Monday, December 26, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Laguna Seca 1963
Although I've posted the 1963 Laguna Seca race previously, I'm doing it again to keep the sequence in order.
Watkins Glen '63 is next
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
1963 Pensacola USRRC and the first Manufacturer's race
To continue the story, here are the text pages from the second race of the 1963 season, at Pensacola. These races were held at the Corry Field, Naval Air Station, with major SCCA races from 1959 through 1964.
The 1963 race at Pensacola was significant for being the first USRRC race to include the Manufacturer's Championship cars and for being the only Mfr's race NOT won by a Cobra.
The 1963 race at Pensacola was significant for being the first USRRC race to include the Manufacturer's Championship cars and for being the only Mfr's race NOT won by a Cobra.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The USRRC Story unfolds
I posted the following on my Dead Pedal Press facebook page and for those who choose to not go there, I am putting the same info here.
I still have a few copies of USRRC left. There are about 3 left without the bumper box for $85. The rest are $100 for media mail shipping, or $115 for Priority Mail shipping. If you're interested, send payment via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Or send a check to Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island, WA 98282.
Since there are few copies left, I'm going to start posting the text of the book, probably a race a week. I'm going to start off by posting the Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements pages, followed by the Intro to the book, the Intro to the 1963 season and the first race at Daytona. Enjoy.
I still have a few copies of USRRC left. There are about 3 left without the bumper box for $85. The rest are $100 for media mail shipping, or $115 for Priority Mail shipping. If you're interested, send payment via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Or send a check to Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island, WA 98282.
Since there are few copies left, I'm going to start posting the text of the book, probably a race a week. I'm going to start off by posting the Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements pages, followed by the Intro to the book, the Intro to the 1963 season and the first race at Daytona. Enjoy.
In the between post time, I am continuing to work on the history of the Shadow Racing Team for Dalton Watson Fine Books.
The USRRC Story unfolds
I posted the following on my Dead Pedal Press facebook page and for those who choose to not go there, I am putting the same info here.
I still have a few copies of USRRC left. There are about 3 left without the bumper box for $85. The rest are $100 for media mail shipping, or $115 for Priority Mail shipping. If you're interested, send payment via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Or send a check to Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island, WA 98282.
Since there are few copies left, I'm going to start posting the text of the book, probably a race a week. I'm going to start off by posting the Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements pages, followed by the Intro to the book, the Intro to the 1963 season and the first race at Daytona. Enjoy.
I still have a few copies of USRRC left. There are about 3 left without the bumper box for $85. The rest are $100 for media mail shipping, or $115 for Priority Mail shipping. If you're interested, send payment via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Or send a check to Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island, WA 98282.
Since there are few copies left, I'm going to start posting the text of the book, probably a race a week. I'm going to start off by posting the Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements pages, followed by the Intro to the book, the Intro to the 1963 season and the first race at Daytona. Enjoy.
In the between post time, I am continuing to work on the history of the Shadow Racing Team for Dalton Watson Fine Books.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Shadowing
I have to pinch myself. I have a new gig, doing interviews, writing photo captions and editing the text for the upcoming Shadow Racing Team book. My thanks to author, Stephen Page and Glyn Morris from Dalton Watson Fine Books for the wonderful opportunity.
Does anyone have some good Shadow stories? If so, feel free to call me at 425-530-8021, or email me at grimeheel62@wavecable.com.
In the meantime, see below for a special offer of my USRRC book.
Does anyone have some good Shadow stories? If so, feel free to call me at 425-530-8021, or email me at grimeheel62@wavecable.com.
In the meantime, see below for a special offer of my USRRC book.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Labor Day Special - 1963 Laguna Seca USRRC
Here's a sample of what's in my book "A Record of the USRRC". Charlie Parsons won the '63 Laguna Seca race in his father-in-law's Lotus 23. It was a great race and I thank my friend, Allen Kuhn for letting me use his wonderful photos.
In anticipation of Labor Day, I'm offering a special price of $90 for a brand new copy of my book shipped via media mail. Send via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Will ship the next working day. Or feel free to send a check to: Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island WA 98282-7663.
Here is the front cover of the book.
In anticipation of Labor Day, I'm offering a special price of $90 for a brand new copy of my book shipped via media mail. Send via Paypal to: grimeheel62@wavecable.com. Will ship the next working day. Or feel free to send a check to: Mike Martin, 910 Secord Ct., Camano Island WA 98282-7663.
Here is the front cover of the book.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
How lucky do you feel? Below is a $45 chance to win a lifetime subscription to the best Grand Prix magazine on the face of the earth.
Win a lifetime subscription to GP+
I don’t know if you have noticed, but GP+ has a bit of a promotion going on..
Read the following…
We were watching the recent US lottery and noticed that people like to dream about getting something of value with a little help from Lady Luck. So, we thought, why not offer a life-time subscription (that goes for your life and the life of GP+) to anyone who subscribes to the magazine for 2016 (the archives not count) in the course of the next seven days.
