<div dir="ltr">I never knew that Kas had an F5000 car.<div><br></div><div>mike h</div><div><br><div>From this week's Haggerty newsletter</div><div><h1 class="gmail-article_heading gmail-text-heading_1" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:4rem;font-family:GT-America-Extended-Bold,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="2">10 pedigreed open-wheel racers at American Speed Festival 2021</font></span></h1><h1 class="gmail-article_heading gmail-text-heading_1" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:4rem;font-family:GT-America-Extended-Bold,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,10,11)">1971 Lola T192</h1><div><div class="gmail-article_body-figure" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:8px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><img class="gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-176245 gmail-media__image" src="https://media.hagerty.com/media/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/71Lola-1024x683.jpg" alt="" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; animation: 0.9s ease 0s 1 normal none running fadein; display: block; cursor: pointer;" width="511" height="341"><span class="gmail-media-credit" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:3px 5px 3px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.2em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(72,76,81);display:inline;text-align:right">Cameron Neveu</span></div><div class="gmail-article_body-content" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:1040px;width:1040px;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Ego and racing are inextricably linked—and they don’t honor the divides of racing series and regulatory bodies, either. Case in point: the Questor Grand Prix held at Ontario Speedway in California, a shoot-out of sorts between Formula 1 and Formula 5000 cars of the era. R.W. “Kas” Kastner—he of Team Nissan GTP fame—bought this Lola T192 from Chicago-area distributor Carl Hass, but before he managed to put an engine in the rolling chassis, Hass was back on the phone. Would Kastner loan Hass the car so that Al Unser could challenge the F5000 boys in California? On the condition that Hass supplied and installed the engine (and left it in the car when Unser was done with the race), Kastner said yes.</p></div><div class="gmail-article_body-figure" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:8px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><img class="gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-176244 gmail-media__image" src="https://media.hagerty.com/media/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/71Lola_2-1024x683.jpg" alt="" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-repeat: no-repeat; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; animation: 0.9s ease 0s 1 normal none running fadein; display: block; cursor: pointer;" width="511" height="341"><span class="gmail-media-credit" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:3px 5px 3px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.2em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(72,76,81);display:inline;text-align:right">Cameron Neveu</span></div><div class="gmail-article_body-content" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:1040px;width:1040px;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Unser didn’t perform very well at Ontario Speedway, but the 1400-pound, monocoque racer and its Weber-crowned Chevy 305 have earned its current owner, Mead Korwin, plenty of on-track grins. Leaning back in a folding camping chair, wearing Columbia boots and a denim short-sleeve shirt, Korwin pronounces it: “Remarkably forgiving. It really is. It’s all torque… It kinda grunts its way out of the corner, you don’t really have to rev it.</p></div><div class="gmail-article_body-content" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px 360px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;max-width:1040px;width:1040px;color:rgb(9,10,11)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“Donohue called this model one of the best natural-handling race cars he ever drove.”</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Copyright Haggerty Newsletter</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Author:</p><p style="font-size:1.25rem;box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:2.0625rem;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.hagerty.com/media/author/grace-houghton/" title="Posts by Grace Houghton" rel="author" class="gmail-link_1 gmail-white-space-nowrap" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.0625rem;font-family:GT-America-Mono-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(9,10,11);outline:inherit;white-space:nowrap">Grace Houghton</a></p><span class="gmail-article_byline-item gmail-article_byline-author gmail-text_1-mono" style="font-size:0.8125rem;box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:8px 0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.25rem;font-family:GT-America-Mono-Regular,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(111,117,124)"><span class="gmail-white-space-nowrap" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap">06 October 2021</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>