I met Dan Gurney this weekend! :-)

Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR poster. Dan and his wife Evi,are incredibly nice people,very gracious,down to earth,easy to talk with.I told him what an honor it was to meet him,he thanked me,shook my hand,we talked a little about the Eagle,Alex's year in F3,and all too quickly it was over.Dan is now seventy years of age,but looks fit and healthy,and still has plenty of enthusiasm for racing.It was a day I won't soon forget! For all of you GPL'ers,Parker Johnstone was in town,driving a '67 Brabham BT24 for Pete Lovely Motorsports.I talked with Parker for ten minutes or so,he's a very cool guy,easily approachable,real friendly.I asked him what it's like to drive the Brabham,he told me that it's been many years since he's driven an open wheel car with no aero,that it's the funnest car to drive,and that if he had his way,the modern high downforce,soft tire,pit stop strategy cars would be gone,in favor of the old '67 era cars.He liked the fact that the car is easily tossable,easy to recover,doesn't snap spin,can run several different lines,and has no turbulence at speed.He said this would make todays racing much closer and funner to watch.So were not the only ones that know how much fun these cars are! The racing weekend is run by http://www.sovren.org with close to three hundred cars turning out this year.The featured class this year was the historic Trans-Am cars from '66-'72.I'm not old enough to have seen any of these races,but these cars are an amazing thing to both see and hear.With thirty one cars in the field,the start was awesome,with the sound all of the cars accelerating down the main straight,sheer thunder.I really feel like I've missed the glory days of racing when I see and hear these cars.Lots of side by side duels,two wide through the turns,power slides out of the corners,and the sound!I love the roar of these cars! I have some digital photos to share,and I shot lots of video,so maybe some mp3 clips so you can hear what I'm talking about.I'll try and get things posted this week,thanks for reading. Dave K Seattle,Wa.

Great report Dave! Thanks. Yes, Dan is the man... -- don ------------------------------------------------------- BAPOM Alternative Program Covers for GPL http://www.trilon.com/bapom/ "Dave K" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic > races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest > this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in > line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I > got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR > poster. > Dan and his wife Evi,are incredibly nice people,very gracious,down to > earth,easy to talk with.I told him what an honor it was to meet him,he > thanked me,shook my hand,we talked a little about the Eagle,Alex's > year in F3,and all too quickly it was over.Dan is now seventy years of > age,but looks fit and healthy,and still has plenty of enthusiasm for > racing.It was a day I won't soon forget! <SNIP>. > Dave K > Seattle,Wa.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:18:49 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote: >thanks for reading. thanks for writing! -- Ciao M.2fast4u Giorgio Le FAQ di - it.comp.giochi.simulatori.volo - le trovi su: http://users.iol.it/ulisse31/ GPLrank handicap: -21.02 http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ ICQ 28779230

Great write-up... looking forward to some media... Jan. =--- "Dave K" wrote... > Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific > Northwest Historic races at Seattle International > Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest this year,<snip>

Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic > races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest > this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in > line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I > got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR > poster. Did anyone go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? I met Stirling Moss, John Surtess, Jack Brabham, Damon Hill etc..... great day out with loads of cars from the GPL era.

"Johnny Fiama" <[email hidden]> writes: > Did anyone go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? I met Stirling Moss, John > Surtess, Jack Brabham, Damon Hill etc..... great day out with loads of cars > from the GPL era. *sticks fingers into his ears and closes his eyes* LALALALALALALALALALAICANTHEARYOUICANTHEARYOULALALALA *sulks* -- -asbjxrn, stuck on the wrong side of the planet.

"Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Johnny Fiama" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Did anyone go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? I met Stirling Moss,John > > Surtess, Jack Brabham, Damon Hill etc..... great day out with loads ofcars

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> > from the GPL era. > > *sticks fingers into his ears and closes his eyes* > LALALALALALALALALALAICANTHEARYOUICANTHEARYOULALALALA > *sulks* > -- > -asbjxrn, stuck on the wrong side of the planet.

heeheeheehee...gigglegiggle....guffaw...heeheehee Robin, stuck on wrong side of ocean... for Goodwood, anyway.

