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Showing posts with label racers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racers. Show all posts
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
On the lake in '48... awesome color photos of early El Mirage racers

These photos are all from http://www.scta-bni.org/EM_1948_photos.htm where about half of them have captions I'm not interested in, since I won't know the people, and I heard about that page from Dan at http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/02/06/four-links-bonus-edition-vans-trucks-roadsters-retromobile/
For 1947 color photos of lakes bed racing http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/chris-at-speed-seekers-foudn-more-1947.html
Friday, January 29, 2010
Nixon had race cars over to the white house, and fired up Richard Petty's and Mario Andretti's race cars
http://sca.gmu.edu/exhibit/atkins_1.htm
If you want to click on it for the full size and read the whole thing, that is the best way to get all teh info, but simply put, Jackie Stewart and his Lola Chevy, a dragster, Richard Petty's 1971 Road Runner stock car, Mario Andretti's Indy car were there, in the White House drive way. Petty and Andretti fired up their cars. Wow, that would have been great to experience!
Others there, Swede Savage, Dan Gurney, Penske, Posey, Donohue and Graham Hill
From the Nixon Library:
515 to 527 pm Sept 21 1971 White House
The President viewed an exhibition of race cars. He was accompanied by race car driver Mario Andretti, winner of the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and member of the President's Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
The President spoke briefly to the owners and drivers of the cars:
The President spoke briefly to the owners and drivers of the cars:
James Lee, owner
Richard Petty, owner/driver
Andy Granatelli, owner
Carl Hass, owner
Jackie Stewart, driver
535 to 645 pm
The President hosted a reception for automobile racing figures.
The President hosted a reception for automobile racing figures.
from http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/documents/PDD/1971/042%20September%2021-30%201971.pdf just page 3, and Appendix D actually doesn't list the racers, it says they were all issued invitations verbally and this no comprehensive list was made
See a photo of it on page 76 of "Cars of the King" http://books.google.com/books?id=Txbx3Y2mDL4C&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=1971+white+house+race+cars&source=bl&ots=sSwEUIdUS_&sig=ELJG5IhIK1YMdpjWObWP3vV8SzA&hl=en&ei=GZtiS_e9GY-ssgO_3rCdAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=1971%20white%20house%20race%20cars&f=false
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Race face on
Giuliano Maoggi - Winner of the '56 Motogiro of Italy - Ducati 125 Gran SportI posted this image before, it's in the front window of a San Diego cycle shop: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/cool-poster-in-window-of-pacifc-beach.html
Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2008/01/faccia-da-corsa_24.html
Friday, January 1, 2010
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