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Dammit Gary, I TOLD you the car and the man is [was] Crossle, NOT Crossley, drop the Y !

OK, I guess by age I am indeed "vintage" !
And being vinatage my tech "skill" are really limited but see if these work for you and your fther.

tentenths.com, then forums look at Historic Racing...

I assume you have found the data available on both Old Racing Cars and on 10/10ths in the historic chassis history section.
There do appear to be some blanks regarding the exact history and...

Keith, as far as my recall goes I never had a logbook until 1972 in the NEDiv.
Definitely NOT in '68-'69-'70-'71 for sure.

I suspect there might be a Crossle S2 owner lurking here, or checking in on occasion.
This post is I response to Paul McMorran, the owner of Crossle Cars in N Ireland who contacted me looking...

Jim Morgan, he of the questionable boorish behavior ?
Really ?

Chris Bernard, if you get this please contact me, I misplaced your phone number and want to chat/call you back.
Mike rand

Agnif,
MPSC was me driving like I was out for a Sunday drive.
The exhaustion of getting to the Sunday of the 40th after Steve Beelers and my 2 years of organization [ never my strong point as you...

Garey,
Absolutely correct, I was, as said, wanking around in he mid 30's till the rain came.
Between a huge number of spinners and folks staying on the slippery dry line, I thought I was a hero !...

Ric,
I hate to burst your fragile bubble but when I passed you in the rain on Sunday at Elkhart at the 40th, I was on slicks like we all were as the rain came up unexpectedly.
That was a lesson in...

Jeff,
Mike Rand here, Beelers partner n the 40th.
Ed is correct mostly.
While the Rd Am 50th looks to be well supported Steve his made it clear only Kent or Cortina powered FF's will be allowed....

If this is the same Tom Watson who ran a March FC car a bit later I did know him.
At one point, early-md 1980's, a Tom Watson was general manager at Road America, and subsequently I seem to recall...

For the record guys, Fred Opert passed away in 2016.
Accurate however to say there are sketchy records of his decades of race car importing and sales and race teams.
Most of us who did business...

Well John , at the 40th at Elkhart there were several groups that had 100 + !
Grid and F&C simply could not believe their eyes !
Sadly neither your own good self, nor RB Haynes, nor JJ Carlin, or...

Someone out there must have seen or have access to or can point us n the right direction to look at the SVRA/IMS Open Wheel entry list ?
All being well after the Right Coast season opener at NJMP...

Thanks for all the information.
Yes, I believe the previous Modified classes became A-B-C-D Sports Racing in 1968, according to the excellent research tool I have, a 2001 SCCA Runoffs Media Guide. ...

Hello sports racers !
I am researching the evolution of SCCAs sports racing classes from the mid 1950's Modified classes, through the mid 1960's A through H Sports Racing classes.
How and when...

I am on a research path trying to define the evolution of the SCCA Sports Racing classes through the years .
Engine displacements being most significant from the transition of the initial Modified...

Aaron, I can't believe Hilton Tallman has yet to enter after his spring ranting about FC turnouts, bark at him !

It appears no one has actually looked at the Supps ?
Group2 is small formula, FF/CF/FV/F5/FST, while group 6 is big and fast open wheelers and sports racers [prototypes].
As the post was in FB...

Aaron,
FB ?
If you are referring to Tracys obsession facebook I do not , never have, prolly never will.....Facebook that is !

If you check the motorsport reg site for the NARRC Runoffs today there are 5 entered so far with a known 2-3 further expected.
Entered are, alphabetically, Callo, MacNichol, Rand, Roux, Venturino...

Just want to make sure Agnif et al understand Rand has absolutely nothing to do with FRP/F4/any of this ridiculous situation.
Unless sitting in the shade with a beverage observing the cartoons...

Ian, they are yours as the first person to put a hand up !
We need to figure out who and when you or someone else can get them at LRP......
Glad they are going to a good guy !