Sounds like a great time Dave! BTW, if you ever get the chance, go to a Vintage CAN-AM reunion race. I went to one at Watkins and the sound of those beasts is just awesome. I've never experienced anything close to matching that. -- Scott B. Husted PA-Scott ICQ#4395450 Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic > races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest > this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in > line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I > got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR > poster. > Dan and his wife Evi,are incredibly nice people,very gracious,down to > earth,easy to talk with.I told him what an honor it was to meet him,he > thanked me,shook my hand,we talked a little about the Eagle,Alex's > year in F3,and all too quickly it was over.Dan is now seventy years of > age,but looks fit and healthy,and still has plenty of enthusiasm for > racing.It was a day I won't soon forget! > > For all of you GPL'ers,Parker Johnstone was in town,driving a '67 > Brabham BT24 for Pete Lovely Motorsports.I talked with Parker for ten > minutes or so,he's a very cool guy,easily approachable,real friendly.I > asked him what it's like to drive the Brabham,he told me that it's > been many years since he's driven an open wheel car with no aero,that > it's the funnest car to drive,and that if he had his way,the modern > high downforce,soft tire,pit stop strategy cars would be gone,in favor > of the old '67 era cars.He liked the fact that the car is easily > tossable,easy to recover,doesn't snap spin,can run several different > lines,and has no turbulence at speed.He said this would make todays > racing much closer and funner to watch.So were not the only ones that > know how much fun these cars are! > > The racing weekend is run by http://www.sovren.org with close to > three hundred cars turning out this year.The featured class this year > was the historic Trans-Am cars from '66-'72.I'm not old enough to have > seen any of these races,but these cars are an amazing thing to both > see and hear.With thirty one cars in the field,the start was > awesome,with the sound all of the cars accelerating down the main > straight,sheer thunder.I really feel like I've missed the glory days > of racing when I see and hear these cars.Lots of side by side > duels,two wide through the turns,power slides out of the corners,and > the sound!I love the roar of these cars! > > I have some digital photos to share,and I shot lots of video,so maybe > some mp3 clips so you can hear what I'm talking about.I'll try and get > things posted this week,thanks for reading. > > Dave K > Seattle,Wa.

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> Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote > > Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic > > races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest > > this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in > > line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I > > got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR > > poster. > > Did anyone go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? I met Stirling Moss, John > Surtess, Jack Brabham, Damon Hill etc..... great day out with loads of

cars > from the GPL era.I was there on Saturday. Standing by the start line as the modern F1 cars went off was quite an experience but I prefer the Silverstone Historic Festival - you see the cars racing as they were meant to and the view is much better (from the FREE grandstands). I'll be back at Goodwood for the Revival Meeting later this year I'm sure. Gurney's Eagle was at Silverstone last year, in immaculate condition as ever. I wouldn't like the job of polishing those exhaust pipes before every meeting! -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 MonsterRank 460+ and falling... "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

Great report Dave. I envy you for that experience. I am old enough to remember the original TranAm and CanAm days. Those races at places like Riverside International Raceway, Laguna Seca, and Kent in Washington were memorable. I've built and driven those type of cars and they are special. The feel of the power, the sound, the smell...think I'm gonna cry. :) Wish the hell we had a GPL quality sim of those cars. WSC I pray. Marty Dave K wrote:

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> Yes it's true.This past weekend was the Pacific Northwest Historic > races at Seattle International Raceway.Dan was the celebrity guest > this year,with autograph sessions on Saturday and Sunday.I stood in > line with hundreds of people,waited an hour and forty minutes,but I > got to talk with him,as well as get an autograph on a vintage AAR > poster. > Dan and his wife Evi,are incredibly nice people,very gracious,down to > earth,easy to talk with.I told him what an honor it was to meet him,he > thanked me,shook my hand,we talked a little about the Eagle,Alex's > year in F3,and all too quickly it was over.Dan is now seventy years of > age,but looks fit and healthy,and still has plenty of enthusiasm for > racing.It was a day I won't soon forget! > > For all of you GPL'ers,Parker Johnstone was in town,driving a '67 > Brabham BT24 for Pete Lovely Motorsports.I talked with Parker for ten > minutes or so,he's a very cool guy,easily approachable,real friendly.I > asked him what it's like to drive the Brabham,he told me that it's > been many years since he's driven an open wheel car with no aero,that > it's the funnest car to drive,and that if he had his way,the modern > high downforce,soft tire,pit stop strategy cars would be gone,in favor > of the old '67 era cars.He liked the fact that the car is easily > tossable,easy to recover,doesn't snap spin,can run several different > lines,and has no turbulence at speed.He said this would make todays > racing much closer and funner to watch.So were not the only ones that > know how much fun these cars are! > > The racing weekend is run by http://www.sovren.org with close to > three hundred cars turning out this year.The featured class this year > was the historic Trans-Am cars from '66-'72.I'm not old enough to have > seen any of these races,but these cars are an amazing thing to both > see and hear.With thirty one cars in the field,the start was > awesome,with the sound all of the cars accelerating down the main > straight,sheer thunder.I really feel like I've missed the glory days > of racing when I see and hear these cars.Lots of side by side > duels,two wide through the turns,power slides out of the corners,and > the sound!I love the roar of these cars! > > I have some digital photos to share,and I shot lots of video,so maybe > some mp3 clips so you can hear what I'm talking about.I'll try and get > things posted this week,thanks for reading. > > Dave K > Seattle,Wa.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:18:49 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote: I've posted 38 photos here: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/ampville Hope you like 'em :-)

