Sebring Historics and a couple from Crash-o-rama

Two weeks ago, I went the Sebring Historic races. They were lightly attended and this bitch named Sandy was causing trouble all up and down the eastern seaboard. I left my house on Friday and the storm was passing to the east about a 100 miles. We had a lot of wind and rain but by the time we got to Sebring, it was ending. We drove by the track on Friday and it was raining, so we went to the State Park to set up camp. Raining all the way to the gate and then the sun popped out!

We set up camp, had a beer and about an hour later a squall rolled through. Lasted about 10 minutes rained hard, then that was it, she was on her way to NJ. Meanwhile I was missing the surf of a lifetime back home:


A spot I surf fairly often about 20 minutes from my house looking like somewhere in the Pacific.

Worst part of this was after 2 days of racing action, I was stuck in Disney with my wife and daughter and missed the waves of a lifetime. Well I'll have to make a few trips to get over it, lol.

Back to the cars:

Walking in I saw a Healey......psych!, a kit car sporting a crate 350 (nice) and an auto trans (not so nice ). Didn't even talk to the owner as it was a vendor type of thing, and having the real deal, I'll pass at the not so cheap imitation.




Cool Beemer, know nothing about it.




Mmm Big Block

The badges showed this as a RS/SS car.





This car owner was a one man show. Driver, pit crew, etc, etc. Bought the car in Cali off the side of
a mountain, made it a clone of the Le Mans car. It was pretty tight and I'm not a big Vette fan, I LOVED this car.

One of two ORGINAL Shelby's at the race. Both were run by the same crew.


Shelby Heaven. These are all the real deal per the guys in the pit.




Ideas for a Paint scheme, although this one is a 67 and we have a 68


practice lap


As long as your money is good....anyone can take a lap.


driving a cobra the way it was meant to be

This 289 Cobra had a quite a storied race history (read the placard in the pit), one of 5 I think factory built 289 race cars.......driving it like he stole it!


The vette making the rounds, 427 inches of bad assery


Diggin it

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These two were racing for real in the qualifier. I have video of the camaro mowing the lawn on the left (he never caught back up after his little offroad adventure).



two GT40s running the course and taking no prisoners.





I remember this Prosche from the '80s


Nice shot of my buddy Dave at Aurburdale Speedway. Time lapse showing the short bus giving rides to the kids on the figure 8.


FIgure 8 pace car!


We got ourselves a bus race!

The highlight was the trailer race. Here is the Youtube from the April race. Video can't begin to capture the pure mayhem that this race is....

Great pics john, thanks,.
It would be a blast to run a wagon around that track,.

The 69 Z has a small block,. i think,... tall fabbed valvecovers 4 hold down bolts,

Love the pic of the old 427 torquing the whole car ,.

IF i won the lottery etc,.i'd finish out my days doing as much racing (for fun) as i could,.
something fun like a 'bu wgn, short stroke gen1 with weslake heads,.stratosphere shift points,.
just for the fun of it,.
As much as i don't like woody's,. A full size rmw woody would look interesting dressed up for racing,.


Nick
frustrated boy racer,...

Thanks Jon....

Good grief! Even of making a lap was free, I wouldn't be caught dead doing it in a Prius.