Buck
Lots of great history. You should write this up somewhere with all
the details so more of the story is documented.
Ron Fraser
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From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Buck Trippel
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 11:30 AM
To: michael king
Cc: Jeffrey Nichols; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Guldstrand Tiger B9470570 LRXFE
The yellow Shelby American Tiger got really beat up. It took 3 pretty hard
front end crashes where most of the damage was to the right front. It
crashed twice in May, 1964 at Laguna Seca. Then its last crash was at the
Nassau Speed Week in December 1964. Rootes had invested something like $40K
in it and wanted to continue its racing program in 1965 with Sports Car
Forum. Together they decided to start with a fresh tub. Literature describes
the old tub as "all used up". In a letter written in January, 1965, John
Panks described it as a total racing loss.
Lew Spencer told us about his second crash at Laguna Seca. "I came over the
hill, every time a bit faster. And then I lost it and went off. I really hit
hard. I was shook up. I got out of the Tiger and tried to stand, I couldn't.
I tried leaning against it. I couldn't. So I slid down the side and sat on
the ground, leaning against the door. I couldn't even do that so I laid on
the ground. About then the track doctor drove up and asked, 'Lew, are you
OK?' I managed to to get out, 'Yeah, I think so.' He said, 'Good!' and drove
off!"
This was the event that some (Friedman, et al) have described as "Lew's last
race in a Tiger" which is also mistaken. Over the next 5 months, Lew
actually raced the Shelby Tiger about a half dozen times before it was
transferred to Sports Car Forum.
Buck Trippel
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From: michael king
To: Buck Trippel
Cc: Jeffrey Nichols ; tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Guldstrand Tiger B9470570 LRXFE
Buck,
Why did they want the tub of the shelby car destroyed? Was the shelby car
in an accident at some point ( i think i remember hearing that)
On 1 November 2010 13:08, Buck Trippel <BuckTrippel@verizon.net> wrote:
It's an interesting story but part of it is not true - at least
according to Lew Spencer himself.
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