Hi Larry, The first sports car race at Marlboro was 22 May 1955. Duncan Black was probably driving a Lester MG. David...
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Feb 3, 2008 11:10 am
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David, In reviewing Dave Roethel's movies of Marlboro, I came across a scene from the July 1960 six-hour endurance race weekend, where there is a very quick...
Folks, I've heard from the Board of the Washington DC Region, SCCA about my Historian budget for 2008. Basically, the Board is facing a difficult season and...
Steve, I'm sorry to say that I don't think I'll be able to help fund any independent efforts. I'm saving like mad for my trip to Europe in September (a mini...
Steve, count me in. I live close enough that I probably won't need accomodations but would gladly pay for food, beet, etc. Thanks Don Greimel ... From:...
Donald Greimel
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Feb 11, 2008 5:13 pm
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Steve I second Don's statement......... Rick Mandelson ... From: Donald Greimel To: Marlboro_Raceway@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:19 PM ...
I will be glad to help, tell me what you need Pete van der Vate **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL...
Pete, Thank you for your offer. I'll definitely keep that in mind. I'm really not discouraged about the region not funding the event -- things will work out,...
Hi Bob, Penske held the absolute lap record for several years with the Cooper/Telar "single seater sports car." Gordon Tatum claimed that he set the lap...
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Feb 12, 2008 8:37 pm
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I don't recall Penske's record being mentioned in those waning days, and feel the changes in tire technology during the sixties would have left such a record...
Hi Bob, Penske's record was 1.29 something. regards, David...
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Feb 12, 2008 10:25 pm
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Bob Thanks for the kind words but I didn't run the 906 at Marlboro but briefly held the track record at Summit Point in it. I agree with you about Penske and...
... I recall the early SP records being set by FB cars, but held unofficially by Mark Donohue who used the track for testing. He held it for a while in an AMC...
I can tell you something about Pete Sherman's Elva. My father was the next owner of the car. I wasn't old enough to drive SCCA at that point, but I did help...
Folks, Thanks to Stacey Hopkins, the Region's got a program for the last SCCA National at Marlboro, and that issue has all the existing lap records up to that...
Hi Steve, Will wait for the post. Should be most interesting. There was a notebook in the "timing box" that the chief scorer used to bring to each event. In...
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Feb 13, 2008 3:04 am
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I wanted to show a friend what Marlboro was like. There used to be a virtual tour of the track. Is it still out there? How can I find it?...
Don Here you go............. http://www.alliedmotorsports.us/id10.html Your welcome, Rick ... From: Don Haines To: Marlboro_Raceway@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Thank you Don. Ted To:Everyone: The story is excellent but you must go to the link at the end to get full appreciation. The elderly parking lot attendant at...
Folks, As promised, here are the Marlboro track records as of the September 21-22, 1969 SCCA National at Marlboro. This was the last SCCA National staged...
Hi Steve, Thanks for posting. The A/SR and FB numbers are the only times which look like they undercut the early 1960s times of Penske. What is an A/S Sprite? ...
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Feb 15, 2008 4:39 pm
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Before Alzheimer's carries me away, I recall that in those final days Pete and his Elva and Mike Hiss in a FB were trading the lap record. My all too fallible...
Could very well be. I seem to recall being there when I heard Hiss broke the all-time record. But, as I said, that didn't show in this source. Over the weekend...
Folks, As promised, here are the records as indicated in the hardbound ledger book found in Dave Roethel's memorabilia. There is no name in this volums, only a...
I was recently contacted by John Abelin UK who has Duncan Blacks Daimler under restoration. I recall that Paul did Duncan's engine work and John would like to...
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