[Fot] Unusual TR-3

[robert bownes]

Ah.. field cars. Mine was a Pontiac Tempest. There was an old pre-war Ford
out in the
woods I always dreamed out saving , but never could figure out the logistics
of explaining it
to my GM employed father.


On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Norlin Engineering <
norlinengineering at comcast.net> wrote:

> The "field cars" comment brought back some memories of Ireland.  A few
> years
> ago, my wife and I were visiting Ireland and spotted a notice in the window
> of a grocery store that said "Autograss Racing this Sunday" and gave the
> location.  We thought it said autocross racing, so when we went to find the
> track that Sunday we were not sure what we were in for.
>
> Sure enough, it was an oval plowed out of a working pasture.  Had to drive
> the rental car through disinfectant because of the hoof and mouth disease
> that year.  First thing we heard when we opened the car door was the mother
> in the car next to us hollering at her kids "I told you to watch where you
> were walking!".
>
> Anyway it was a great event.  60-80 cars from small sedans to rear engined
> buggys made from front engined cars.  They all had heavy metal mesh instead
> of a windshield since the track had millions of rocks the size of your fist
> in the dirt surface.  The heats were only about 5 laps long and the
> announcer sounded like he was calling a horse race - couldn't understand a
> thing he said.  Spectators were held back about 50 ft from the main
> straight
> by a rope.  Grassroots racing at it's finest.
>
> Jim Norlin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of WILLIAM TOBIN
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:50 AM
> To: rikrock at aol.com; fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Unusual TR-3
>
>
>  WOW! Does this bring back some memories!
>  I also went to the Glen USGP for the first time in '68; I guess that was
> the start of my downfall. I still have my tickets, also. I swore that some
> day I'd race there; 39 years later, I did the SVRA Vintage GP. Had a blast.
>
>  We called them "field cars" at my place. I had a '49 Ford and my pal Andy
> had a '50 Chevy. Buddy Mike had something, not sure what. After our crops
> were taken off one field, in the Fall of '66, I think, I made an oval by
> using my dad's 8 foot disc. Had slight banking on the turns using the
> existing terrain. We took the mufflers off and tied the doors shut for
> safety and had at it. After a while we stopped to let the dust settle and
> noticed several cars had stopped along the road to watch! Great fun. Un
> fortunately, no photos.
>
>  Great photos.
>  As Bob Hope once said, thanks for the memories>
>  Bill----- Original Message -----
>  From: <rikrock at aol.com>
>  To: <fot at autox.team.net>
>  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:35 PM
>  Subject: [Fot] Unusual TR-3
>
>
>  > Sure to make the purists cringe!
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > http://formula-ccm.tripod.com/old-car-pics.html
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Rich Rock
>  >
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