Ferrari Mailing List: Re: WRECKCAR

[Grahame Reinthal (grahame]

Hey Luke,

What a story! I love the mental image of the guy bouncing like a skipping stone.

My grandfather was a bike racer back in his youth. Had a couple of TT trophies and even raced the Isle of Man. Had a Brough Superior - same type of bike that Laurence of Arabia was killed on. Pop must have been charmed because he lived to a ripe old age!

Cheers,

Grahame

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+grahame=reinthal.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Luke Graves
Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2019 4:23 AM
To: Grahame <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] WRECKCAR

 

Grew up in Orlando; Daytona was only 60 miles away.  Rode my lightweight Harley 125 over the first time in '49 when  was 14.  Really crazy stuff; Fireball Roberts, Tim and Tonty Flock, Junior Johnson, Marshal Teague, Crash Tid.  They raced the Mods on Saturday and the Stocks (a new idea then) on Sunday.  This was all on the old 4 mile beach course, 2 miles asphalt and 2 miles beach.  Classic Cracker racing!  Crackers, Red necks and Moonshiners.  But, the absolute wildest ass thing that I have ever seen, was the Bike Races.  All the factory teams from Europe, Triumph, Norton, Moto Gussi plus about 100 Harleys and Indians.  They were doing about 160 back then when they hit the south turn, and there was always a big crash there on the first lap.  Every year that they had the bike race on the old course there was someone killed in the race!  Baad shit man!!! I watched a Brit loose it on the beach main straight and go out into the ocean!  He bounced three times like a skipping rock and wound up on the 3rd sand bar.  He somehow survived.  During Bike Week, those who stood to make some money stayed and everybody else boarded up their businesses and homes with plywood used for Hurricanes and left!  You had to see it, 10,000 or more crazy bikers and all the infamous bike gangs,drunk out of their minds, racing up and down Atlantic Ave.  The only reason my parents let us go, was that we stayed with relatives on the mainland side.  This really brought back the memories guys.

 

Just for grins, Google Crash Tidd!

 

Luke

 

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From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+buyer1=airmail.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Erik Nielsen
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2019 6:35 AM
To: Col Luke Graves
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] WRECKCAR

NASCAR - non athletic sport centered around rednecks.

 

Took mini me on a lap of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway yesterday, the discussion with the docent at the museum was more about the Le Mans cars in the collection and the W198R Mercedes than any of the cars that actually ran the Indy 500...

On Feb 18, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

NASCAR always touts it has the worlds best drivers in their ads 

After yesterdayâ??s race, Iâ??ve seen kids in carts drive better!

What a joke 

Sponsors are going to start making noise 

 

https://autoweek.com/article/monster-energy-nascar-cup/video-crashes-take-out-over-half-nascar-daytona-500-field?utm_source=BreakingNews20190217&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-top&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awbreakingnews

 

 

     RF4-4EVR

 

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

 

If you have no enemies, you have no character !

 

Clyde Romero    

 

 

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