew chief John Medlen working to add wheel tethers on ESPN, Holley 8th NHRA Hot Rod Reunion June 18-20 2010 at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Gone Racin'…Circle of Impact; The true life events of a brave action figure by Lynn McCoy, Gone Racin'…The Legends of Motorsport by Dave Friedman, Bill Junge's 1949 Chevy, Bill Junge's 1951 Studebaker Champion, Vampires So Cal car club plaque, Magoos of Hermosa Beach car club plaque, Champion Speed Shop will field two supercharged front engine top fuel dragsters for the 2010 drag racing season, Big Daddy Don Garlits Rats and Rods Party March 20 2010.

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President's Corner:  
   Jim Miller is on assignment and will send us a story next week.

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Editorial:   
   Jim Miller was right on the money when he said this is the fun time for the land speed racers. We have all these awards banquets and reunions to attend and except for taking time away from repairs and modifications on the race cars, this is the time to really enjoy each other's company. It's not like we can do much, for the rain has to fall and make a muddy mess of the dry lake beds or the Bonneville Salt Flats. Then the winds have to come up and swirl the mud around and smooth out all the wrinkles just like a rotary sander does the same for a woodworker on an expensive new table. Jim gave a short breakdown on the Gear Grinders awards banquet and will do a longer piece on the Sidewinders awards banquet at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum on the same date, February 20, 2009. I will have an article out on the Gear Grinders soon, to be published at www.hotrodhotline.com.  If you can get an invitation to these great parties, you've got to go. There's no better way to meet all the interesting folks who race in land speed time trials. In addition, there are oval track reunions and gatherings and as we hear of them we will pass them along to you.  Roger Rohrdanz chided me recently and said that I need to remind all of you that the Gone Racin' articles, stories and photographic collections are archived and published at www.hotrodhotline.com for all to read. So add that link to your favorites and go to guest columnist/Richard Parks and Roger Rohrdanz to read our reports.
   On another issue; when you send in reports, press releases, emails, questions or answers, be complete and thorough. Often the person reporting on a story will think that we all know whom we are talking about and will just use partial facts, like first names or the phrase, "You know what I'm referring to." This is wrong. Emails are forwarded on and on and by the time everyone sees it, we don't know what you are referring to. My father taught Dick Wells and Wells taught me that to be a good editor it's all about facts, facts, facts. Even if the story, article or press release has mentioned names and events a thousand times, be complete and give all the details. Your readers aren't going to always be informed and if they have to go and dig up the facts, then you haven't done your job. Make it easy for the readers and give them the background history and full names and dates if you can. Secondly, we may deal in facts and figures, but we also have an agenda or belief. We have opinions and facts simply make our opinions stronger or weaker. Do you really want your press release to be believed? Do you really want your question answered? Do you really want your opinion and answer to a question respected and accepted? Then you have to be factual. To get your view across to the public you have to be redundant. If you stress your views and opinions enough, then people will come to accept and believe in what you are saying. A true fact said once is simply not believed. You must say it over and over again and establish by weight of evidence and forceful delivery the truth of your statements and beliefs. If you think that I repeat myself and that I'm redundant on an issue then you are correct; I am. If I believe something is true I will repeat it over and over again until I know that others believe it also. You don't do your cause any good at all if you simply refuse to present your facts and beliefs of your case.

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Leslie Long called to give us some updates. He has put together all the SCTA Programs from 1938 through 1949, with the exception of two programs from 1938 that he is still looking for. If you have any SCTA programs from 1938, please let me know so that I can tell Leslie. He is trying to get a complete set and he will photocopy and return your original. The programs contain a wealth of information for the land speed racing researcher. The second news item is that Leslie is hosting another Santa Ana Drags and Main Street Malt Shop Reunion, scheduled for April 10, 2010 at the Park bordering Santiago Creek in Orange. Directions: South on Main Street, between the 22 and 5 freeways, turn left on East Memory Lane, go 500 feet and turn right into the creek bed where there is a paved parking lot. The Park is right above the parking lot. The Santa Ana Drags and Main Street Malt Shop Reunion celebrate the first professional drag strip and the young men and women who would race there and then go to the Main Street Malt shop to hang out. There are no costs or parking fees, but bring along food and water and maybe a treat to share. This is a great place to sit and talk to the original pioneers of drag racing. They were the first and they are leaving us rapidly, so make it a point to come and tape record the histories and experiences of these men and women of early drag racing. Because of the age of the reunion attendees, please be sure to check with me to see if the reunion is still going to go on or if it will be cancelled.

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You might inform Evelyn Roth to contact her uncle Roy Eves, if he is still among the living, to see if he recalls a real midget race car that was at the Iwo Airfield. It was fabricated by an old Dry Lakes guy, Dave West (of Skippit fame) and a race car driver named Swede Lindskog. The purpose for the car was to get Swede's skill level, as a driver, so he could resume his profession when he returned to civilian life. He was very active when Gilmore Stadium reopened and won several main events driving Hogan's midget. He was killed at Gilmore in Stan Searle's brand new car and as I recall he was leading the feature at that time. The Iwo car was powered by a Japanese motor cycle engine. I think I have a picture of the car somewhere. Bob Falcon
   Bob: Evelyn Roth said that her uncles served in the war, but she did not mention their names. My uncle was Roy Eves and he passed away a few years ago. He didn't mention an old race course on the island, but I did hear something about that from other racers who were over there at that time, but I can't remember their names. I know it is listed in one of the biographies on www.hotrodhotline.com. My uncle told me that the fighting was fierce and that as soon as someone raised their heads a Japanese sniper would put a bullet through their forehead. They were taught to aim for the head, while we were taught to aim for the torso. My uncle also told me about the aircraft, jeeps, trucks and other war material that was dumped off a pier and into the ocean rather than load it on ships and send it back to the Mainland after the war was over. My father told me the same thing. A great deal of very usable automotive and aircraft parts and whole units were dumped in the sea or left to rust on those islands in the Pacific. Lindskog worked with or around Roy Richter and made a trip to New Zealand prior to the war to race on the oval tracks "down under." His name comes up often in Art Bagnall's book on Richter.