The deadline for entries in this lottery will be 11.00 GMT on Tuesday, February 2. And the winner will be picked soon afterwards and informed immediately. We will also publicise the name of the winner, unless the person has any real objection to the idea. The winner will then get his or her 2016 subscription refunded and access to the magazine for free from then onwards until either party dies.
If you have already bought a subscription for 2016, don’t worry, you can buy a gift subscription and the buyer (rather than the gift recipient) will be entered in the lottery.
Please feel free to circulate this information to all your friends in racing. The prize, by the way, is not transferable.
Let the sales begin…
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Read the following…
We were watching the recent US lottery and noticed that people like to dream about getting something of value with a little help from Lady Luck. So, we thought, why not offer a life-time subscription (that goes for your life and the life of GP+) to anyone who subscribes to the magazine for 2016 (the archives not count) in the course of the next seven days.
The deadline for entries in this lottery will be 11.00 GMT on Tuesday, February 2. And the winner will be picked soon afterwards and informed immediately. We will also publicise the name of the winner, unless the person has any real objection to the idea. The winner will then get his or her 2016 subscription refunded and access to the magazine for free from then onwards until either party dies.
If you have already bought a subscription for 2016, don’t worry, you can buy a gift subscription and the buyer (rather than the gift recipient) will be entered in the lottery.
Please feel free to circulate this information to all your friends in racing. The prize, by the way, is not transferable.
Let the sales begin…
www.grandprixplus.com
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Grand Prix + The Best Grand Prix Reporting, online or in print
Anyone who has not heard of Grand Prix + is really missing out. I came across this e-magazine when I bought Joe Saward's excellent book "Grand Prix Saboteurs". The book was so good I had to find out more about Joe and that led me to GP+. This is the best, current GP reporting and the photos are stunning. Plus there are the great historical articles. At $45 (US) for 20+ issues this is a steal. If you go to Joe's blog ( https://joesaward.wordpress.com/ ) you can get a sample of GP+. It's a little icon on the right of the main text.
Below is Joe's current sales blurb.
The motto of the GP+ e-magazine is “It’s all about the passion” and that really tells you all you need to know about the publication. It is a magazine for people who are passionate about F1, and about motor racing in general. Those who subscribe often wonder why it took them so long to do it and we hope that many others will decide to give it a go this year.
It is about six years since GP+ last increased its price and while we understand that this does not make a great deal of commercial sense, we still believe that we should keep the price as low as possible to encourage more people to join the GP+ team and get new insight into the sport and develop even greater passion for the sport.
However, the current calendar and the global expansion of F1 means that we need to raise the price from the current £29.99. If you stop and think about it, if we were keeping up with UK inflation the magazine would now be costing you £35.69 per year, not even taking into account the additional travel, but we still believe that growing the product is better than pushing up the price. GP+ is still an incredible bargain at £32.99 given that you get 24 magazines a year in the package. This year there will be 21 race editions which come out just hours after each event. These are between 75 and 90 pages each. In addition you get a preview and a review edition, both of which are larger than the norm. And those who subscribe before the season begins also have access to the previous year’s review.
The price rise will come into effect at 0900 GMT on Monday, January 11, so if you want to take advantage of the last few days at the current price, please feel free to do so. New subscribers will get access codes that will give them the chance to download the 126-page 2015 season review, the biggest ever GP+, which is filled with insights about last season.
Click on this link (http://www.grandprixplus.com/) to sign up for the magazine.
Below is Joe's current sales blurb.
The motto of the GP+ e-magazine is “It’s all about the passion” and that really tells you all you need to know about the publication. It is a magazine for people who are passionate about F1, and about motor racing in general. Those who subscribe often wonder why it took them so long to do it and we hope that many others will decide to give it a go this year.
It is about six years since GP+ last increased its price and while we understand that this does not make a great deal of commercial sense, we still believe that we should keep the price as low as possible to encourage more people to join the GP+ team and get new insight into the sport and develop even greater passion for the sport.
However, the current calendar and the global expansion of F1 means that we need to raise the price from the current £29.99. If you stop and think about it, if we were keeping up with UK inflation the magazine would now be costing you £35.69 per year, not even taking into account the additional travel, but we still believe that growing the product is better than pushing up the price. GP+ is still an incredible bargain at £32.99 given that you get 24 magazines a year in the package. This year there will be 21 race editions which come out just hours after each event. These are between 75 and 90 pages each. In addition you get a preview and a review edition, both of which are larger than the norm. And those who subscribe before the season begins also have access to the previous year’s review.
The price rise will come into effect at 0900 GMT on Monday, January 11, so if you want to take advantage of the last few days at the current price, please feel free to do so. New subscribers will get access codes that will give them the chance to download the 126-page 2015 season review, the biggest ever GP+, which is filled with insights about last season.
Click on this link (http://www.grandprixplus.com/) to sign up for the magazine.
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Sunday, January 3, 2016
Hillclimbs in the US
Hillclimbing was about as popular in the US as it was in Europe. Not everyone was into it and it didn't generate pages of reports. Here's the program cover and entry list for the 1964 Martin Trophy Hillclimb, from Silver City to Virginia City, in Nevada.
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