I want to sell my second set of BRAND NEW Avons, unscrubbed, and will save the buyer 25%+ off new price, $800, fob Sharon, CT, 5 miles from Lime Rock.
Mike Rand
michaelrand37@gmail.com.

Any news at all about this phantom F4 "test" at NJMP ?

Yeah, and that chorus would be right, by the way......
Open wheel ain't even remotely like anything anyone has been in, even a pricey high line allegedly "super car" street legal anything.......

I believe some of the National F4 series actually have age limitations, like 14-18 max age maybe, or did I come up with that over cocktail hour while trolling this thread...
Yup, drives one to...

Lewis Carroll and Ralph Stedman would not have been able to understand this foolishness.....not with any pharmaceuticals known to man !

Hope that is not to obscure a reference ......

Ralph Stedman would be hard pressed to do this justice....
But he'd do Trump to a T !

SCCA Pro has announced THEY are doing a F4 series for 2016.
Curiousier and curiousier said the church mouse to Alice......

Used Tattus chassis won't do you any good as USF4 is a Mygale series.....
It is all becoming ever so much clearer with every day and almost every post.
Hey, maybe the FL15 can be a sub-group ?

Well said Richard......

I have the initial book and would like to get in line for Pauls new version with great anticipation.
The faithful 30F [except last time out but that is another post in another thread...] sharing...

Answered my own question.
For both of you readers who may care, Gordon Fowell had nothing to do with any Brabham, not the BT40 or any other.
His claim to fame, such as it was, he passed...

I may have answered my question through close examination of the great book "A- Z of Formula Racing Cars 1945-1990" by David Hodges.
I now believe the name was Gordon Fowell, a relativelu under...

Can anyone tell me the name of a designer at Brabham, Motor Racing Developments, at or about the time when Jack was gone and Ron sold to Bernie E.
Geoff Ferris is often listed as the designer of...

Thanks Pop, I can wait for them to get it all posted.
How was the event from your perspective ?
Certainly impressive entry.
Schedule looked all but impossible to pull off anywhere near to...

Anyone have a link to the weekends results from IMS ? The SVRA site has either not posted them yet or you need a secret code to access.....

Bill H, EAC, etc, guys, yes the "straight" at Thompson is indeed 3000 feet [6/10s of a mile] BUT there is a very long duration double apex right hander about 800 feet into said straight that is sure...

Derek is absolutely right.
I have a sale sheet of maybe 5 pages from Fred Opert announcing the "All new for 1973" BT40 from MRD [the Ecclestone owned Motor Racing Developments aka Brabham] an the...

Jeff,
When you do jump in it you to will fall in love with it, the flat bottom early-mid-late '70's Atlantics are the best.
We should try to show up at the same event sometime.....

Derek, what is for sale ? I tried the website and while there are some gorgeous women I didn't see any race cars for sale ?
Or was I just to distracted ?
I have had several responses from people...

Stan, as usual, is spot on.
It is indeed the ex-Ken Duclos Brabham BT40 that won at Rd Atlanta in 1973 and 1974.
Standard issue 4 valve BD for 1974, we were still running twincams in 1973,...

Allen,
In the research does the M4A Duncan Dayton has been running pfr years not show up ?
Does that add a question mark over one or more known or mystery cars ?
Love your efforts, as always.
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Yes, my fix it when it breaks maintenance method caught up with me that day !
But made it back for the next session if my ever more failing memory serves.....
Damn good thing it is a Crossle, the...

Hey Joe,
You are spot on my friend, they are getting a cleaning and light media blast then crack testing/\.
All being well keyfos would be the final step, nice black rims like many cars around...

The Late Charlie [Chuck] Dietrich kept his BT40 wheels absolutely gorgeous and none of us could figure out how.
Or why !
No enclosed trailers in the early-mid 1970's, so you get them all polished...

The 4th of July Open Wheel only weekend is much more than on, it is going to be 6 race groups each featuring single class races, two sessions each day each group, Friday through Sunday, to include...

Thanks for the as ever great advice from all, well, maybe except for PF !
Really, thanks to everyone, I'll follow p way later this year with a report.