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My husband, daughter and I were out at the 50th Anniversary of the Winternationals in Pomona last weekend. My husband was there for all four days, and my daughter and I enjoyed 3 full days. We also went to the Wally Parks Museum again. I've lost track of how many times we've been out there. The Mickey Thompson display is terrific! The museum is such an amazing place and your dad is certainly one to thank for his contributions. I look forward to hearing from you. Amanda Taylor, Gear Grinder Secretary
   Amanda: Thank you for the compliment. I can remember the first Winternationals and it hardly seemed like it was going to be a success. That was in the days when the Los Angeles County Fairplex was simply called the L.A. Fairgrounds and it was nearly all a paved parking lot. The old buildings existed on the southeast corner of the nearly one square mile facility. Then there was the horse track, but not as many barns as we have now. There was a water pumping house, no bigger than a large children's playhouse, right to the edge of the two lanes that the NHRA used for the race track. There were telephone lines along E Street and a hastily constructed fence that really didn't keep anyone in or out who were committed to getting into the track without paying. The motor home park didn't exist then, nor did the fancy structures along White Street, and there was no Sheraton Hotel on McKinley and White Streets. There was just a sea of old asphalt and hay bales for barriers. Few people had trailers; they just drove their cars to the track or towed them behind another car. The pits started right next to the track and went about 100 feet from the east side of the track. There were a few makeshift stands, but most people were there to help someone race or were friends or family. It wasn't a spectator sport as much back then as it was a participant sport. From the track to the old buildings it was quite a walk and it looked like an ocean of asphalt. We always thought that the "street or tower side" lane was the safest, as it was away from the water pumping building. I can't be sure, but there was always a "weave" by the "tower side" racer on the west toward the center line, which we thought was a way to intimidate the "fan side" racer on the east side lane into slowing down so as to miss the building. A few times the cars "clipped" the small building, but I don't believe I ever saw any serious damage. I would like to know from others what they saw and if my recollections of the first race in 1961 was as accurate as I remember them. It's funny about our memories; we tend to remember what we want to remember.

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Rosco McGlashan sent an invitation to our readers to google www.aussieinvader.com to see more about his land speed record attempts.

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Racing Clubs: Historians listed for each club
Eliminators..............................................................none
Gear Grinders.........................................................Glen Barrett
Gold Coast Roadster and Racing Club...............none
Gophers..................................................................Michael Brennan
Hi Desert Racers...................................................none
Idlers........................................................................Michael Brennan
Lakers.....................................................................none
LSR.........................................................................Mike Cook Jr
Milers......................................................................none
Road Runners........................................................Jerry Cornelison
Rod Riders.............................................................none
San Diego Roadster Club....................................none
Sidewinders...........................................................Ron Main
Super Fours............................................................Roy Creel
Throttlers.................................................................Michael Brennan

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Sometimes I wonder why I am still alive, especially when I read in the press (people) try to get something banned; like sugar substitutes. I know that my crib was painted with paint containing a high degree of lead, which I probably chewed on when I was teething. And after all the years of working in an auto repair shop, washing my grease stained hands in gasoline that contained tetraethyl lead. And the many times when transferring fuel by siphoning with a hose I also filled my mouth with said gasoline. Then came my US Navy duty as a pipefitter where I spent hours each day rebuilding piping that was wrapped in asbestos. We were required to cut off the asbestos liner to reach the steel pipe that needed to be replaced. And the copper water lines that were lined with lead sheeting to stop corrosion. All the fresh water lines on a ship had lead lined copper pipes for the main supply line. At times I was required to form a lead liner out of a large sheet of the metal and roll it to fit within the piping and then using a strip of the lead as a welding rod, would uses an acetylene torch to weld the seam, all while smoking a cigarette!
   Then I suffered an angina attack and was required to undergo quintuple bypass surgery in June 1990. Since that time we have had several cardiac exams and undergone angiograms and all is fine, which is good news since the forecast for graft life in 1990 was ten years. Then I was diagnosed with a tumor within the right eye socket. The tumor was wrapped around the optic nerve and the optic muscle. When the EENT doc showed the film to his cadre of optical plastic surgeons they all refused to become involved. The insurance company found a doc that would attempt the procedure and we went into surgery with the two docs working on the orb. They brought me out of the anesthesia while in the OR and I glared at the ceiling, closed my left eye and let out a big Whoopee! The docs were scrubbing and turned and asked if I could see and we all started to shake hand and pat each other on the back. So in spite all of the destroyed race cars and motorcycle accidents, I will turn 82 in June. Bob Falcon
   Bob: I wonder too how I escaped all those traumas. The SLSRH newsletter delves into all aspects of land speed racing, early drag racing and hot rodding. That includes how we made the cars and how we survived them as well. I've seen a huge change over the years in how we have evolved and the laws that have been passed to insure our safety. I would like to hear from the readers how their lives and their businesses have been affected by the laws that have been passed. Is it easier today or more difficult to build and race cars than it was in the past, or have hot rodders simply found other ways to cope? What about the safety rules and regulations that racing organizations have passed; does that improve our racing experiences?

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The latest issue of Ultra VW, March 2010, from England is just hitting the book stores (I have a subscription) and features a six-page story written by Britt's team-mate Paul Cullen in Ireland on their efforts and the 36hp Challenge. Each of you or your cars are shown, named or talked about and I thought you would like to know. Photos are supplied by Derek at Volksrama, Richard, Britt, Lou and myself. Find an issue at Hastings, Borders or wherever you have to, but get a copy for your archives. It's neat! Paul, thanks so much for your dedication to the Challenge. I am looking forward to meeting you this September on the salt! Burly Burlile
Burly: Please give us complete names and descriptions of the event that you are describing. Your friends know because they were part of the activities, but the rest of us can only guess at what's happening and we need to have a complete record when this goes to press.
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(Editor; second email received from Burly Burlile with the full list of names). Britt Grannis, Russ Knott, Dan Durie, Glenn Patterson, Al Leggit, Lou & Lis Ciceran, Art Thraen & kids, Justin, Colton and Dan McAllister, Keith Thurston, Richard Troy, Ed & Theresa Fall, Craig & Rose Wilson, Tom Bruch, Gaylen Anderson, Chip & Elissa Birk, Bruce and Cody Cook, Whitey Worsham, Derek Campbell, Cody Johnson, Alan Johnsen, Gary Fergus, Dick Beith and trikeman Jerry Avis. I just wanted to let you folks know the latest issue of Ultra VW, March 2010, from England is just hitting the book stores (I have a subscription) and features a six page story written by Britt Grannis's team mate Paul Cullen in Ireland on their efforts and the 36hp Challenge. Each of you or your cars are shown, named or talked about and I thought you would like to know. Photos are supplied by Derek Campbell at Volksrama, Richard Troy, Britt Grannis, Lou Ciceran and Burly Burlile. Find an issue at Hastings, Borders or wherever you have to but get a copy for your archives. It's neat! Paul, thanks so much for your dedication to the Challenge. I am looking forward to meeting you this September on the salt! Burly Burlile

