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the 3 mile perfect circle of Corona (is that the origin of Perfect Circle piston rings?)
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then and now...
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Thansk Steve!
Imagine an America where races took place on public roads, before street signs, before highway patrol and patrol cruisers, before speed limits.
It'll never happen again.
Why does a car with a SBC have a faster 60 foot, than the same car with a BBC? Inertia
As Wayne Gapp (from the Gapp and Roush team that won a lot of early 70's NHRA races) explains, and he was the engineer in charge of Fords 429 racing program for NASCAR and drag racing ....
NHRA was still running with the seven pounds per cubic inch rule .... under those rules, Chrysler won every race, because their Hemi was a much better motor than the Chevy or Ford.
It wasn’t long before Bill Jenkins was petitioning the NHRA to have the rules altered to allow the use of a small block engine in a Vega at the same seven pounds per cubic inch configuration.
The NHRA bought into the idea, thinking that it was “six of one, a half-dozen of the other”, I guess.
Problem was, if they had consulted their physics books they would have realized that it wasn’t all that straightforward. There was a thing called inertia, which no one took into consideration.
Simply stated, if you take a 2,700-pound big-block car and a 2,300-pound small-block car and you let out the clutch on each one, it’s the inertia off the line that determines the performance during the first 60-feet of the pass, not the horsepower.
In other words, if you kick a cement block and a block of wood, quess which one will travel the farthest? So, naturally, Jenkins’ little Vega just jumped off the starting line and consequently it killed the Chryslers during the 1972 season.”
http://www.competitionplus.com/featured-stories/2773-gapp-a-roush--hailing-the-cab
NHRA was still running with the seven pounds per cubic inch rule .... under those rules, Chrysler won every race, because their Hemi was a much better motor than the Chevy or Ford.
It wasn’t long before Bill Jenkins was petitioning the NHRA to have the rules altered to allow the use of a small block engine in a Vega at the same seven pounds per cubic inch configuration.
The NHRA bought into the idea, thinking that it was “six of one, a half-dozen of the other”, I guess.
Problem was, if they had consulted their physics books they would have realized that it wasn’t all that straightforward. There was a thing called inertia, which no one took into consideration.
Simply stated, if you take a 2,700-pound big-block car and a 2,300-pound small-block car and you let out the clutch on each one, it’s the inertia off the line that determines the performance during the first 60-feet of the pass, not the horsepower.
In other words, if you kick a cement block and a block of wood, quess which one will travel the farthest? So, naturally, Jenkins’ little Vega just jumped off the starting line and consequently it killed the Chryslers during the 1972 season.”
http://www.competitionplus.com/featured-stories/2773-gapp-a-roush--hailing-the-cab
Tyrone Malone and the AMT Super Boss (1976-1982 era)
After Jerry Malone had the truck ultra-customized, he also changed his name to Tyrone Malone, “Mister D.D.D,” which referred to Daredevil Diesel Driver.
photos from various Ebay listings, forums like http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1249643586 and http://forum.themeparkstudio.com/index.php?topic=481.0 and http://truquetructruk.tumblr.com
the "Idroscivolante T108" of Prospero Frere built in the 1920's to race in the Raid Pavia Venezia
Air Force Colonel Prospero Frere, Farman pilot in World War I, the pioneer and inventor of the parachute Salvador driving a SIAI-Marchetti T-108 with 9-cylinder radial engine Alfa Romeo.
http://www.mareonline.it/?p=10857
Its a "Idroscivolante T108" it was built in the 20's by Prospero Frere. Its powered by a 9 cylinders Alfa Romeo engine. It was built to race in the Raid Pavia Venezia, which is a speedboat race on the river Po. It run in the 1929-30-31 and got in second place.
It now resides at the Museum of Science and Technology of Milan
above photo found at http://www.pionieredellanautica.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=72
The SIAI, founded in Milan in 1915, became famous after 1922 with the advent as chief designer engineer Marchetti, became the first manufacturer in Italy of airboats and seaplanes for sporty nautical tourism.
The T-108 Freri was restored a few years ago by the boatyard Venetian Dalla Pieta.
