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[happyscrappy]

Got a couple of your cars running out here in Colorado. Our cars are more suited to the pavemet, and a bit faster, but they're also not starting with the GM frame. Most are tube frame, but one car that is still very competitive is running on '34 ford frame rails! Its nice that you guys are making mass produced, and affordable, racing coupes. Out here you have to either find an older, out dated one, or build one yourself from scratch.

You can see part of the 87 in this shot.



Heres is a couple more of our cars.





Got a few more at the link in my sig...

Looks like you guys have a good time out there on the dirt.

[carl s]

Oh my

Something to look forward to

Will start the diet today and contact the surgeon for the needed repairs

Next year I'll have one of those beauties

So glad I didn't try to fit into a DWARF car with my bad back

Whoever did this - Thanks

carl s
Indio, CA

One positive aspect of the IRL going down the crapper is the potential to redirect my fan $

[Lucky161]

Carl, this Colorada deal may be a good place for a bunch of us to meet up.

[DonnieB]

The CARC never really stopped running that type of car. They seem to have had some off seasons since Lakeside closed, while they were looking for another home, but they always stayed pretty true to the format. They've sort of bounced around from track to track. I understand they're now at Big Country Speedway in Cheyenne. My fondest racing memories involve those cars running at Lakeside in the 60's and early 70's.

It's also interesting that the ERA is still running under the name of the track where they started, Englewood Speedway, 24 years after the track closed.

I remember one night during the end-of-season run-what-ya-brung races at Lakeside. Sam Sauer in a 6-cylinder Lakeside coupe trying to run up the tailpipe of Joe Lehman's Englewood super, while Don Wilson followed at a safe distance, in his famous black #19, powered by a v-8 just for this occasion. When the inevitable occurred, in the final turn of the last lap, Don waved them both a heartfelt thank you as he drove by for the win.

The CamCoupes look like IMCA-type chassis with the pre-war type bodies.

[Lucky161]

Don Wilson passed some pretty good late models that easily too.

[happyscrappy]

DonnieB I would highly recomend making the drive to either Cheyenne or Pueblo far a CARC show next year, I'm sure they'll be back. They're getting pretty good fields again, now that they're back racing on decent tracks.

My dad was the track manager at Lakeside from '66 through '88, which meant he unlocked the gates, and was the guy that had to check the decibles during qualifying, unfortunatly thats about all he was responsible for. If he had had his way, and the owner would have shelled out the cash, we'd probably still be racing there.

[DonnieB]

I did one summer on Roy Jackson's pit crew there, about 1970. Roy was not racing most of that year, under doctor's orders, so he had a series of special guest drivers fill in for him most of the year. The only thing I remember doing is holding a bag of ice against the carb during a red flag period to prevent vapor-lock. Fritz Wilson was the guest driver that night.

[Lucky161]

The more time I spend on the CAM board, the more I like their concept. Really cool looking cars. $3000 rollers, very affordable, simple to maintain (relatively speaking), light enough to be reasonably fast.