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Please visit the Don Garlits Museum and Hall of Fame web site, http://www.garlits.com/hof.htm, as the 2010 Inductees for the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame have been posted and are ready for your viewing. Also the 2010 Founders Award is posted. A hearty Thanks goes to Clare Sanders, our Webmaster for a super job! Thanks, Don Garlits

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This may be of interest to some of you. Evelyn Roth (website owner/operator of www.oilstick.com)
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Listed below are the car club plaques that have been added this month to www.relicsandrods.com/carclubplaques.htm. If you no longer wish to get this list of new photos that have been added to our website, please send me an E-mail and your name will be removed. Best wishes, Bill Junge, Relics & Rods Webmaster
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No City Shown; Ballbusters CC (Thanks to Al Liebmann), Barons CC - MC (Thanks to Jesse Bowers), Centaurs (Thanks to Jack Anderson), The Four Deuces Car Club (Thanks to Wendell Carpenter). Beaumont; Shaundos (Thanks to Billy Cone). Chicago; Roadburners (Thanks to Benjamin Selan). Colorado Springs; Lonely Knights (Thanks to Tim Sutton). Conejo Valley; Road Apostles (Thanks to Dennis Brower). El Centro; Gaskets (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Eugene; Coachmen (Thanks to Garry Blake). Evanston; Road Runners (Thanks to "Stutz"). Fort Mohave; The Leaners CC (Taken at the Rockabilly Reunion in Lake Havasu City, AZ). Fullerton; The Rockers (Thanks to Dennis Brower).
Leonard; Stockers (Thanks to "Pushrod Mike"). East Los Angeles; Vamps (Thanks to Dennis Brower). South Los Angeles; Judges (Thanks to Curt Dearin). West Los Angeles; Truckers (Thanks to Nathan Cliff). Monrovia; Midknighters (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Monticello; Diablos (Thanks to Chip Zeller). Pasadena; Vampires (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Phoenix; Invaders Car Club (Taken at the Rockabilly Reunion in Lake Havasu City, AZ). Ponca City; Classic Cars (Thanks to Denise Powell). San Gabriel; Jolly Rogers (Thanks to Bill Loran). San Gabriel Valley; Victorians (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Springfield; Modifiers (Thanks to Jack Fellenzer). South Gate; Cam Jammers (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Sunland; King's Men (Thanks to George DeMott). Vancouver; The Dukes (Taken at the Rockabilly Reunion in Lake Havasu City, AZ). Yuma; Barons (Taken at the Rockabilly Reunion in Lake Havasu City, AZ). Grayson County; Junkyard Pirates CC (Thanks to Randy Williams). Alaska; Valley Cruzers (Thanks to Art Fox). Southern California; Chargers (Thanks to Dennis Brower), and Steeple Chasers (Thanks to Dennis Brower). Northeast Ohio; Vagabond Kings (Thanks to Ellis Tim). Australia; Confederates Rod & Custom Club (Thanks to Paul Whitehead), and Southern Beaches (Thanks to Paul Whitehead).

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My first Pre-War boat is on the website, the "1933 Gold Cup Winner El Lagarto." Originally a John Hacker designed V-bottom racer named Miss Mary, built in 1922. It was later bought by George Reis who shingled the bottom, and it became the first race boat to win three consecutive Gold Cups! Also, because of its tendency to jump out of the water, it became known as the "Leaping Lizard of Lake George." Alan Ameel
   Alan: Please include your website and send periodic updates of your artwork. While this site is dedicated to land speed racing, hot rodding and early drag racing, we do appreciate hearing about some of the motorboats that set records since there is a crossover between some land and water racers and we like to look into those early roots.
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My website is www.hydroartprints.com.  Alan Ameel 

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This was sent to me and it appears to be only the front page but, you then have a link to go the papers website. Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up. Double click and the page gets larger. You can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. You can spend forever here. Google; http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/. Also, if you look at the European papers, the far left side of Germany will pop up as The Stars & Stripes (European edition, of course). This site changes every day with the publication of new editions of the paper. Evelyn Roth
   Evelyn: Is there any way to find racing newspapers in this website?

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West Coast sprints and late models, Santa Maria Speedway, 1900 Hutton Road, Nipomo, California 93444. Also Thunderbowl Raceway, Tulare Fairgrounds, Bardsley and K Street, Tulare, California 93274. They also run USAC, Outlaws, West Coast racing association races.

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How Old are Your Tires? I didn't take the time this morning to view this but thought it worth the send on. Put "tire age" in the search box. A 20/20 Report. How to decode the true age of your tires, and survive! Well worth the 8 minute viewing time, give or take! Google; abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897. Sent in by Evelyn

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I spoke with Fuzzy (Anderson) this morning. He said he knew your dad on a casual basis and talked with him many times at various meets. He was racing on the dry lake beds back in the late 1930's and early '40's and said he thought your dad was secretary of the SCTA around that time frame. I've been working on what you asked for this morning, but it seems like it's coming out as more of a bio on me and a little bit about the plaque pages. When I finish it, I'll forward it on for your comments. Attached are a couple of photos. My 49 Chevy, my Studebaker and a couple of plaque photos that you may want to use. Best wishes, Bill Junge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
   Bill: We can never get enough biographies. If every hot rodder did their bio that would be fantastic, but few do. Bios tell us not only about the person, but the events and people that surrounded the person. It's important to know who a racer or hot rodder associated with as it helps the historian to track down sources and gain research material. We also want to know more about your website and hopefully to find textual material to go with the photographs of the car plaques. Each car plaque tells a unique history. Photo captions and bios, that's what we're searching for right now. Does Fuzzy Anderson have email so that we can get in contact with him? Thanks for putting together this great website of yours and we look forward to publishing your bio.

