Cool video. Don't know who the UPS guy is but the bearded driver giving advice i believe is Bill Scott who was fv champ and later the owner of Summit Point.
JimS said:Cool video. Don't know who the UPS guy is but the bearded driver giving advice i believe is Bill Scott who was fv champ and later the owner of Summit Point.
The UPS driver is Steve Burtis, from the description of the video.
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I've always been drawn more to Formula Fords, but that was a good video Woody.
I loved the Beetle pace car at Daytona.
I want one more than ever now too!
No excuses. I'll have to go back and watch again for a dark number 46 car.
In reply to Woody :
The whole modest cost Formula car idea, be it Formula Jr, Formula V, Formula Ford needs to be explored by GRM.
Maybe they can come up with a Formula Mazda ?!?
Stock everything except the chassis and body. Simple, affordable, compact, easy to work on, store, haul to and from races.
There used to be a few Formula V’s hauled on the open Volkswagen combi van’s. And a lot if not most Formula Jr. and Formula Fords were hauled on trailers behind sedans. and station wagon s
I remember talking to a guy at Road America in an old Chevy van and basic open trailer and his FV car. Slept in the van all weekend. Basic racing at the June sprints.
Then I watched a video this weekend on Craig Jackson’s 1965 Shelby Mustang restoration and that there’s a difference between NOS Assembly line parts versus NOS dealer parts. They found a NOS assembly line air FILTER and paid $1000 for that part alone
This car crazy stuff is nutty....
In reply to frenchyd :
Formula LEAF!!!
Woody said:
Thanks for posting that. I was very impressed with the library of old videos at http://periscopefilm.com/ and at their Youtube archive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g
I searched around a little, and their 12 Hours of Sebring from 1963 is my favorite. Lots of Triumphs and Austin-Healeys among the spectators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lox0_pe3KQ
For example, the TR4 model had only been out a couple of years and there were a large number, spectating and participating. Here's what I dug up for the entry list http://www.racingsportscars.com/entry/Sebring-1963-03-23.html
Love the standing start at Marlboro. One of the last standing starts in club racing. Also spectators for a club race, what a concept.
Robbie said:In reply to frenchyd :
Formula LEAF!!!
Formula Zero... using zero motorcycle power units... would be closer to equality in power? Might need two packs to go for a full 25minute race? Would be easy to “control cost” via controller limits.
edit: and yes, I’m going to beat this idea-drum over and over again
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