Hi Andy,
Have you read "The Unfair Advantage" by Mark Donahue?
Great book for those wanting at an inside look at '60's Sports Car, Trans
Am, and Can Am racing.
Bruce McGuire
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Walker" <awtiger@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."
> Steve:
>
> I went with great interest to the Paramount Ranch site, as well as the
> Riverside site which is linked there. I never knew anything about the
> Paramount track as it had come and gone before I was even born. But,
> Riverside...wow, what a track, what history, what hallowed ground for
anyone
> who calls him or herself a sports car enthusiast!
>
> When I was growing up in the '60s and '70s, most of my friends could quote
> baseball team lineups, football players, game stats, and all the rest of
> that crap. But not me, man...I knew more about '50s and '60s sports cars
> and racing than anyone should have a right to know! I knew who raced
what,
> when and where, and who won what, when and where, and who was killed when
> and where, all the racing car models, all the tracks across the
world...man,
> those were the days! I lived and breathed this stuff, and Riverside was
one
> of my favorites. Seeing pics of how the Riverside area looks now does
more
> than just sadden me; it really kinda pisses me off. How could they 'doze
a
> piece of history like that? Progress? PROGRESS? How many malls do we
> really need?
>
> Sorry for getting on my soapbox, but seeing those old historical photos
> really wound me up. Racing will never, ever be like that again, the
drivers
> will never be super heros like they were back then, the cars will never be
> like that again...come to think of it, that last bit about the cars never
> being like that again absolutely sums up why I own my Tiger. To use the
old
> cliche, "They just don't make 'em like that anymore!"
>
> Enjoy your car as much as possible while you can,
> Andy Walker
> B382001600LRXFE
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
> To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>; "'Alpine's Peak'"
> <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:46 AM
> Subject: "Dearie, Do You Remember...."
>
>
> > Tigers and 'Pines,
> >
> > My son, Jay, was at the old Paramount Ranch (CA) movie site where I took
> > him for Renaissance Faires when he was a kid. He found it was used as a
> > sports car road course in the mid 50's and found a fine web site. You
> > will notice a lot of my old acquaintances there, and it is a lot of fun
> > to see how it used to be. Yes, I was at that race.
> >
> > For a reminisce of the days I drove my new XK120M to watch my friends
> > race (I was outclassed by then),
> >
> > See Ken Miles in action, and what the AC looked like BEFORE Shelby, take
a
> tour through:
> >
> > www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/ParamountRanch.html
> >
> > There are plenty of name links and even a home movie of the races.
> >
> > http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/tam_redo_102.mov Just for old car
fans.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --
> >
> > Steve Laifman
> > Editor
> > http://www.TigersUnited.com
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