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To Thatcher Darwin. I'll be passing this along to Jim Miller, he and I are always comparing notes with the rosters so we'll make the corrections and update the deceased to the list. I'll forward a copy to you. I do recall something about the Desert Goats and I'll look into that. Anything you can add, Jim, before I get going or perhaps give me a bit of direction. Sincerely, Michael Brennan
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   Hi Michael! Thank you, THANK you for the Throttlers roster! You've done a remarkable job of pulling it all together. Thanks also for the Idlers and REVs lists. These are all part of the unique Hot Rod history that needs to be preserved. A couple of corrections to the Throttlers list, if I may. Homer's name is Farneman, not "Farneham." Regarding Bob "Strather," I knew a Bob Struther who was a car guy. It's an unusual name so I assume the list has it mis-spelled. We need another z for Bozzy (short for Boswell) Willis. Bozzy was Vice President of SCTA when I was Secretary. Not many knew that. Petersen's name was Robert Einar Petersen - we naturally called him "Pete." Please add Pat O'Brien to the list. He was one of our youngest Throttlers and later became a Lt. Col. in the Air Force. I joined the Throttlers sometime in 1946. By then many of the "PW" guys on your list had phased out so I didn't know them. Shortly after I joined, one of the Jarmuth brothers was killed on the way to the Lakes. I think it was the younger but I'm not sure.
   My closest friends were Homer Farneman, Pete, Ted and John Cannon, Jim Seely, both McAfee's and Ford Robinson. I delivered a eulogy at Ted's funereal and I was at Jim's bedside when he succumbed to cancer. Ford was killed in the Mexican Road Race, Carrera Panamericana, while riding with Jack McAfee. Ernie McAfee was killed while driving a Ferrari n one of the Pebble Beach sports car races. Pete passed away just two years ago in March, 2008. Jack is gone now, as is John Cannon, and I long ago lost track of Homer. Michael, in your research, have you ever run across a reference to the "Desert Goats?" I have the impression that this was an early hot rod club centered in the San Fernando Valley. It may have been a forerunner of the Throttlers or may have merged with the Throttlers early on. When I have time, I'll see if I can get any info and will let you know. It just occurs to me - are you a member of the Society of Land Speed Historians? If not, you should be. See Richard Parks on this. Again, many thanks for the roster! Let's keep in touch! Thatcher Darwin

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Jim, Richard & Thatcher. I'm hell bent for more REVS car club data so I scoured all the programs I had available to me. This is what I came up with for a REVS roster thus far. Jim, your input. Richard, go ahead and publish. Thatcher, perhaps a name that conjures up something. REVS Member Roster Revised February 23, 2010 by Michael Brennan
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Dick Atkinson (PW for pre-war or before World War II) Ford V8 Rdstr
??? Bicknell (PW) Roadster, Winfield
Bill Bonner (PW) Ford V8 Roadster
Wes Cooper (PW) Roadster, Winfield
Frank Evans (PW) Roadster, S.O. Miller
Bill Hanson (PW) Roadster, Cragar
Tommy Jamieson (PW) Mod
Jerry Mullaney (PW) Ford V8 Roadster
??? Palmer (PW) Roadster, Winfield
Jack Rasmussen (PW) Roadster, Cragar
Richie Richards (PW) First Ford V8 Roadsterr to top 100 mph. 104.04 mph @ Muroc 5 /1937, Purdy Bros. Timing
??? Thomson (PW) Ford 4, Riley 2 port, Stream
??? Walton

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Here's a revised Idlers list. Idlers Car Club Members Roster Revised February 23, 2010 by Michael Brennan
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Baker, Bill (PW) Mod. Cragar, Attended first ever SCTA meet at Muroc May 15, 1938. SCTA member 1939
Baldwin, Marsh (PW) (PW) Ford V8 Roadster
Belond, Sandy (PW) (Deceased) Western Timing Assoc. Safety Committee in 1938 -1939. Joined Idlers in 1938. Won the Idlers /Sta-Lube Trophy in 1939 for the fastest Idlers run at one of the last meets of 1939. SCTA member in 1942. Belond became famous as a car owner and sponsor. Sponsoring many land speed record setting roadsters and streamliners culminating with winning the Indy 500 in two consecutive years ('57 - '58) with a revolutionary Offy/Salih/Epperly roadster. His line of performance exhaust systems (Belond Equa Flow Exhaust Systems) that included dual kits for both flatheads and OHV engines revolutionized the way the aftermarket fabricated performance exhaust systems. His love of racing inspired him to build and maintain a drag strip (Carlsbad Raceway) near his factory in Carlsbad, California. Inducted into SEMA Hall of Fame 1981.
Boyd, Lupe (PW)
Bullock, Byron
Cimino, Vince Complained that Harper Dry Lake was too far to go to race. Opposed Vic Edelbrock on War Bond Board. Replaced Meb Healy on the War Bonds Board in December 1942. He presented an Idlers Club suggestion that the cubic inch classes be stabilized against further changes in their rules and regulations.
Cravens, Mark (PW) Ford 4 Roadster
Dilley, Roy J.
Dolph, Burleigh (PW) Burleigh was one of the most consistent dry lakes racers in the pre-war era and a close friend of Wally Parks of the Road Runners car club. Burleigh was appointed to the Contest Board in 1947. He announced that members of the SCTA could be entitled to discounts on purchases of Ward tires in 1947.
Dowlen, ??? (PW) Roadster
Figuerus, Joe (PW) SCTA member in 1940's
Goodwin, Walt (PW) Roadster, Ford 4, Winfield
Gravens, Mark
Hanggie, Bill (PW) Ford flat 4 Roadster
Haskin, Bill (PW) Roadster, Winfield
Hess, Harry (PW) attended first ever SCTA meet at Muroc May 15, 1938
Jennings, Frank
Krebs, Kenneth (PW) Roadster
Lewis, Gordon (PW) attended first ever SCTA meet at Muroc May 15, 1938. SCTA member 1939
Lloyd & Lewis (PW)
Ludwig, Charles (PW)
Mors, Gaines
Nairn, Jim
Patterson, Yvonn (PW) attended first ever SCTA meet at Muroc May 15, 1938
Popkin, Himan (PW) Roadster
Reiff, Norwood (PW)
Russell, Eugene (PW) Ford flat 4 Roadster
Shafer, Jim (PW) Mod. Olds 3 port
Sheitlin, Frank
Thompson, George
Wilms, Harry (PW) Roadster Cook 4 port
Wolf, ??? (PW) Roadster
**Youngblood, Arvel The last Idler club member to ever participate in a race (1948)
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Notes:
Is Harry Hess related to Ray Hess?
Lewis, Lloyd DO YOU MEAN LOWELL LEWIS OR KENNY LEWIS?
Lewis, Kenny, Early SCTA member in 1940.
Lewis, Lowell Early SCTA member in 1938. Elected Treasurer of the SCTA in 1938 to replace Vern, Hurst. Given a badge of honorary membership in 1942.

