Driving race cars to the track was quite common in the old days, even F1
cars.
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/9475/60trintingnant9dd.jpg
Some of you So. Cal. folks will recognize that piece of road as the
stretch of 60 freeway just before the Day St. offramp that took you to
Riverside Raceway. It's 1960 and that is Maurice Trintignant in his
Cooper F1 on the way to the 1960 USGP. The teams used garages in the
town of Riverside because there was nothing yet built at the track.
Similar scenes could be seen around Le Mans and Monaco as those tracks
had no real garage facilities in the old days.
Cheers,
Kurt Oblinger
David W. Riddle wrote:
>One of the guys out here in Arizona will use the Department of Motor
>Vehicle website to obtain a temporary license tag for his race
>prepared Porsche 911 on race weekends. The tag is good for three
>days (weekends and Holidays don't count toward the expiration time!)
>and costs $1.00.
>
>Tapes the permit that he prints out to his rear window and off he
>heads to the track.
>
>At 05:19 PM 10/14/2007, Shane Ingate wrote:
>
>
>>Christian Marx wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>It not only me who is absolutly nuts and driving the expensive racing car
>>>on
>>>its own wheels to the track....[snip]
>>>
>>>
>>I too am another one who insists on driving the car to, AND from the track.
>>Blame it on my upbringing; my Dad raced at Phillip Island and Bathurst.
>>He drove the MG to the track, emptied the car and pulled off the plates,
>>went
>>racing and if the car survived, piled all the junk back in and drove home.
>>If not, repaired the car at the track.
>>
>>The only mods to the car was a rollbar and a lap belt. The Bathurst 500
>>was done on the same set of tires.
>>
>>I navigated for my cousin who rallied a twin-cam Escort. Again a drive/to
>>
>>
>>from the forest.
>
>
>>I carried on this tradition when I raced bikes in the 70s, and the Pantera
>>in
>>the 90s. So it goes with Rags.
>>
>>Besides, I cannot afford a trailer and truck. This hobby is expensive
>>enough as it is. :(
>>
>>Shane Ingate in NM.
>>
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