I've been out in the tank car. Plenty of power but not near as much chassis
and brakes. Now his McLaren, that's another story, by far the fastest, best
car
I have ever driven, except of course our beloved TR3.
Leno also has three old Jags, a Morgan three wheeler and a TR3 and an MG
Midget. He is just as nice once you get to know him as he seems when you first
meet him. Last weekend when I was out in LA with my wife he took her for a
ride
in an XK-120, got us tickets for the show and took the time to show us all the
cars.
See you all at VIR! We'll be there with our new engine. We have 36 more
horsepower at the wheels.
Tim Suddard
Publisher, Grassroots Motorsports/Classic Motorsports
www. GrassrootsMotorsports.com www.ClassicMotorsports.net
Phone (386) 673-4148 Fax (386) 673-6040
In a message dated 5/18/04 10:24:07 PM, gasket.works@gte.net writes:
> Bernard Juchli is a great mechanic and is a member of VARA... so, he was
> asked to see if he could convince Mr. Leno to bring the Tank Car to the
> Goldenstate Classic vintage races last year at the California Speedway in
> Fontana.
>
> I was driving my '66 vette with Casey Annis leaning out the side taking
> photos of the tank car at speed on the oval. What a throaty rumble that
beast
> makes. The tires it uses are the oversized Cement Truck singles... can you
> say large. Everything about the car is proportionally oversized.
>
> But, it is a show stopper. Leno cool character that he is just stood around
> and answered everyones questions.
>
> md
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