one last cool photo to close out the week

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Haas Boraxo Lola T332 Chev, 1975, SCCA / USAC Formula 5000

https://www.facebook.com/groups/527146584145263/permalink/3251307371729157

the golden age of sports car racing IMHO

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Original 1963 Dolphin SCCA race car body Built by Dolphin in El Cajon. Owned by Otto Zipper and driven by Ken Miles

 

and it's for sale https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1071949742265691

The 44th running of Lime Rock's Historic Festival

Refueling the Penske Sunoco Camaro at Watkins Glen, Aug '69. Hard to believe that they were ok with splashing a gallon over the trunk and his own shoes (that's going to ITCH!)

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coffee and donuts videos for your Saturday morning... 1st video is about 90 seconds to get you in the mood, for the 2nd video, about 12 minutes of outstanding 1970 SCCA Trans Am racing that has a lot more footage of Parnelli than any video I've seen before

via  https://www.youtube.com/@TheTransAmSeries

The starting grid at a 1954 race held at Torrey Pines (LaJolla/Del Mar/San Diego) where the gold course currently is.

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tube-frame race car Volvo 1800 (thank you Doug for telling me about BAT weird and wonderful!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/volvo-1800-scca-gt-x-spo-race-car

I don't think it's going to out perform a Mustang or Corvette, but I WOULD LOVE to see it try

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The 289 Cobra is CSX 2009, driven by Bill Knauer at Watkins Glen in August, 1971... Warren Agor in a 69Camaro ran into the Cobra. The Cobra had an impressive race record starting with the Nassau Speed Weeks in 1962.

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great action shot of an SCCA Datsun 1200

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an extensive and terrific list of all the cheating methods and devices in racing, some are pure genius, some are incredibly imaginative innovations. I posted just my favorites, the rest are at the link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/808547945893612/posts/24926999833621753/

My favorites are:

cars that picked up the start clock signal and released the cars from the stage start with zero drivers reaction times, but the FIA had a hunch they were doing it so just before the actual start signal, they broadcasted a fake one that got all of the cheaters to jump the start at the 1999 European grand prix

Skip the first 45 seconds

titanium hubs sprayed with metallic paint so the magnet would stick.

traction control chip in the MSD box.

frame rail and fire extinguisher filled with nitrous

Pro stock would run weak oil rings and loose guides so they consumed oil. Then used Used Top Fuel Oil contaminated with Nitro Methane

Alan Johnson Top Fuel car using huge amount of connection wiring from ignition control unit changing the rev limiter ceiling

Ryan Newman engineered a carburetor that didn't go against NASCAR rules but was ultimately banned because it had lower CFM to optimize fuel mileage with only a 2 HP loss. Hence gaining 7 extra laps on a tank of fuel

Gary Nelson’s pumps inside the gas dump cans to speed up the fueling time, had mercury switches so when can was upside down it turned on

SCCA late 50's into the 60's cars with tail light cut out switches to suck competitor's deeper into the corners, causing them to spin

Jim Hall’s Chaparral had a switch mated to the accelerator, which activated when the throttle pedal was deactivated. The tail lights came on before the brake pedal was ever touched, giving the impression that the brakes were applied before the brake pedal was depressed. The following car would therefore brake before the Chaparral.

Penske’s TransAm Camaros and Javelins with two gallon filler necks on the fuel tanks, because the rulebook only specified the size of the tank

Smokey's extra tall front bumper that effectively was an air dam

Stirling moss actually synchronized his watch with that of the starter. Other drivers watched for the flag to drop, Stirling was watching the second hand on his watch.

the Lancia rally team manager paid for a bunch of salt spread on roads overnight, then next morning Lancia were the only team on proper tarmac tires, everyone else expected snow on the roads.

SCCA spec racer w/ spec chassis and suspension. An accident 'repair' led to a narrowed chassis that added negative camber. Took a while for inspectors to catch it.

Knaus/Johnson getting caught drilling 1/128” holes in valve stems so the tires could be filled to the “hot” psi and as the tire heats up it bleeds off excess pressure to maintain optimum pressure.

Penske used 25kg, 55lb mufflers, to move the weight lower in the can in Australian touring cars.

The 77-year-old law professor, who was former karate instructor in his 50s and a SCCA race car driver in his 60s, recently decided to enlist in the police academy. He's the oldest police recruit / rookie ever in California

"I guess the first class at the police academy, the first thing that you notice is how old you are by comparison,” he joked. “I'm old enough to be the grandpa, not the father, the grandpa. The biggest intimidation factor was of course, the physical part of it. It is physical with the push-ups, the sit-ups, the running up and down stairs, and the weightlifting."

But Myers did make it. After 10 months in the academy, Myers graduated with the rest of Class 5724 in November.

After a lengthy background check, Myers recently began working on the UOP campus. In doing so, Myers is now the oldest known law enforcement rookie in California history.

He is working the overnight shift and still teaching during the day.

“You can call this retirement if you want,” Myers joked. “It's my version of retirement."

https://www.kcra.com/article/oldest-police-rookie-california-history/65468793

the San Diego SCCA Region Autocross, is Sunday October 5th, 2025, at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium.

https://sdrscca.motorsportreg.com/events/san-diego-scca-autocross-oct-5th-lake-elsinore-storm-stadium-solo-144274

Sunoco allowed a car club at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio to display the Javelin show car. Except for the engine, it was 100% race ready.

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rarely seen Cross Boss manifold with the top cover removed, a factory over the parts counter option, the retail example of Ford’s SCCA Trans-Am-winning homologation effort, manufactured by Buddy Bar Casting in California

 

SCCA tech inspectors ruled the Inline Autolite four-barrel illegal. 

 Fortunately, Mustang team owner Bud Moore had been developing his own intake setup simultaneously with Ford’s efforts—Moore’s intake being known as the “Mini-Plenum.” Moore’s setup used a traditional Holley carb, so he wasn’t pushing the rules in the same manner as Ford. After the Inline was DQ’d, the Ford team made a quick switch to Moore’s intakes, and the rest is pretty well history—Bud Moore Boss 302s won the 1970 Trans-Am manufacturer’s championship.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/running-down-a-dream

There is a free online driver development program that offers advice from the very best and most successful drivers completely for free, the Road Racing Drivers Club. (thank you Judy!)

About 300 contributors from Formula 1, IndyCar, IMSA and other top-level championships have been featured in video tutorials to bring together drivers, team bosses, engineers and other motorsport professionals who want to give back to the sport

https://www.youtube.com/@SAFEisFAST

The Road Racing Drivers Club was formed in 1952 as a way to give champion drivers a say in their sport, particularly in the areas of safety, and has evolved to serve the future of road racing by mentoring new drivers on both amateur and professional levels. 

The Mark Donohue Foundation was created by the RRDC in 2017 to support the SAFEisFAST initiative. https://rrdc.org/mark-donohue-foundation. 

The Club's membership is by invitation only and includes champion race-car drivers, leading industry professionals and race officials

https://safeisfast.com/

Someone in Ohio scored a cool barn find SCCA racer AMX!

https://musclecarandcorvettenationals.blogspot.com/2025/04/DerekBieriToAppearatMCACN.html

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back when Pepsi and Coca Cola sponsored stock car racing

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