Wes & list ; -and a gentleman he is too... a few years ago (1997 I think) I
helped him out as a last minute 'stooge' at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut when
he needed some assistance getting going,... -out to race a gaggle of
teabaggers with his Black & Red KK 110 Offy midget -the same car he set the
record with on the salt back in ( I think... ) 1988... -when I first spoke
to him about his beautiful car.
The sportscar race was a standing start, and an Offy not havin' a clutch,..
he had to push off from the pits,.. and his only crew was his lady friend...
so I stepped up, introduced myself to refresh his memory of "who" I was,..
and helped him strap in and get his helmet on correctly wearing glasses...
Anyway he pushed off when they all took off from the grid, out the pit road he
went, into the tailend of the pack of about 25 cars......and he finished a
close 2nd ... to a red-hot race-prepped MGTD.
Remember: Gordon had just an in-and-out box, and drove a car intended for
LEFT turns only. And Lime Rock is crawling with right hand turns. It was a
blast to watch. He dam near whupped'em all.
The following year (I believe) he had to bail out at about 35mph onto the
grass near the end of the long main stretch after the Offy coughed a rod out
the side and caught the car on fire...
Yupper, Gordon White is a RACER too boys... cheers to ya, "Dirt Track
Doug" in So. New York,
-'point man' in the never-ending search for Hot Blues,
Cold Beer, Fast Cars, an' Warm Willin'
Wimin'-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> From: wester6935@comcast.net
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 05:02:14 +0000
> Subject: [Land-speed] More Ab Jenkins and Mormon Meteor information
>
> A recently published larger format, paperback book by Gordon Eliot White on
the Jenkins is "Ab and Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaket Connection and the
Mormon Meteors". It's better writing, a more comprehensive book than "Salt of
the Earth" on the 1930's salt runs and the association with the Duesenberg
brothers and other racing Ab did in the twenties. I really appreciate his
knowledge and have enjoyed all of his books. Gordon held a Bonneville record
in a sprint car within the last twenty years.
He is curator of the Smithsonian Racing collection and took four of us through
the Smithsonian's Silver Hill warehouses to show us what isn't on dislay at
the museum. He was the Washington reporter for The Deseret News in the
sixties and early seventies if memory serves. See www,iconografix.com for
information on other well researched books he has written. Another book he
wrote that was published by Motorbooks International is "Offenhauser: The
Legendary Racing Engine and the Men who built It".
> Wes
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