I raced in one 1963 USRRC event, at Laguna Seca, in my Porsche RSK 718 Spyder but didn't finish. It was very competitive and an absolute thrill to compete in. I miss those days. ;o(
I was there. My first year at RA was 1958. The cars back then had much more personality. Every thing is cookie cutter today. Cant't believe the buildings at the course now. The barn used to be about the only building. A double brat was .75 cents and a beer was .50. Free beer [ Pabst of course] on Sunday after racing if you had a pit pass which was not to hard to get with some trickery.
The concession overlooking Hurry Downs with the heavenly smoke pouring out looks the same, though. Pit stalls! Love RA, way different now though, agree. Cutting through the woods to get all the way to the back was a rocky,dense, struggle, how 'bout it? Cheers, my good man!
First, let's appreciate Les Keiter's call of this race - classy and classic. Second, Augie Pabst takes over a car he hasn't driven and didn't qualify and delivers the win. Third, the Cobras - wow - there were "pure" racing cars all over the place, including an ex- LeMans 170+ mph Maserati Type 151 and they pasted virtually everybody. And that was a modified production car. Really shows you why the Cobra Legacy is so strong among those who know. But one more thing: for younger viewers, if any, please note that there were fairly competitive cars in the field that were up to ten years old. You'd never see that today.
Dad and mom made every event from 1958 - 1972, dad hurthis back in 73. My brother and i were their every weekend, in cluding being at events we couldn't see anything Starting in 1968 ran the PCA High speed autocrosses their. My first time autocrossing their was 1977. First vintage race was CHR in 1987 in Can am class with a 911, Bob Rahal ran in our run group that weekend, #74 Jagermiester 911
It gave more visibility with out it. A Lot would cut out divide to show they had '64... It was 50-50 on who liked divide or not??.. Looks cool to me? I like both ways... But I'm '64 kinda' guy. But '63's aren't bad either??. I like the big heads and cam of '64 motors. And the better F.I. units. They took another nice step of Fuelie units in '65. '65 unit is the one to have. All there units costs about $10 grand.. Kinda' empties a guy's pocket??.
I raced in one 1963 USRRC event, at Laguna Seca, in my Porsche RSK 718 Spyder but didn't finish. It was very competitive and an absolute thrill to compete in. I miss those days. ;o(
I was there. My first year at RA was 1958. The cars back then had much more personality. Every thing is cookie cutter today. Cant't believe the buildings at the course now. The barn used to be about the only building. A double brat was .75 cents and a beer was .50. Free beer [ Pabst of course] on Sunday after racing if you had a pit pass which was not to hard to get with some trickery.
The concession overlooking Hurry Downs with the heavenly smoke pouring out looks the same, though. Pit stalls! Love RA, way different now though, agree. Cutting through the woods to get all the way to the back was a rocky,dense, struggle, how 'bout it? Cheers, my good man!
Thank you for this vintage footage
First, let's appreciate Les Keiter's call of this race - classy and classic. Second, Augie Pabst takes over a car he hasn't driven and didn't qualify and delivers the win. Third, the Cobras - wow - there were "pure" racing cars all over the place, including an ex- LeMans 170+ mph Maserati Type 151 and they pasted virtually everybody. And that was a modified production car. Really shows you why the Cobra Legacy is so strong among those who know. But one more thing: for younger viewers, if any, please note that there were fairly competitive cars in the field that were up to ten years old. You'd never see that today.
Dave Despain! We miss you Dave. My son grew up with Wind Tunnel every night.
Yessir. 'Motorweek illustrated' and 'American Sports Calvacade' , too, were must see when racing was hard to come by on TV, my good man.
Thanks for posting this
Gotta love the added sound effects of a car making skidding sounds even after it goes onto the grass lmao.
Hey my man...That was "Hard Grass"
When racing was racing. Thanks for the upload!!
Love old school racing, back when you could pick the brand of car at a glance, all sounding unique and being driven not steered.
Now that is what I call racing!!😃
"last years's driver of the year Roger Penske" !! X)
Some fantastic stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing.
what a great race!
2nd commercial (Budweiser) - I think that's the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis. Thanks for posting this! Great stuff.
And the incomparable Brian Setzer! Missing: Billy Dee Williams for Colt 45.
Bob Holbert sighting? Holy shit! Now, all we need is Mike Rahal & Bob Sharp and we'll have a patriarch Road-Racing Hootenanny! :-P
+Randy Dubin, that "like" is from me. That being said..did you not notice the guy who was working the Ferrari GTO?
Brabham?
Would love to see a modern driver(on camera) having a beer AND a smoke, still in car, afterwards!
Roger Penske in an Italian race car! Ken Miles at the top of his game.
Dad and mom made every event from 1958 - 1972, dad hurthis back in 73. My brother and i were their every weekend, in cluding being at events we couldn't see anything
Starting in 1968 ran the PCA High speed autocrosses their.
My first time autocrossing their was 1977.
First vintage race was CHR in 1987 in Can am class with a 911, Bob Rahal ran in our run group that weekend, #74 Jagermiester 911
No wall between the pits and the track !!
Corvair pace car...hair replacement club, vintage, 😜🥸
By the way i was living in oconomowac and did a shake down of my 811 and Augie was coming the ither direction in his scarab
The skinny tires are ‘cute’.. in a few more years that will change as 12, 14, and even 16” wide tires are developed and seen in CanAm and FIA.
No Armco but hey, there's a rock wall that'll slow u up!
Drool City! Every car is a treat for the eyes and ears. By '73 or so, cars got uglier and uglier.
Screw aerodynamics! :D Thanks for the video!
Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other
That Corvette coupe doesn't have the 63 split window. Is it an early 64 Stringray? Or is this the 64 race?
Thats a corvette grandsportth-cam.com/video/cZ9DiyVVN8I/w-d-xo.html
It gave more visibility with out it. A Lot would cut out divide to show they had '64... It was 50-50 on who liked divide or not??.. Looks cool to me? I like both ways... But I'm '64 kinda' guy. But '63's aren't bad either??. I like the big heads and cam of '64 motors. And the better F.I. units. They took another nice step of Fuelie units in '65. '65 unit is the one to have. All there units costs about $10 grand.. Kinda' empties a guy's pocket??.
Aero vettes raced had smaller rear windows to improve chassis stiffness.
When ESPN was a sports station not the political hack it has become.
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