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Jim, Richard & Thatcher. Please find the 4th revision of the Hollywood Throttlers members list. Please cross check it with your list to verify we are on the same page again and go ahead and publish from my end, but Jim may have some comments or factoids to add or a correction or two so I'm sure you'll get with him first. Thatcher, I hope the names bring to mind some fond memories we all would love to share with you. I made a pilgrimage to the old Hollywood Throttlers club house on Santa Monica Blvd and the B&S Garage this past weekend with my two young sons, ages 10 & 13 years old. I'll have to get some digitals to you. There are some real car nuts all around that area, and truthfully I lived in Hollywood for years and passed the same buildings aimlessly many times as most of them do. Today I have a new-found reverence for them and I left there wanting to know more, but I am content for the moment with a warm comfortable glow similar to the euphoria I experienced the first time I sat behind the windshield of Sandy's (Belond) roadster. I have owned many rare muscle cars and exotic sports cars over the years, but none has had less horsepower or handled more poorly then the Belond roadster, yet it is hands down the most fun to own and drive. Seriously, build a hot rod, it will change your life. Sincerely, Michael Brennan
   Michael: Can you tell us more about the cars that you have owned or restored? 
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   Richard, Here is the corrected and latest version of the Hollywood Throttlers member roster, please use this when publishing. Sorry I forgot to go bold until after I realized the fact.
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   Thatcher, you'll find the revisions to the list below. Also you didn't mention why you were looking for Clint Seccombe info but I would like to know more about him also if you have anything to add or know of his last known where-a-bouts. Michael Brennan
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   Hollywood Throttlers Members Roster Revised February 24, 2010 by Michael Brennan
Max Allen
Bob Berry (PW) Model T modified, 1938 member
Arnold Birner also a member of the Bungholers
Bill Blystone (PW)
Peter Bunch (PW)
* Pat Campy (PW) (deceased)
Dick Cannon (deceased)
John Cannon (deceased)
Ted Cannon (PW) (deceased)
??? Jay Chamberlain (post war) married to Beverly Chamberlain 50's
W.R. Chambers
Pete Condos
Eddie Croneth
Thatcher Darwin (post war 1946) later became secretary of SCTA, emailed last week 2/2010
Tommy Davis (PW) Olds 8 Mod.
Jack Finley
* Homer Farneman (PW)
Dick Georgian
Ben Henely (PW)
Bob Henely
* Berk Hollister (PW) Ford V8 Roadster last known to be in San Juan Capistrano, worked for Los Angeles Times, aka Berkley
* Vern Hurst (PW) Winfield flathead four, car was nick named "Blitzen" (AD)
Bill Jarmuth
Jack Jarmuth
* Mino Kanamiuro (PW) 4 port Riley, Japanese member
Paul Kitsuse
Louie Krenua (PW)
Jack Main ?
Art Marian
Holley Marian (PW)
Ernie McAfee (PW) (deceased) First to use a tube frame in lakes competition, Died from injuries sustained from a crash at Pebble Beach sports
   car races.
Jack McAfee (PW) possibly post war
Eddie Meyer (PW)
* Jimmy Minobe (PW) could be one of the 3 Japanese members
??? Bob Minor (PW)
* Jack Morgan (PW) Founding member and first club president
* Jim Morgan (PW) Jack Morgan's younger brother
* Bob North (PW) was married to Jack McGrath's widow Louise. Had Cabriolet in L.A.. Armory Hot Rod Expo, Spoke with Bob 2/ 2010
* Nubo ??? (PW) roadster with cragar, Japanese member
Pat O' Brien (post war)
Bill Offman (PW)
??? Parker
Robert Einar Petersen (post war) (deceased) aka "Pete" (Petersen Publishing Co. founder)
George Randall
Robert Riggs
??? Roberts
Ford Robinson (PW) (deceased) Killed in Carrera Panamericana, Mexican Road Race while riding along with Jack McAfee.
Al Rough (PW)
Frank Russel (PW)
Clint Seccombe (PW) 1 of the fastest pre-war roadsters, 1929 Ford Model A, Cadillac V16 engine
Jim Seely (post war) (deceased)
Bob Strather (PW) could be Bob Struther
Jack Stebles
Tregilus "Triggy"
*Arthur C. Tilton (PW) Became SCTA's first secretary
Milt Uhler (PW)
??? Watanabee (PW)
Jack Willis
Bozzy Willis (PW)
Bill Yates 1947
First name "Walt" ???
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Notes:
Hollywood Throttlers founded between 1932 - 1935. First President Jack Morgan, 7629 Santa Monica Blvd. Throttlers club house as early as the fall of 1937. First picture of a Throttlers club plaque 1937. 5 members in mid 1938. Ike Williams place 1010 Genesee known as the B&S Garage (Bob Baldwin & Gus Sommerfeldt)
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Legend: (AD) Source Albert Drake, (JD) Source Julian Doty, (PW) Pre-War member. * Founding member.

