Justa A Car Guy: SCCA racecar

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

One of two 1961 Corvettes special ordered by Don Yenko Chevrolet for delivery to Grady Davis - of Gulf Oil Research and Development fame, made with the special factory speed parts that Duntov could equip it with

Going up for auction at Mecum’s January 24-29, 2012 Kissimmee Florida event, possesses a host of rare options and a provenance worthy of the velvet rope treatment at any of the world’s finest auto museums or vintage races. Gulf Oil sponsored and driven to an SCCA B-Production national championship by the likes of Dr. Dick “The Flying Dentist” Thompson and Don Yenko, it stands as one the most successful and important production-based Corvette race cars ever constructed.

Upon delivery to Don Yenko Chevrolet and then Grady Davis, Number 11 was prepped for the Twelve Hours of Sebring where it was piloted by Don Yenko and Ben Moore to a third place finish. The Corvette was then moved to SCCA competition where, again in Yenko’s hands, it won Virginia, Cumberland, Bridgehampton, Dunkirk, and Lime Rock. A good season, this. Except these were just the first five races. At the sixth race at Meadowvale, competitors grumbled. Rumors spread. Soon, tech inspectors pulled the Corvette and found the car was running an aluminum flywheel and not, as required by SCCA rules, one made of steel. Though legal in the FIA races in which Number 11 first competed, the part’s presence at an SCCA B-Production race earned Yenko a six-month suspension.

Competitors sighed with relief. Grady Davis called Dr Dick Thompson.

Sitting in Number 11’s race seat, Thompson picked up where Yenko left off and drove the Corvette to victory Bridgehampton, Indianapolis, Thompson, Road America and Watkins Glen. In the half-season spent with the Corvette, Thompson won every race and the B-Production National Championship

photos from http://www.sportscardigest.com/duntovs-secret-corvette-gulf-oil-race-car/ via the Vintage Racing League weekly newsletter

Monday, January 2, 2012

Ronnie Kaplan's #33 Javelin... 1970 Trans Am race car, it's a Red White and Blue color scheme I haven't seen before

Ronnie was the Javelin Trans Am team leader 1967-1969 and a conversation about his time racing is here: http://www.tajavelin.com/penske_kaplan.html

Found on http://homeracingworld.yuku.com/topic/24746/javelin-livery

Get your Red White and Blue TA Javelin fix at http://www.tajavelin.com/photos.html

Sunday, November 13, 2011

AMX #33 racing in the SCCA in 1968, cool color scheme

I think I found this on http://asaucerfulofwheels.tumblr.com/

Friday, September 23, 2011

Speedfest starts tomorrow at North Island Naval Air Station, more racecars, more airplane and helicopter displays, and the "Military Pit Crew Challenge"

A big variety of factory race cars, NASCAR racecars, entreprenuerial racers, and drifters too

Race cars that haven't been here before were found in the Pits

and MINI's! About 8 Mini's are going tobe racing in the under 2 liter class (last year there may have been one)

Wander all over the pits, you will stumble across all kinds of cool things (I found the STIG)

New aircraft displays!

the Military Pit Crew Challenge has teams from the Navy and the Marine Corps racing the each other to turn in the fastest time to change the tires and fuel a car... it's for bragging rights, and might become a coast to coast challenge.. totally safe, using water into tanks with pcv dump tubes instead of gas... then reusing the water for the next team. (safe, clean, reuseable)

So head over to Coronado Island if you are in San Diego, bothe Saturday and Sunday, and have a great time. Test drive Corvettes or Camaros, see the great big car show behind the grand stands, watch the races, check out the repairs and maintenance in the pits, and spot celebs.... Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage has at least one car racing, I've seen Carroll Shelby here in the past, Adam Corolla races every year... never know what you'll find at the race track