[Fot] Sportscar 71.2 February 2013...

[Sam Halkias]

It's Fletcher Williams and the car is a TR250.

Sam

On Jan 22, 2013, at 12:27 PM, BillDentin at aol.com wrote:

> Amici...
>
> SCCA's current issue of SPORTSCAR has items of  potential interest.
>
> The obits for John Fitch, Lanky Foushee, and Bob Youngdahl on pages 64 and
> 65.  Of course Fitch and Foushee are icons and need no highlight here, but
> many of us ought to have also known SCCA and vintage racer Bob Youngdahl.
> Bob usually raced a fast Elva Courier, but had a barn full of cars.  While a
> Minnesota native, he also raced on the national scene, especially in
Florida,
> where he had a winter home.  His death was particularly sad because it was
> neither natural nor racing.  He was killed unloading his race trailer (hit
> in the head by the ramp door).  I have long been a believer that dealing
with
> towing  and trailers is every bit as dangerous as the racing (loading,
> unloading, changing tires roadside, etc.) we do.  There is often a tendency
for
> us to take short cuts or skip safe practice when dealing with tasks that we
> do over and over again.  This especially true when we are alone.  Be
> careful!
>
> Finally, glance at page 86 (last page) and the SCCA 'ROOTS' section.  There
> is a black and white picture from the 1983 issue of SPORTSCAR showing what
> appears to be a very nice TR4A race car covered with snow.  There's a racer
> standing along side in his driver's suit and balaclava...staring up at the
> sky.  No identification info in the caption.  Ironically the SCCA decal is
> displayed upside down on the car (probably something done on purpose in case
> of a roll over), but that seems to be what the SCCA was preoccupied with.
At
> the time their caption was "It's not nice to fool with your SCCA
> sticker..."   Anyone have any idea who that might be back in 1983?  Seems
like we
> ought to know him.  The racer's name is listed on the door, but I can't make
it
> out.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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