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Only two drivers have won the prestigious March Meet four times. The first is drag racing legend Don "Big Daddy" Garlits and the other is Jim Murphy. Garlits' career is over and his four victories are etched in stone, but not so with Murphy. On March 5-7, 2010 Murphy and his WW2 Racing Top Fuel dragster will once again give his best to break the tie and stand alone as the only 5 time winner of the nation's most notable independent drag race. Having won in 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2004 number five has eluded him and he doesn't know how many more shots he'll have. Going into the race Murphy said, "I can honestly say I don't ever remember going into a season better prepared. We have made some significant changes in the car including a new fuel injector that allows me to see much better." Stating further, "With Tim Beebe returning as crew chief and a solid bunch of guys around him I feel as confident as ever that number five is in reach." If you are planning to attend the March Meet held at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway be sure to stop by Jim's pit and say hello. See http://www.famosoraceway.com/, and
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Subject: NHRA crew chief John Medlen working to add wheel tethers on ESPN.
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By Terry Blount ESPN.com, Archive http://search.espn.go.com/terry-blount/.
John Medlen, a longtime crew chief at John Force Racing and one of the leading safety innovators in the NHRA, is working feverishly on a plan to add wheel tethers to cars before the next event March 11-14 at Gainesville, Fla. A tire that flew off the Top Fuel dragster of Antron Brown killed a spectator Sunday during the NHRA Arizona Nationals, but tethers might have kept the wheel attached to the car. Medlen is working with Lee Beard, the team manager at Don Schumacher Racing, the organization that fields Brown's dragster. "I'm working on the tethers right now," Medlen said Tuesday from the JFR shop in Brownsburg, Ind. "It's very doable. The axles on these cars are pretty thin, but I think we've found a way to do it. "I'm hoping we can get it done by Gainesville, but that depends on getting approval from the NHRA. We want this to become mandatory, but we have to make sure we don't cause a new problem and weaken the axle. I think we can figure this out," he said.
Eric Medlen, John's son, was killed in a test-session accident at Gainesville in 2007. Because of that tragedy, John Medlen and JFR formed the Eric Medlen Project, a research and development operation that led to a renaissance of safety advancements in the NHRA. Now Medlen is close to the next innovation of tethers on the Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars.
Wheel tethers made of steel cable have been used in other racing series for over a decade because of tragic incidents in the late 1990's. In 1998, three spectators were killed at Michigan International Speedway when a tire flew into the grandstands from an accident in a CART race. A similar incident killed three people in an IndyCar Series event at Charlotte in 1999. But rear wheels on nitro-burning dragsters are much larger and heavier (over 200 pounds) than tires on oval-track cars. And the NHRA tires spin much faster with more than 8,000 horsepower and speeds in excess of 300 mph. "It was never an issue for us in the past," Medlen said about tires coming off the cars. "But these cars make so much horsepower now that it causes added load on the wheels. We've been seeing more of this in the last few races." So Medlen is working to keep the wheels on the cars. And for him, that's a big step personally. "The inability of the tire to leave the rim is what took Eric's life," Medlen said. "Had the tire removed itself from the car, his accident would not have been fatal." So there is some increased danger to the driver by keeping the wheel tethered to the car. If that means keeping spectators safe, Medlen believes it's the right thing to do. "You have to weigh the options to determine the best thing to do overall," Medlen said. "In this particular case, along with other safety changes we've made, [injuring the driver] is the most remote possibility." Terry Blount is a senior writer for ESPN.com. See also NHRA fans say they feel safe despite accident http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/nhra/news/story?id=4936844.
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While I applaud John's efforts, the question I have, and Carl you will know this; how will the standards be established? The other issue I have heard and seen mentioned is the wheel studs. While I realize this may have been a possible anomaly, the stresses that are placed upon wheel studs are enormous. I suspect there could be a standard made for length, material, yield/tensile strength, thread count, type of thread, etc. The installed nut torque could be spec'ed, plus a dating/replacement program. The big question here is how to address the factors of 8000-plus HP, the coefficient of traction of tires, and the added stress of tire shake. Unfortunately, we cannot foresee these types of situations arising. I do hope there is a reasonable solution which does not add additional major expense to team budgets at or near the breaking point. Steve Swaja
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You are so right! All we have to do is reduce the horsepower of the fuel engines, which will slow the cars down and we can return to quarter mile racing and please the fans, which, by the way, pay the bills, not the crew chiefs! My Dad always told me, "Correct the cause of the problem, not the effect!" He was so right on! We don't need 8000 HP engines, anywhere! Especially with people in the near vicinity. Don Garlits

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Holley 8th NHRA Hot Rod Reunion, June 18-20, 2010, at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Mickey Thompson photo book is priced at $7.99. This is a pictorial catalog of the Museum's newest exhibit, Mickey Thompson: First American to 400 MPH, presented by Banks Power. This soft-cover book contains 48 pages of rare photographs of Mickey Thompson from the personal collections of Danny Thompson, Greg Sharp, and others. Snake vs. Mongoose by Tom Madigan, how a rivalry changed drag racing forever, Price $35. Hard cover, 157 pages full color book features forward by Roland Leong. Their racing feud made headlines for years! Snake vs. Mongoose tells the story of this very real rivalry. This book is autographed by Tom McEwen. Nostalgia wool jacket $149.95. Nostalgia black wool jacket with white leather features the original NHRA oval "Dedicated to Safety" patch two pocket front and snap closure. Back features the old-style chain stitched lettering and is fully lined, medium weight for cool nights. See [email protected], or call 909-622-2133 to order.

