I was racing at the original Pebble Beach course through the trees on 17
mile Drive in the Del Monte Forest outside aof Carmel in 1956 .I was in my
MG special. Pete Lovley came around to lap me in the original Pooper and
his throttle cable had broken, so he was reaching around to the back of the
car and operating the throttle with his hand. Still fast car and fast guy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Larry Young'" <cartravel@pobox.com>
Cc: "team" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: Live from Pacific Raceways
> Wow, I only know of the two. Interesting that there are four, though it
> makes great sense, they work wonderfully well. Denny Akers car was
> originally built as a land speed record car and has a steering wheel
> inclined like a bus (almost flat). When you look at the universal you can
> hardly believe it doesn't bind. It was fitted with a JAP 500cc motor for a
> 500cc LSR, then they stuck in a 750 Norton for a 750cc LSR, then two JAPs
> for a 1000cc LSR. Those were the days. I think Cameron Healy's version is
> considered the first Pooper. It's very fast and he's an excellent driver.
> Any time he and Denny are at the track I've got serious competition.
>
> Sunday Denny led the first race right up to the last corner before the
> transponder wire (well, I passed a few times but he passed right back). I
> was showing him nose in every corner but couldn't pull away. In the last
> corner (a carousel called Big Indy) he smoked his inside front tire a
> little and I ducked under. I was first across the transponder wire even
> though he passed me before the checker.
>
> Unfortunately Denny twisted an axle, so he couldn't run the last race.
> Peyote was potentially four seconds a lap faster than second place, so I
> ran one fast lap, then waved the first two cars past and chased them
> around. Best seat in the house to watch to good drivers slug it out.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Young [mailto:cartravel@pobox.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 5:51 PM
> Cc: team
> Subject: Re: Live from Pacific Raceways
>
>
> Ok, I don't want to offend anyone, but I've seen several photos of
> Peyote, and I've wondered how it got its name. Is it what the guy was
> smoking when he built it?
> Larry
>
> Richard Hardison wrote:
>
> >Bill,
> >
> >A bit off the target of your message, but I am not sure if you meant it
> >litterally when you said " the only other Pooper in the world" or not.
> >This subject came up several years ago. The final outcome was that
> >there were four Poopers built. Amalia Palmaz races the Ken Miles
> >Pooper. I ran against her several times at CVAR races in Texas.
> >
> >Richard
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