Member Greg Ira wins most improved SCCA Club Racer and receives the Kimberly Cup

[Pablo]

Well deserved! Great Job Greg!

[Carl Beck]

Hi Mike:

Thanks for publishing that issue of the Datsun Competition News... among other names my eye went directly to Craig Ross...

I ran into Craig Ross a few weeks ago - at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club's Annual Classic Car Show. I hadn't seen him in decades! I first meet Craig at the races at Daytona circa 1975, and he is the guy that finally - fine tuned my triple Webers.... No one has touched them since. He still has his 65 Shelby Mustang!!

Dan Parkinson called me several months ago to talk about BRE and the Z he bought when they shut down. {and we all know it wasn't a 260Z as mentioned in the article}

I'm getting "old" but it still amazes me how many of the "older" guys are showing up on the Internet.

Now Greg of course - is young enough that he can't remember a time when there was no Internet, and racing a car that is older than him - - how the world has changed, yet remained the same...

Tradition........ Great going Greg... that is quite an honor.. to recognize quite an accomplishment...

FWIW,

Carl B.

[jmark]

^ Good stuff as usual Carl.

[JaDub]

Carl, Next time you see Craig Ross ask him about the `chilli dog in the helmet` incident at Sebring in `72. I was one of the builders of the 240-Z we raced that year. Keith Pritchett and Chip Scudder along with Roger Busch were also in on it. Wish I could remember the other guys but my mind is fading. Seems we went out around mid race after a Camaro spun in front of the Z and the front end got pretty `puckered`. My memory tells me that car was later sold to Spencer Buzby and later raced in IMSA. Spencer Buzby Tropical Fish Farm was the sponsor ( even though the fish farm had no fish ). We all grew up around Don Kearney`s `Foreign Car Service` in Clearwater Florida. Rather than chasing skirts on the weekends we grew up sweeping floors at Don`s. ...........ya gotta start somewhere.

neat thread.......... keep it up!

Jeff Winter Rallye/Sport - Winter Racing Engines Denver, Colo