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Gone Racin'…Circle of Impact; The true life events of a brave action figure, by Lynn McCoy. Book review by Richard Parks, photographic consultant Roger Rohrdanz.
The author of Circle of Impact; The true life events of a brave action figure is Lynn McCoy and she has written a comprehensive biography of her husband Bob McCoy. I spoke with Lynn and she told me that Bob's story was too riveting and special to go untold. She worked for years to find the photographs and stories to go with Bob's history and Circle of Impact is the result of that effort. Bob McCoy is well-known today for his artwork and attends many car racing reunions where his work is prominently displayed on the programs. I also see Bob at car shows and racing events where his booth attracts racing fans from all spectrums of auto racing. Like so many other people, what I know about Bob McCoy is what I see and so my first impression is that he is a fine artist who loves car racing. Like most first impressions, I was very wrong. McCoy is truly a throwback to a previous era when men and women were very versatile and interested in so many different things. I learned that McCoy was a circle track veteran and quite successful. I also learned that McCoy tried his hand at rodeo riding and rode horses, the wild and unbroken kind. He also drove cars at El Mirage and Bonneville and is involved in hot rodding. That's the problem that we have, we see only the current life of the people we admire and don't see the whole story. Bob McCoy led a fascinating life and if the spirit moves him, will tackle another challenge just to see if he can master it. I have to admit that I like Lynn and Bob McCoy and always look for them whenever I'm at a major car show, like the L.A. Roadster Show, the Grand National Roadster Show or the Good Guys Show. I also see him at racing reunions and memorials for our racers who have passed on. The McCoy's' as the saying goes, are real and they have a large following of fans.
Circle of Impact is a first class, high quality, hard bound book with a cloth binding that should last a lifetime of use. The book has a high quality, glossy waxed paper for optimum showing of the photographs. It comes without a dust cover book jacket and I would recommend that the reader purchase a cover to keep the exterior from excessive wearing. Circle of Impact measures 11 � by 8 � inches in size and has 346 pages. It is suitable as a coffee table book, as a pictorial, as a biography and as a history of mid-twentieth century auto racing in the United States. The cover of Circle of Impact has McCoy's artwork, which is highly prized by collectors and car racing fans. There are three drawings that give the essence of Bob McCoy; circle track racing, hot rodding and bronco busting. While I enjoy the photographs, seeing McCoy's trademark style of drawing makes this an exceptional cover for the book. The only drawback is the lack of a suitable dust cover jacket to protect the book. Circle of Impact is a substantial book, measuring a full 1 � inches in thickness and in the quality of the content and composition of materials. The price is a very reasonable $50 and compares very favorably to the books put out by Buzz Rose and Dick Wallen, two very talented authors and photographers. The publisher is Regent Publishing Services Ltd and this is the first printing. Lynn McCoy is the author and sells the books personally at car shows and from her home. You can contact Lynn at PO Box 1084, Lakeside, California 92040 or go on-line at www.BobMccoyArt.com to purchase a copy. Another way is to go to the major California car shows and look for Bob's booth. Lynn will have some books on hand and she and Bob will be glad to sign them for you.
I counted the wealth stored in McCoy's book, but so great was the material that I may have lost the exact count. There were 58 drawings and artwork by Bob McCoy, some of which were duplications, but many of which were original. There were 489 black and white photographs, some being small and part of a collage, while others were full page and spectacular. I found four posters, four cartoons and four more miscellaneous contributions. There were 58 color plates, many of which were full and half page in size. Finally there were 65 newspaper clippings. The wealth of information in the book was simply breathtaking. This is the kind of work that one reads and rereads over and over again, each time finding another jewel of knowledge. The one drawback to all this information is that the author did not create an index of names and places. There is absolutely no way for the serious historian to quickly and efficiently find names and places to do research. In effect, historians will have to create their own index if they wish to use this book as a serious historical work. While 99% of the public is uninterested in having an index, over time the serious reader who acquires this book will have problems finding a particular name or event. As a pictorial, Circle of Impact is an impressive book. As a tribute to a very important racer and artist, the book is simply superior. Its major lack is an index and no matter how much I rail on about authors who fail to add an index, few heed my advice. One other thing that is noteworthy is that while most of the photographs and other pictorials are nicely captioned, some are not, or barely have a brief mention of who is in the photographs. It's very disconcerting to see a photograph that is under-captioned or without a caption. The rule of thumb for captions is that you should always cover who's in the photos, where it was taken, when it was taken, what was happening, who took the photograph and sometimes a why and how as well. An under-captioned or non-captioned photograph is like an insiders joke and most of the readers are outsiders, hoping to become "members of the club."
Now these are smaller issues to the main issue of quality and content. Circle of Impact definitely is a quality book and it covers all facets of the life and times of Bob McCoy and those around him. The writing is easy to understand and non-technical as Lynn McCoy tries to make this readable for everyone and not just former race drivers. The photographs range from excellent to poor copies from the newspapers, but the high quality of the paper used in the books rescues even those photographs and makes them discernable. The artwork is pure McCoy and if you only bought Circle of Impact for Bob's drawings, you will not be disappointed. McCoy is one of the great car racing artists and drawers of the age. He ranks up there with Kenny Youngblood, James Ibusuki, Tom Fritz and others and should be considered among the top artists in his field. McCoy has a style that combines subtle humor and a good bit of satire in his drawings. He's not quite a "looking for Waldo" stylist, but there is always something hidden in his work that draws our curiosity. His style looks simple, but it is not. There is depth of detail to what he draws and paints. If McCoy's work has not drawn a great audience and high prices yet, they certainly will in the future. Besides the artwork, I was really impressed with the abundance of newspaper clippings, which gave the book an air of being there when the action was taking place. The large number of photographs also put the reader in the time of the action. Many of the photographs were duplicates of the action, but about 250 of the photographs bound the story to the pictures. Lynn McCoy does a great job of telling the readers who Bob McCoy really is. This is what a biography should be. Bob McCoy's story is told from the very beginning and without rancor or hiding some of the unpleasant details.
Normally I would give the readers a breakdown of the chapters and their contents, but a normal review is around 1000 words and Bob McCoy's life is so fascinating that to attempt to do that I would need 3000 words to summarize his life. I'll be brief; you'll like this book if you like stories about an adventurous person who takes on the world on his or her terms. Bob did a bit of everything that interested him and he did it well. Perhaps he would have been better remembered as a rodeo star if he had concentrated simply on busting broncos. Or maybe he would have been a well known star of the oval track circuit if he had focused all his energies on racing and stayed out of the hospital. He could have been one of the more famous land speed racers if he had concentrated only on setting records and building faster and faster cars. If only he had spent all his life as an artist and devoted every second to that craft, maybe he would already be a household name outside of the motorsports world. But he isn't that kind of man. He wants to live life, not simply be a name in any one field. He gave everything that he had to whatever it was that he was trying at the time and still spending time with his family, which meant so much to him. He was acquiring friends and experiencing life while he was conquering the loves of his life. Bob McCoy is famous in his own right and respected by his peers. His achievements in oval track racing, land speed time trials, rodeo and as an artist are already known by those who are a part of those worlds. What Lynn McCoy has done is bring a talented and brave man to the rest of the world. There are some flaws in the book, just as there are some flaws in all books, but in the final analysis, that is, how well does the author manage to educate us about a subject, Circle of Impact is a superior work. I highly recommend it to those who love auto racing and to those who simply love a great story, a moral and uplifting one. Bob McCoy can count his chips and walk away from the gambling table of life a winner right now, but I doubt that he will. There's simply too much life left in Bob for him to do that and I know that he has a few more challenges that he wants to test. I rate this book a 7 out of 8 sparkplugs and a best buy.
Gone Racin' is at [email protected].

