two ways of seeing the parts that make a Cheetah

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1527314779393560&set=a.129037749221277

A Cheetah at Goodwood's Festival of Speed

I haven't seen a Cheetah at SEMA since 2009

 

looking at Goodwood from the inside of a Cheetah, both up the hill, and around the track thanks Robert K!

I'd trade a kidney for a weekend with a racetrack and a race ready Cheetah

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5156036-Vintage-photos-Awesome!&p=82075877&viewfull=1#post82075877

Cheetahs sure had a cool shape

what a strange decision in tires

what the hell? White walls on a Cheetah? Did Huggy Bear take it to the tire shop?

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricVehicleAssociation/photos/a.2614318785250983/2614320638584131/?type=3&theater

the Silodrome (exceptionally good site, but it's high quality, low quantity) has a great gallery on this Cheetah GT

https://silodrome.com/bill-thomas-cheetah-gt/

the Cheetah Transporter, once owned by Dean Moon, but when Dean went to do an engine swap for a ZL1, everything stalled, and he did nothing more with it, neither did the next owner. Well, 12 years since the most recent owner got it, and still nothing has been done with it since 1971, but an engine swap

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/11/07/barn-find-hunter-cheetah-transporter

maybe 4 or 5 years from now it will get some attention and even be ready to drive

other than getting married, picking up a new sports car must be the coolest thing you can celebrate until the bill is due

This one of the few street cars produced by Bill Thomas, (#007), for Alan Green Chevrolet. Alan's wife drove it on the street, but it was also raced for a time, on track and strip. It has been fully restored to original street configuration, and was for sale in Hemmings, for $795,000.. One of only 12 original Cheetahs left in existence

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/permalink/1310021492477797/

pondering a warm up of 40kph (25mph) before breakfast

A cheetah can sprint to 75 mph for short bursts.... and it is the only cat with claws that do not retract

Only half of the chases, which last from 20 - 60 seconds, are successful.

In 1900, there were over 100,000 cheetahs across their historic range. Today,only about 10,000 cheetahs remain in the wild in Africa.

The Cheetah

I just learned that Magnetic Brain ( a favorite high quality racing blog that stopped posting in 2013) switched over to facebook, and posts a lot more frequently now!

So enjoy more at https://www.facebook.com/TheMagneticBrain?fref=photo

National Geographic photo contest runner up, Cheetahs and a Land Rover

Masai Mara national park, Kenya.© Yanai Bonneh
found on http://pixtale.net/2013/08/winners-of-the-2013-national-geographic-traveler-photo-contest/

John emailed me his photos from the Nov 5th and 6th SCCA race at War Bonnet Raceway, Mannford Oklahoma

1967 L88

The Cheetah

Don Yenko and the DX Sponsored Corvette

 Above, Formula Ford and Shelby Mustang in the background

McLaren

Porsche 904

ASR, that was SCCA class A Sports Racer... run what ya brung that is big, and doesn't belong in other classes