Ferrari Mailing List: Re: USGP

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

>> LS notes “It helps to be pit crew for one of the pre war Bugatti, Talbot Lago GP outfits. The special wristbands get you into a lot of non-Laguna Seca events for free.”

 

Nifty – I like free.

 

But this was a major event for the CanAm – and as compared to NASCAR in the same mid-sixties era – those passes were child’s play.

 

Picture this – 1967, January, Riverside Raceway and NASCAR is going race on its first (or at least modern) road race track.  This was the era when females were NOT allowed in the garages OR pits.  Not even Christine Jorgensen could make it past the Goon Squad.  We had passes to get passes.  A pass to get into the race, another to get into paddock, another to get into garages, a big button to get into pits and another to get onto the hot grid.  Shoot – even the firemen HAD to have passes.

 

Now that said – (heh heh) day of the race, guess who forgets his stack of passes?  Me, oh no.  Well who then?  None other than one Mr. A.J (smilin’) Foyt.  OwwwwEeee that was fun to watch.  A.J could NOT get past the Garage Pit Goon Squad to get into his car to get to the pit to race.

 

Yes – the Goon Squad was VERY apologetic to “Mr. Foyt.”  But they would NOT let him thru.  A mad dash by someone back to Mission Inn and return with passes allowed A.J. (not so jovial) Foyt to race that day.  Heh heh. 

 

That WAS fun to watch, considering A.J. (smilin’) Foyt had a temperament that when his Coyote Indy race car started giving him ignition trouble in the race at first Indy 500 trying out automatic electronic lap counters by attaching a black box to the cars Mr. Foyt his-self came into the pits, screeching to halt at his pit, un-buckled himself, jumped out of the car, went to the tool chest and got the biggest inertia press (highly technical racing term for hammer) and pounded the little box to smithereens and off his Coyote race car.  Shucks, all in a days work.  Sheeeesh.  Oh yeah, apparently that little box wasn’t the problem.

 

Ach – those WERE the days.  Heh heh

 

DOUG

 

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From: LS [mailto:lashdeep [at] yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:16 AM
To: Doug and Terri Anderson
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

Those days are still alive somewhere...ask me the next time (aka first time) we meet up for a beer.

It helps to be pit crew for one of the pre war Bugatti, Talbot Lago GP outfits. The special wristbands get you into a lot of non-Laguna Seca events for free.

LS

 

 

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From: Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2012 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

Picture this – 1968, I have to cover the CanAm race at Laguna Seca and its Wednesday before the race.  I have no place to stay. 

 

Not to worry says Ferrari Bubba, aka Ferrari Willi – go to the Lighthouse Lodge on the corner of Asilomar and Lighthouse – you’ll get in.  Why?  There are reservations?  Nope – they don’t take reservations over the phone. 

 

So I putt up there, arrive at 10:00 at night go to the lit up porch and bang on the office door.  One very old and sleepy Japanese man answers – looks at me – shoves the registration card across the counter and points to “$17 up front” for the night and sends me off to cabin 12.  Thurs, Fri, Sat – all $17 a night.  Cabins have old John Steinbeck linoleum floors and a wall heater.  I can hear a buoys bell down on the ocean.

 

Looking back – dang that was cool. 

 

Cabins and the Japanese man are gone and in its place is a new Lighthouse Lodge at a gazillion $’s a night during the hot season.

 

Alas

 

DOUG

 

It was that race we razor bladed extra worthless #44 general admit passes into #14 paddock passes.  With the help of Bud of course – lots of Bud.  Those days are gone.

 

 

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From: italiacars [at] aol.com [mailto:italiacars [at] aol.com]
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 3:21 PM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

Go to Monterey weekend then talk about outrageous hotel prices.

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On Sep 7, 2012, at 2:40 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

I may be spoiled. The Canadian GP is 10x more fun (better food, drink, night life, weather, police, women, women, WOMEN, car culture, hotels, public transport, etc. ) for less than the cost of Indy.

The Euro races are much more expensive for sure.

LS

 

 

 

central

wines-spirits   est 1934

 

625 e street nw

washington, dc 20004

 

centralwines.com

 

facebook.com/CentralLiquors

 

202-737-2800

 

 

 

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From: Stephen Sherman <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

 

We stayed in Anderson, North of Indy.

We talked to europeans, that said Indy was a bargain, even with airfare, hotels, car rental it was cheaper than their home GP's.

 

Stephen

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:59 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

Indy was good but still overpriced for what it was...the hotels were as expensive as the ones in Montreal which is 10x the fun as a vacation.

 

 

 

central

wines-spirits   est 1934

 

625 e street nw

washington, dc 20004

 

centralwines.com

 

facebook.com/CentralLiquors

 

202-737-2800

 

 

 

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From: "jashburne [at] aol.com" <jashburne [at] aol.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] USGP

The races at Indy were the bargains of the century. I had a blast meeting up with Clyde , Rick Lindsay and many other Listers at the 2002 race.

Scalped a seat in the stands across from the pits at half price and moved back and forth between there and th FList group in the Turn 1 stands for a total cost of less than the grandstand ticket.

Unfortunately Bernie forces tracks to up the prices because he takes so much off the top.


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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 08:44:53
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