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Re: Fastest Production Car -a GT 40 ? and spinnin' an' grinnin'

To: land-speed@autox.team.net, lsr_man@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Fastest Production Car -a GT 40 ? and spinnin' an' grinnin'
From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 20:25:10 GMT
Yah it was Archie Urcoli... I think he's from maybe Philly ?  I met him 
about three weeks after he did that trick, at the Lime Rock CT. vintage 
sporty car races in Sept 1997....  he was on a balloon tired '56 Schwinn 
when I met'em...  -no foolin.   He liked Boogie Woogie and that's why he 
rode by to talk.  I have the footage of the spin too.  cool ain't it.   Told 
me that he learned that real wide treaded tires and salt don't mix.   
Archie's also got an original honest ta' gawd D-Jag he road races.....must 
be nice.

-Dirty Doug


From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>,   John Beckett 
<landspeedracer@email.msn.com>, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fastest Production Car
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 07:47:30 -0700 (PDT)

I've got a video of one doing about three 360s to
the right, then two to the left, with most of the
body panels blowing off in the course of the
spins.  That might be the one you're talking
about.  It is very interesting to watch!

Dick J


--- Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> wrote:
 > A Ford GT-40 went upside down about three or
 > four years ago at Speed Week if
 > I remember correctly.  Not much that is "stock"
 > runs as fast on the salt as
 > it does on a banked track with long straights.
 > Wes
 >
 >


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