Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Larry T and Sarti...

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Ah yesh - a chapter in my life with fond memories.  I especially liked it 
when you got us an audience with Pope Max Muhlmann at Gurneys - the guy 
shows up feeling zero pain, is so apologetic he digs into the Gurney goody 
store and fishes out brand new AAR pins - not yet released.  I had an AAR 
sticker on the ol VW windwing so I could park outside Gurneys shop. 
Remember when Twiggy showed up at the Triple level race HQ?  the old tower 
from LAX.  First level was Daddy Big Bucks level.  Seems as if most of the 
older fellows (over 50) brought their daughters to the race.  Next level was 
working press where you have stool and urine sample results to get it and 
top level was racecourse control.  heh heh - and then there was the ancient 
and unrestored Mission Inn.  President Taft had a chair there - was it Taft? 
NO room had ac.  Transoms only.  At night it sounded like an SPCA Kennel 
Club what with all the howling and what not.  Yeah - THOSE were THE days. 
heh heh

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From: <red5hilser [at] aol.com>

To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>

Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:40 AM

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...
Yea, it was in the mid 60's at Riverside Raceway. Every year the L.A. 
Times Grand Prix for sports cars was held in in October, and Clark was 
driving a beautiful British racing green Lotus 19. Back in those days the 
typical grid was filled with F1 names like Clark, both Phil and Graham 
Hill, Dan Gurney, Masten Gregory, Ritchie Ginther, plus American Sports 
Car and USAC regulars like Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones, and 
A.J. Foyt, among a host of others. A standout was in 1958, when 17 
year-old Ricardo Rodriquez brought his brand new silver RSK Spyder for the 
under 2 litre portion of the race. He kicked everybody's ass, including 
Ken Miles. WOW!
Access to the paddock/pit area was no problem either. We either used one 
press pass for entry, then passed it over the fence to get the other 
people in our party?in, one by one, or just simply bluffed our way in. 
Remember Doug? Wandering the pits was no problem either. I've got a a 
photo of my son, Willi Dieter sitting in the cockpit of Nelson Piquet's 
Brabham in the pits at Long Beach in the '70s.
If anyone has a copy of John Zimmermann's book, 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing 
Cars,' turn to page 42. Yea, that's me in the picture, holding the 
refueling hose, over the wall in the hot pits helping,?while Dan refuled 
during a pitstop on his way to winning the 1967 Rex Mayes 300 Indy Car 
race at Riverside.
Ach, those were the days --? Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba

-----Original Message-----
From: Regards
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...

Larry.....

Super story about Colin Chapman and your friend! Obviously, the concept of

customer service wasn't wasted on Mr. Chapman. I was a big Jim Clark and

Lotus fan in early/mid 60's, before Chapman's creations started killing

drivers.  It is too bad that both Clark and Chapman were taken much form 
us

much too early. Ferrari Willi (aka, Bubba) had the good fortune to meet 
Jim

Clark and described him as friendly and reserved. Ach, those were the 
days.

Regards
-----Original Message-----
From: LarryT
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...
Oh yeah, it's all coming back now.  It's obviously time for me to watch it
again ;-)  Actually, my wife bought me a copy of GP on DVD not too long
ago - I already have a copy on VHS so my collection is complete - maybe a
little too complete --
Anyway, time to watch it again and refrech my memory.  You;re right about

the missing Lotus - very unfortunate as they were the ultimate team at the

time.  Course, knowing how CC operated he probably asked for a piece of 
the

action in exchange for his team's participation!  Even if it was just his

logo!  He was ever vigilent for funding.
I had a Lotus years ago as did a friend.  One Saturday he was working on 
his
and had a question/   He got on the phone and called UK - got thru to 
Lotus

and asked to speak to someone about a technical question.  A few minutes

later a Brit answered and helped him with his problem.   As they were

getting ready to say good bye my friend asked for his name so he could add

it to his notes for future reference (engineers, you know how we are)  and

to his surprice the voice on the phone says Colin CHapman.  How cool is

THAT?
Well, better go - time to do some grilling -
;-)
Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Petrick" <rtpetrick [at] comcast.net>

To: "'LarryT'" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>

Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:17 PM

Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...
It was Brian Bedford playing the quintessential Brit racer, Scott
Stoddard.....supposedly a Jim Clark clone. The logic broke down however,
as
Lotus was not represented in the film, so Stoddard drove for Jordan BRM
(interesting team name). Further, if I remember correctly, Stoddard's
helmet
had a band of Tartan plaid around it, similar to Jackie Stewart. I don't
think the film ever identified clearly whether Stoddard was English or
Scottish, but his dead brother, Roger, drove a BRG Vanwall F1, with which
Scott kicked off the second act after the intermission. The sound of the
idle was really great with the lumpy full-race cam.
Regards

About the air cannon - I knew it was used to send Garner into Monaco

Harbor

and I believe the guy who was passing Garner at that moment (what was his

name? it's on the tip of my tongue!) that nearly ended his career was 
sent

against the rock wall -

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From: Doug and Terri Anderson (dntdock.net)
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:06:12 -0700 (PDT)