At goodwood i was standing by a march 717 with something like a 9.1 litre Chev engine when they started it up - boy was that something else !! On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:22:13 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Sounds like a great time Dave! > >BTW, if you ever get the chance, go to a Vintage CAN-AM reunion race. I >went to one at Watkins and the sound of those beasts is just awesome. I've >never experienced anything close to matching that.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:23:58 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote: > >Hope you like 'em :-) Wow, lot's of great shots. Must have been a blast. Thanks for sharing. Ken

Scott B. Husted <[email hidden]> wrote on 10 Jul 2001: > Sounds like a great time Dave! > > BTW, if you ever get the chance, go to a Vintage CAN-AM reunion > race. I went to one at Watkins and the sound of those beasts is > just awesome. I've never experienced anything close to matching > that. <snip> Seconded. I've only ever been to one - at Donington - but... wow! The noise from the start/finish striaght was beyond anything else I've ever heard. -- David. (GPLRank handicap -6.57; Monsters of GPL +271.79) The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:18:49 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> wrote: >Yes it's true. So you met Gurney in real life..ha.. well I raced on the Norschleife a month ago and on Zandvoort last sunday in real life, TAKE THAT! ...ok I still envy you bigtime.. great report, thx :) Andre

Are we starting a pissing contest Andre?? huh? huh?huh? Sorry I couldnt resist! hahahaha "Andre Warringa" wrote:

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| So you met Gurney in real life..ha.. well I raced on the Norschleife a | month ago and on Zandvoort last sunday in real life, TAKE THAT! | ...ok I still envy you bigtime.. great report, thx :) | | Andre | Dave K wrote: | | >Yes it's true.

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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:00:37 GMT, Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:18:49 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> >wrote: > >>Yes it's true. > >So you met Gurney in real life..ha.. well I raced on the Norschleife a >month ago and on Zandvoort last sunday in real life, TAKE THAT! >...ok I still envy you bigtime.. great report, thx :) > >Andre

Andre, It only counts if you drove an American V8 muscle car :-) Dave K

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> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:00:37 GMT, Andre Warringa > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:18:49 -0700, Dave K <[email hidden]> > >wrote: > > > >>Yes it's true. > > > >So you met Gurney in real life..ha.. well I raced on the Norschleife a > >month ago and on Zandvoort last sunday in real life, TAKE THAT! > >...ok I still envy you bigtime.. great report, thx :) > > > >Andre > > Andre, > > It only counts if you drove an American V8 muscle car :-)

Yeah, a 300 HP car with soft suspesion so the coke doesn't spill :) Sounds like the ideal racecar to me. <puts on 3 layers of nomex> :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

Dan Who?

You know...... The geezer who invented that flap or sumfink :-) MS Thom j. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EY337.16321$[email hidden]... > Dan Who? > >

"Ooooooooooooooooo" OK I C Now!! :o) "Mark Seery" wrote:

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| You know...... | | The geezer who invented that flap or sumfink :-) | | MS | Thom j. wrote: | > Dan Who?

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In article <9ifee2$1nc$[email hidden]>, [email hidden]. c o . u k (Tony Whitley) wrote: > > Did anyone go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? I met Stirling > > Moss, John > > Surtess, Jack Brabham, Damon Hill etc..... great day out with loads > > of > cars > > from the GPL era. Yep, I went with two friends on Sunday, a great day out! 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html