thats a pretty cool story i think. i went to some of the watkins glen F1
races in the late sixties and saw some of these guys, but my memory is fuzzy
that far back. they drove in tee shirts, surrounded by gasoline encased in
a thin skin of aluminum, i guess they had to be calm to drive those things.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Tabacco <atabacco@california.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 9:34 PM
Subject: Kent
> On page 44 of the just arrived issue of Sports Car, there is a picture of
> the track at Kent Washington. It shows some of the original Trans Am cars
> descending through the esses. The whole twisty part was all at a lower
level
> which made for good viewing. I watched Dan Gurney drive by and from above
> you could see he only had one hand on the wheel, with an elbow just
resting
> out the window. Anyway, I was sitting up there on the hill where all the
> spectators are in the photo, and between races, two local Lincoln-Mercury
> dealers who had just taken delivery of two just introduced De Tamaso
> Panteras, went for a few parade laps. The turn workers had spread out a
> table cloth and were sitting and enjoying a picnic just about where the
guy
> with the white pants is standing. Well, by the third parade lap, the two
> dealers were into some serious fun, and one of them had a serious failure
of
> will coming out of the first turn at the top of the hill. He backs off and
> totally swaps ends, loses it, and just plows up the field sideways at
speed
> all the way from the top to where the course turns. The workers look up
just
> in time to see this, jump up and scatter. He goes sideways right through
the
> blanket.
>
> Well, maybe the story isn't that neat but I was young and it made an
> impression on me. The article is nice.
> Tony
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