Not one liners but I can't follow directions anyway. I'm a Production
car guy
1963 - the first time at Indy - Stepped out of the car into that huge
infield and heard a sound that hooked me forever on anything that makes
noise and goes like hell.
That sound was the Offy roadsters. I went up to the grandstand and sat
down across from start finish thinking it doesn't get any better than
this. I was wrong. Out of turn four came the Novi with an uneathly
scream every car guy should get the chance to hear. I was 9 years old
and my friends thought I was crazy when I told them about my trip to Indy.
1983 - the first time at Riverside -Fought the Cal Club registration
line, went to the paddock, unloaded the trailer,and went to turn 6 to
watch my first real road race cars. When the green flag fell way down at
start finish I thought so this is road racing - big deal. Then the cars
came into view rounding turn 2 and hurling through the esses - A sports
Wolfs and Frisbees at 170 mph headed to turn 6 with no chance of making
it - they did - and I was hooked on road racing.
1985 - Riverside IMSA - (we ran a Regional support race) GTP cars of
every description. 3 Jaguars with Tullius, Haywood, and Redman driving,
Porsche with Holbert and Al Jr., March Buick with John Paul Jr,
Electramotive's new Nissan. First lap Paul Jr.came around turn 6 in 2nd,
spun in turn 7, restarted in 25th?, drove like a madman and by lap 5 he
was running third.
1989 - Phoenix GP - the sound of the F1 cars was beautiful and LOUD but
the most impressive thing was how much better they did everything than
any other race car I had ever seen. Until I saw them in person I thought
they were a little better than our Indy cars - wrong. F1 cars were at
least an order of magnitude better. They braked, cornered, and
accelerated far better. These things were violent in their abruptness
and seeming disregard for the laws of physics which we mortals must obey.
Greg Lund
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