Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic

I don't know for sure but I'll ask next time I see him, I suspect A Sedan SCCA sanctions events.
There was one LeMans that did run some Trans Am races, unfortunately it has not surfaced that I'm aware of, it would be great to see it again.

 

It was before my time but it seems Riverside hosted just about every kind of race.

http://riversideinternational.org///index.htm

click on "Learn", then "Riverside International Raceway" to learn about the history and click on "Cars" to see a huge list of the cars on display in the museum.

Hope you enjoy and that some of you visit the museum and donate to keep it going.

 

Here is one I forgot about... the Fitch-Whitmore Special. Gary

http://www.vintageracingservices.co...otorsport-the-fitch-whitmore-le-mans-special/

http://www.sportscardigest.com/cars...0FFD9AC4241D?awt_l=GBE8E&awt_m=1aZO5nQc38s.C0

 

Yet another semi-obscure, X-over rod / racer. I didn't know about this one until I got my Mar 2011 Hot Rod Deluxe. Hank (Henry) Rootlieb's roadster. Anyone have more pix or info? Later, Gary

 

Wow, great thread.

 

UR "Zee Man! Great Pictures, Luv Tha Roadrace Cars as much as The "older Rods" and "Kustoms''........
Oh!, that White Specked STUFF You mentioned!! That IS chiken shit too! It's very good for Chapped LIPS!..........Tastes Awful!!!.....But, It WILL keep you from lickin' your LIPS.

"Whenever I Think, I Finally DONE SOMETHING GOOD!.....Someone will point out.....
What I DID WRONG!!!"

***** Smoke, In Tha' Valleys of Tenn.

 

NEW F1 SCARAB LINKS!: (1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaN9y6VuFhY
&
(2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEupoQUxU7E

 

Not a lot of dialogue but interesting.
I googled the driver Lance Reventlow and found his bio very interesting.

 

In case you didn't see my reply in the other Scarab thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363492&showall=1
post #39 many thanks for that video!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGnSkvQYt1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_MdO36g4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMO-MGcJhYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6E1eKtAl4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfKteuUugU

 

Simply a gorgeous transplant for the better. I am rather a purist but admire your mech. skill and good taste. Congratulations

 

Here's a few pictures from a piece on the short lived USAC pro sports car racing circuit event at Lime Rock, CT in 1958. I was there to see a number of USAC Indy drivers in some hot rodded European cars, and the Sadler Special in a race that was won by George Constantine driving the Elisha Walker Aston Martin.
Joel

 

A link to a new group of vintage sports car racing photos just popped up on a model car site. Enjoy, Gary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/

 

Fangio, Maserati 250F, 1957
The Maserati 250F, IMHO, one of the most beautiful race cars of all time

 

Rudolf Caracciola in Mercedes-Benz W154, 1938

 

We had a Kurtis 500S at our 2011 Beech grove, Indiana car show in this same color combination although with a SBC instead of a DeSoto.

A stunning car.

 

bad ass thread

no popcorn needed...beer might be nice though

 

Historic? Only in the respect of this being our 40th year together... Gonna put it back on the road next spring.

 

Is that a Hurst with line-loc? What motivates this Spit?

 

Just like the Cox model I built as a kid.

 

Vintage cars in historic race, but from recent times
2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - Vintage Automobile Division:


721 Jim Hockert - 1966 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII a by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr

This one breaks some HAMB car age rules, but who cares, its too cool not to post:

42 Jess Neal - 1971 Plymouth Cuda a by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr


99 Gunter Sundag - 1953 Studebaker Commander a by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr


333 Charles Breed - 1958 Lister Roadster a by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr


437 Tom Kreger - 1953 Lincoln Cosmopolitan e by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr


163 Keith Davidson - 1963 Ford Falcon Sprint i by Mike Rogers 303, on Flickr

The road will be 100% paved for the first time in 2012. Record times will be falling and we'll be seeing a whole new group of racers going for the top.

 

Jeeez...Don`t say " P3/4'...We`ll have 200 pages of Jim Glickenhaus` rambling..............

 

An old (me too) college buddy from NIU in DeKalb, IL (an artist, architect, graphic designer, sculptor, etc.) rebuilt this 67 TVR. It's a nice ride and pretty well built. Not bad for a guy in his back yard, eh? Gary

http://www.britishracecar.com/DennisDeLap-TVR-2200.htm

 

Ken Miles, master of the Shelby Cobra

 

Dan Gurney, Monte Carlo

 

Jackie Stewart at the 1965 Belgian Grand Prix

 

nice cars even if they are not hot rods

 

Here is a thread I posted a couple of years ago with some Riverside shots.....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287754

 

In November of 1955, I borrowed my sister's boyfriend's Argus C-3; and headed out over the hill (I lived in Pasadena CA) to Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California. It was a cold and cloudy day; but this is one of my shots:

This is Phil Hill, in John Von Neumann's, "brand new". 3 Liter Ferrari