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Thanks, Jack. Hope to see you at Summit.
The Ferrari TRC (2.0L Testarossa) was owned by George Siomko. He bought it
for dirt cheap off a fellow named Genetti - I think it ran Sebring in '56
or '57. Ray Heppenstall and I went to Connecticut to pick it up for George
and it sat in the loft of my shop. George would practice the car and Ray
and I would split the racing duties. We didn't do anything to the car other
than wash it and ran it 4-6x a year. It was pretty fast for what it was,
not the fastest car, but it was an old race car by then. When I was moving
to my new shop in '65, George wanted to sell me the car for $600, but I
didn't have any money for it at the time. He sold it to a fellow named Hap
Smallback and he did hillclimbs with it.
Here is a picture of it at Marlboro:
https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg
Bob Tullius and I entered the Glen 500 in '65 in my car and we took the
victory in the class and 7th overall. I have the trophy somewhere.
The Cobra was an original '260 car (CSX2009) with worm gear steering. It
was upgraded to a 289 car by the time I got it from Gene Fisher. I did
pretty well with it and did a lot of development work on it. We found 30bhp
by redesigning the exhaust and replacing the side pipes. I had Air Flow
Research (AFR) do the heads and worked with Harvey Crane on a camshaft. It
made about 350bhp. The carburetor and intake were the real restriction. You
could measure the bump steer in inches and had to drive it sideways. I was
'69 and '70 NE BP Champion, set lap records, and finished 2nd at the ARRC
in 1970 to Allen Barker's newer '69 Corvette. At the 1969 ARRC at Daytona,
I blew my main motor in practice and we used a Holman Moody motor which was
down on power. Started from the back and finished 7th. The car was wrecked
at Watkins Glen after I sold it in 1970, but was subsequently restored to
FIA spec and auctioned a few years ago.
Here is a picture of it then:
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https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_472761392771832_151764043_o.jpg
https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=c8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=559B4F83
and now:
http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-event
I know Janet from the IMSA Baby Grand / RS races as we both ran Toyota's.
Dick
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Jack. Hope to see you at Summit.=C2=A0</span><br></div><div style=3D"font-s=
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x">The Ferrari TRC =C2=A0(2.0L Testarossa) was owned by George Siomko. He b=
ought it for dirt cheap off a fellow named Genetti - I think it ran Sebring=
in '56 or '57. Ray Heppenstall and I went to Connecticut to pick i=
t up for George and it sat in the loft of my shop. George would practice th=
e car and Ray and I would split the racing duties. We didn't do anythin=
g to the car other than wash it and ran it 4-6x a year. It was pretty fast =
for what it was, not the fastest car, but it was an old race car by then.=
=C2=A0 When I was moving to my new shop in '65, George wanted to sell m=
e the car for $600, but I didn't have any money for it at the time. He =
sold it to a fellow named Hap Smallback and he did hillclimbs with it.=C2=
=A0</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style=
=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Here is a picture of it at Marlboro:=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/8584=
93_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg" target=3D"_blank">https://scontent-lga=
.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jp=
g</a></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style=
=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Bob Tullius and I entered the Glen 500 in=
'65 in my car and we took the victory in the class and 7th overall. I =
have the trophy somewhere.</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"=
><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">The Cobra was an ori=
ginal '260 car (CSX2009) with worm gear steering. It was upgraded to a =
289 car by the time I got it from Gene Fisher. I did pretty well with it an=
d did a lot of development work on it. We found 30bhp by redesigning the ex=
haust and replacing the side pipes. I had Air Flow Research (AFR) do the he=
ads and worked with Harvey Crane on a camshaft. It made about 350bhp. The c=
arburetor and intake were the real restriction. You could measure the bump =
steer in inches and had to drive it sideways. I was '69 and '70 NE =
BP Champion, set lap records, and finished 2nd at the ARRC in 1970 to Allen=
Barker's newer '69 Corvette. At the 1969 ARRC at Daytona, I blew m=
y main motor in practice and we used a Holman Moody motor which was down on=
power. Started from the back and finished 7th. The car was wrecked at Watk=
ins Glen after I sold it in 1970, but was subsequently restored to FIA spec=
and auctioned a few years ago.=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.80000=
01907349px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Here is a=
picture of it then:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net=
/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.jpg?oh=3D003e=
71767b0482bbc0d1ecb12d7bb137&oe=3D55A5514F&__gda__=3D1438488763_aa8=
15ffae3290645f9f89a0e53284b67" target=3D"_blank">https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.=
akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.j=
pg?oh=3D003e71767b0482bbc0d1ecb12d7bb137&oe=3D55A5514F&__gda__=3D14=
38488763_aa815ffae3290645f9f89a0e53284b67</a></div><div style=3D"font-size:=
12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style><a href=3D"https://scontent-lga.xx=
.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_472761392771832_151764043_o.jpg">htt=
ps://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_472761392771832_=
151764043_o.jpg</a><br></div><div style><br></div><div style><a href=3D"htt=
ps://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739486=
_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=3Dc8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=3D559B4F83">=
https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739=
486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=3Dc8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=3D559B4F8=
3</a>=C2=A0<br></div><div style><span style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px=
"><br></span></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><d=
iv style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">and now:</div><div style=3D"font-=
size:12.8000001907349px"><a href=3D"http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php=
/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2=
009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-event" target=3D"_blank">http://=
www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award=
-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-=
event</a><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><d=
iv style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">I know Janet from the IMSA Baby G=
rand / RS races as we both ran Toyota's.=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-=
size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349=
px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907349px">Dick=C2=A0</div><=
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