Last time I saw Sanchez, he and Doc Jeffries were running the now
Stansbury-Moore
Corvette. His health was not good at the time but I think he is still with us.
Doc
(or Wendy) could probably supply a lead.
Ed
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> Hello Ugo, I have a color photo showing the famed Belmont
> Sanchez
> Stude in the background . The car is a light yellow, and has the number
> 400 on
> the door, and is running in " B " Comp Coupe class, lettered as the "
> KRASNE
> HI - MATIC Brake Lining Special " . The Team was San Chez - Kamboor
> -
> Locasto . I am not positive, but think Kamboor was known as " Big Jim
> ", and
> it was Joe Locasto . I believe that the year was 1959, and it turned a
> speed
> of 213 .19 to set a class record . I think Tom Bryant, and maybe
> " ARDUNDOUG " King, have extensive records on Bonneville / Dry Lake
> racing
> that could confirm what year / class / speed, etc . They might have photos
> and
> other inside knowledge of these teams and their cars. You probably have been
> on this list long enough to know their involvement in drag racing, lakes and
>
> Bonneville goes well back into the Fifties . The COMBINED racing and
> automobile knowledge / experience of ALL members on this list is
> staggering,
> and it certainly would make a HUGE, VERY INTERESTING book !
> I believe Belmont San Chez is still with us, and living in, or
> near, Hemet,
> California . Many of our West Coast members might be able to assist you
> on
> this, some may even know him . I saw Kamboor running a dragster at
> LIONS
> drag strip in southern California back in 1956 and ' 57, but do not know if
> he or
> Joe Locasto are still around --- others here probably do know .
> I hope this helps you a bit, and can we expect to see you " on the
> salt ? "
> Good Luck on your projects, Ugo ! Ciao !
> Bruce Ferguson
> "
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