The boat belongs to the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, who turned to Giorgio Dalla Pieta, worthy successor of his father Bepi, sophisticated manufacturer of pleasure boats and racing, he offered to do the work without charge, by pure passion. The condition of the Idroscivolante was critical when he arrived in the boatyard.
The restoration of the hulls required a complete revision of the original wood that had been patiently and skillfully given a new profile in laminated spruce. Tthen covered with sheets of plywood glued with marine epoxy and finished in polyurethane paint that mimics the colors and patterns of the original which was still a trace.
Curiously, on the side of the hulls was written XII raid Pavia-Venice. But the twelfth raid took place in 1952, but the last appearance of this airboat to Pavia-Venice was in 1939, the eleventh edition of the raid. Then, of course, Colonel Frere him prepare for the 1940 edition, the twelfth, in search of the long-awaited victory, but WW2 delayed all sports for the duration until society was restored.
above 4 images from http://www.southernairboat.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/51374/title/t108-restored-in-italy-02/cat/513
The SIAI, founded in Milan in 1915, became famous after 1922 with the advent as chief designer engineer Marchetti, became the first manufacturer in Italy of airboats and seaplanes for sporty nautical tourism.
The T-108 Freri was restored a few years ago by the boatyard Venetian Dalla Pieta.
The boat belongs to the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, who turned to Giorgio Dalla Pieta, worthy successor of his father Bepi, sophisticated manufacturer of pleasure boats and racing, he offered to do the work without charge, by pure passion. The condition of the Idroscivolante was critical when he arrived in the boatyard.
The restoration of the hulls required a complete revision of the original wood that had been patiently and skillfully given a new profile in laminated spruce. Tthen covered with sheets of plywood glued with marine epoxy and finished in polyurethane paint that mimics the colors and patterns of the original which was still a trace.
Curiously, on the side of the hulls was written XII raid Pavia-Venice. But the twelfth raid took place in 1952, but the last appearance of this airboat to Pavia-Venice was in 1939, the eleventh edition of the raid. Then, of course, Colonel Frere him prepare for the 1940 edition, the twelfth, in search of the long-awaited victory, but WW2 delayed all sports for the duration until society was restored.
above 4 images from http://www.southernairboat.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/51374/title/t108-restored-in-italy-02/cat/513
Good Spark Garage blog has done a wonderful post about the Mint 400... terrific journalism!
I was slightly familiar with the Mint 400, that it was a race in Nevada in the 60's or 70's sponsored by and as a publicity stunt by a casino, and that Steve McQueen, Parnelli Jones, Walker Evans, Ironman Stewart, Mickey Thompson, and the Unders had participated.
What I learned from this article was a LOT...
The casino occurred due to the fortune made by areal estate developer that got govt contracts, made a fortune with the Sun City Arizona development (which made the cover of Time Magazine for it's success), and with a couple partners... bought the New York Yankees.
In 1971 Hunter Thompson was sent by Sports Illustrated to cover the event, they then balked at the copy, and so Rolling Stone Magazine ran it... but the time in Vegas gave Hunter the material for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
in 1972 the promo and publicity were increased by getting women to model and strut in bikinis, Vanna White and Linda Carter were two of them
A terrific article with great photos: http://goodsparkgarage.com/the-mint-400-great-american-off-road-race/#more-3460
What I learned from this article was a LOT...
The casino occurred due to the fortune made by areal estate developer that got govt contracts, made a fortune with the Sun City Arizona development (which made the cover of Time Magazine for it's success), and with a couple partners... bought the New York Yankees.
In 1971 Hunter Thompson was sent by Sports Illustrated to cover the event, they then balked at the copy, and so Rolling Stone Magazine ran it... but the time in Vegas gave Hunter the material for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
in 1972 the promo and publicity were increased by getting women to model and strut in bikinis, Vanna White and Linda Carter were two of them
A terrific article with great photos: http://goodsparkgarage.com/the-mint-400-great-american-off-road-race/#more-3460
Talented photographer did a Kickstarter for a coffee table book of the golden years of Monaco Gran Prix racing
Found on http://megadeluxe.com/
go to the site of the photographer, http://jessealexander.com/ to learn when in 2014 it will be for sale
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