Great "back in the day" racing photos

4pipes · #1 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 09:14 AM

I'm not sure if this was ever posted before, but check this site out for great photos...Ken Miles, Dave MacDonald, Cobras.
Tam's Old Race Car Site

Jamo · #2 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 01:42 PM

Great stuff!

I went right to the Riverside Raceway pics. Went to school at UC Riverside, so I spent lots of time over there.

Ron61 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 01:46 PM

That is great stuff. Jamo I used to go to Riverside Raceway and I never saw you there.

They used to have a NASCAR race there too. And Shelby had a driving school there. Remember turn 9. I liked that track and hated to see it torn up for houses. Thunder hill is nice but nothing like Riverside, at least not to me.

Ron

VRM · #4 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 02:02 PM

Yeah, Tam has a great site. He has put a lot of work into it. I like that he has text and info with it explaining some of the stories from back then.

Check this one out Racing Sports Cars - RSC Photo Archive. It is a little more organised, and has a LOT more pics.

I use Tams and RSC all the time for my research projects.

Steve

Jamo · #5 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 02:05 PM

Ron, that's cuz I saw you first.

You're thinking of the Times Grand Prix...Otis Chandler was a big car guy.

Used to go there throughout the 60s with my Dad, brother and uncles, and then all the time when I went to school there. I had a BRE 510, and our little group would get some track time every so often. Always went during the CanAm-TransAm weekends. The biggest noise ever.

Jamo · #6 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 02:08 PM

Steve...muy goodo. Added both to my favorites.

Ron61 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 02:15 PM

Jamo,

I was there to see my last race when I was in basic at Ft. Ord. Then when I returned from that miserable place they sent me to, I went a few times when I would be down in that area. I think they still have one small piece of the track preserved with a sign that tells what it is but am not sure. The noise part is what really made it racing, plus they had to drive those cars. I miss the old CamAm-TransAm series. At least they used real cars and not the phony stuff NASCAR does now. I saw a guy at Thunder Hill last summer with a car he had bought from NASCAR and he was trying to run it on that track. It had Ford stenciled on it but it was one of the aero cars they used until this year and he made two laps and quit as he couldn't keep it on the track. I don't think it knew how to turn any way but left.

Edit: Steve, that is a great site and I also added it to my Favorites list. Thanks.

Ron

VRM · #8 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamo

Steve...muy goodo. Added both to my favorites.

Jamo,
Heres another one. Less photos, but a lot more personal:
BARCBOYS.
Dave Nicholas has contributed a lot of his photos to RSC, but there are more that he has on his own site you will not find at RSC. I've been talking to him about reproducing the art for their club, and he seems like a great guy to deal with. And he crewed for Donna Mae and Denise McCluggage!

Enjoy,
Steve