<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62696"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63448">Hi Dick. Thanks for the history lesson, and the pictures. Lots of great stuff. Little did I know that I had such a "historically significant" race driver working on my TR-4. Must have done some good, as I eventually won The Runoffs.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63447" dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63446" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63445">The 1965 "Glen 500" was the same weekend as my high school graduation. I lived in Corning, about 14 miles from The Glen, and I remember it well (except for the parts when too much beer was consumed). I kept all of my old race programs from the Glen races from 1964 on. The 1965 Glen 500 program shows a lot of big names on the entry list, but I don't see you and Bob. You guys must have been late entries, but did well against a tough field, including Dick Thompson, Don Yenko, Ed Lowther, Mark Donahue (in a Mustang GT 350 - must have been a Shelby), Hal Keck, etc.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63444" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63442" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63443">I also see Donna Mae Mims in her pink TR-3, in the FP Race. This was an era of transition for the classes, as new cars were released. In addition to the TR-3, FP was also made up of MGA's, Alfa's and Sunbeam Alpines. E Production was Porsches (356's), Elvas, Morgans, Lotus 7's and Alfas. D Production, which was part of The Glen 500 race, was TR-4's, Austin Healys and Daimler SP 250's. Imagine, the TR-4 being 2 classes higher than the TR-3! I was planning to donate all of these old race programs the the Watkins Glen Racing Museum, but if anybody in the FOT has any ideas for a better use for them, I'm willing to listen (Dick - any interest, or do you have them?). They make for very interesting reading, and bring back lots of memories.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63562" dir="ltr"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63443"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63563" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63443">Jack</span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62700" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62699" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62698" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62697" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62725" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62763"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62762" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dick Stockton via Fot <fot@autox.team.net><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62761"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62760" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "fot@autox.team.net" <fot@autox.team.net> <br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63559"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_63558" style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 2, 2015 7:02 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Fot] Fw: Best spectator vintage event<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62726" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6670416904"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62756" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62755"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62757" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Thanks, Jack. Hope to see you at Summit. </span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62758" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62759" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">The Ferrari TRC (2.0L Testarossa) was owned by George Siomko. He bought it for dirt cheap off a fellow named Genetti - I think it ran Sebring in '56 or '57. Ray Heppenstall and I went to Connecticut to pick it up for George and it sat in the loft of my shop. George would practice the car and Ray and I would split the racing duties. We didn't do anything to the car other than wash it and ran it 4-6x a year. It was pretty fast for what it was, not the fastest car, but it was an old race car by then. When I was moving to my new shop in '65, George wanted to sell me the car for $600, but I didn't have any money for it at the time. He sold it to a fellow named Hap Smallback and he did hillclimbs with it. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62769" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Here is a picture of it at Marlboro: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg">https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62770" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Bob Tullius and I entered the Glen 500 in '65 in my car and we took the victory in the class and 7th overall. I have the trophy somewhere.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_62771" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">The Cobra was an original '260 car (CSX2009) with worm gear steering. It was upgraded to a 289 car by the time I got it from Gene Fisher. I did pretty well with it and did a lot of development work on it. We found 30bhp by redesigning the exhaust and replacing the side pipes. I had Air Flow Research (AFR) do the heads and worked with Harvey Crane on a camshaft. It made about 350bhp. The carburetor and intake were the real restriction. You could measure the bump steer in inches and had to drive it sideways. I was '69 and '70 NE BP Champion, set lap records, and finished 2nd at the ARRC in 1970 to Allen Barker's newer '69 Corvette. At the 1969 ARRC at Daytona, I blew my main motor in practice and we used a Holman Moody motor which was down on power. Started from the back and finished 7th. The car was wrecked at Watkins Glen after I sold it in 1970, but was subsequently restored to FIA spec and auctioned a few years ago. </div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Here is a picture of it then: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.jpg?oh=003e71767b0482bbc0d1ecb12d7bb137&oe=55A5514F&__gda__=1438488763_aa815ffae3290645f9f89a0e53284b67">https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.jpg?oh=003e71767b0482bbc0d1ecb12d7bb137&oe=55A5514F&__gda__=1438488763_aa815ffae3290645f9f89a0e53284b67</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_472761392771832_151764043_o.jpg">https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_472761392771832_151764043_o.jpg</a><br></div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=c8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=559B4F83">https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=c8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=559B4F83</a> <br></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">and now:</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-event">http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-event</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">I know Janet from the IMSA Baby Grand / RS races as we both ran Toyota's. </div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;">Dick </div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br><a ymailto="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/jwheeler1947@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/jwheeler1947@yahoo.com</a><br><br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>