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Gone Racin'…The Legends of Motorsport, by Dave Friedman. Book review by Richard Parks, photographic consultant Roger Rohrdanz.
Dave Friedman has compiled a pictorial book on road course and oval track racing called The Legends of Motorsport. It is a photographic delight and suitable to display as a coffee table book for those who would like a quick, but enjoyable look at famous race car drivers and their cars from the 1960's and '70's. The Legends of Motorsport is a hard-bound book with cloth binding along the spine and with high photographic quality bond paper. The book measures 11 � by 8 � inches and is 1 � inches in thickness, containing 336 pages. It comes with a hard cardboard book sleeve in black with gold leaf printing. The publisher is M.R.I. Publications with a copyright date of 1992 and the ISBN # is 0-9632751-0-0. The frontispage has 22 signatures from the greats of road and oval course racing and they are; Chris Amon, Mario Andretti, Derek Bell, Jack Brabham, Vic Elford, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Charlie Hayes, Phil Hill, David Hobbs, Denis Hulme, Jacky Ickx, Innes Ireland, Parnelli Jones, Stirling Moss, Lothar Motschenbacher, Brian Redman, Jody Scheckter, Jackie Stewart, John Surtees and Rodger Ward. The table of contents lists a foreword by Dan Gurney, Eoin Young, John Surtees and Nigel Roebuck. There are four chapters or subdivisions; Formula I, Trans Am/Stock Car, Sports Racers and Championship Cars. There is almost no textual material, except in the forewords and the captions are spotty and terse at best. There is no index and therefore the reader has to guess at what is in the book and may have to go back over the captions again and again to find a particular subject. Lacking an index makes this book difficult for historians and interested readers to do any research using The Legends of Motorsport as a research tool. The captions should try to explain the following; what, when, who, where and possibly why and how. Often the captions only mention the racer and that he is "adjusting his helmet," or "sitting in his car." We know the name of the driver, but little else of the event.
The photographs are all in black and white, but they are stunning and representative of the finest in racing photography. There are 415 of them, most are full page and each one a collector's print. The only drawback is that the reader needs to know his car racing history since The Legends of Motorsport isn't going to give you much detail to work with. But for the fan of Formula 1, road and oval course racing, this shouldn't be much of a problem and if the book is out of print The Legends of Motorsport will end up in the collections of aficionados over time. We can probably overlook the index and the captioning since this is a pictorial coffee table book and in that genre it is a major success. The look of the book and the quality of the black and white photographs is simply superb. Friedman lists in his acknowledgments the following names; Ernie Nagamatsu, Dick Wallen, Phil Harms, Kathy Weida, Evi Gurney and the editing and professional staff who assisted in the preparation of The Legends of Motorsport. I mention this in the book review because these people are special. Ernie Nagamatsu is a dentist by trade, but who loves car racing and has restored the Max and Ina Balchowsky Old Yeller II and the Spurgin/Giovanine LSR roadster. Wallen and Harms are excellent writers and historians of auto racing. Weida and Gurney are from All American Racers and Evi is the wife of Dan Gurney. Dan wrote the first foreword in the book and mentioned that Dave Friedman had his photography shop across the street from Gurney's All American Racers. Friedman, according to Gurney, took all the photographs in the book, but there are no lists of credits.
Eoin Young also credits Friedman for all of the photographs and ranks him among the best of the photojournalists. Friedman is one of the most unassuming writers I have ever reviewed, but I agree with Young in that these are some of the best photographs I have ever seen, both in action and still photography. Young gives an account of Phil Hill being arrested in New Zealand for cashing a check that is funny, though at the time Hill didn't think so. Young tells us about the racing circuit and not all adventures were happy ones. John Surtees writes the next foreword and talks about the racing scene in the 1960's and how much it has changed since then. Surtees also remarks on how fortunate it is that Dave Friedman had the talent to capture so many photographs of a period long gone. Nigel Roebuck pens the last foreword and tells an interesting story of Ayrton Senna telling him about the new fly-by-wire electronics then in vogue in the cars. "I don't care for it," said Senna, explaining that it somehow sapped the competitive streak in his driving ability. That was said in 1992 and 18 years later after a series of fatal crashes; the car companies are rethinking their technology. Dave Friedman adds a few pages and that is it for the text. And what a shame that is, to lose the words and memories of these automotive racing greats. I would have loved to hear Dave Friedman tell us how he took those photographs and how he positioned himself. I would have loved to hear some of the stories that he overheard. Friedman still is an active photographer according to his website, living in Newport Beach, California. He has taken over 600,000 pictures and has a huge archive of racing programs.
Since the book is a pictorial and makes no effort to hide that fact, it is unfair to insist that Friedman make it into something like a history or narrative. The Legends of Motorsport is simply one of the finest examples of a motorsports pictorial that you can find. I want it to be something else, but what it is will be good enough. Friedman has 25 other books to his credit, such as; Lola, Shelby GT40, McLaren, Trans Am, Corvette Grand Sport, Laguna Seca Raceway, Pro Sports car racing in America, Shelby Cobra, Remembering the Shelby Years, Chaparral Can-Am, Indianapolis Racing Memories, Shelby American, Daytona Cobra Coupes, Carroll Shelby Racing Cobra, etal. His impact on photojournalism has to be measured by the sheer output and talent that he brought to his work. For the serious student of road course, oval track and photojournalism in motorsports it is imperative to add the works of Dave Friedman to your collection. As a stand alone pictorial even with some ineffective captioning and no index, this book on its photography alone ranks as an 8 out of 8 sparkplugs. Gone Racin' is at [email protected].

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Champion Speed Shop will field two supercharged front engine top fuel dragsters for the 2010 drag racing season. The South San Francisco crew will run with an all-new Van Dyke Motorsports hemi-powered Retroliner entry in the NHRA Heritage Series points battle, and retain the Chevrolet-powered flip-top canopy Special for select vintage drag racing events. The latest Champion Speed Shop creation features a Rodeck hemi engine between the Neil and Parks frame rails. The Guy Ruchonnet body panels wear a paint treatment by Art Himsl. The car has Hoosier tires, and driver Adam Sorokin is ready for twice nitromethane behind the wheel of a machine that hearkens back to the late sixties while running quicker, faster, and safer than ever before. 

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