Goose52 Posted September 24, 2012 Share #313 Posted September 24, 2012 4th round of the 1974 IMSA season – held at the Ontario Motor Speedway on May 19th. Winning GTU in this four-hour race was Walt Maas and Frank Leary in the F.A.R. Performance car. Also a shot of the OMS pace car – already painted to advertise the next California 500 USAC/Indy-car race the following year. In that one shot, the Camaro would haul the Z-Car in the straights, then the Z would get it all back in the turns. That dice went on for quite a few laps as I recall. Wish I could remember which car finished ahead in the overall standings. Note the empty stands – no way an IMSA race was going to fill Ontario. I don’t recall the type of ticket that I purchased, but I pretty much had free-run of the facility. I parked out front of the race track at the beginning of the race, then went out, got my Z-car and drove under the tunnel and parked in the infield for part of the race (where I took some of these photos), then parked back out front and watched the finish of the race from near the start/finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th-Z Posted September 24, 2012 Share #314 Posted September 24, 2012 Great pictures! 1974 would have been very, very early in the history of IMSA. Thanks for another shot of the OMS pace car. Wouldn't it be fun to find one of those cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose52 Posted September 24, 2012 Share #315 Posted September 24, 2012 Wouldn't it be fun to find one of those cars!Not the real article, but there was an OMS pace car replica in the showroom at Costa Mesa Datsun where I bought my Z. Every once in a great while, in the mid-70s, I'd see one of those OMS replicas on the street around the Los Angeles/Orange County CA area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conedodger Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share #316 Posted September 25, 2012 Bob Sharp again... Contemporary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conedodger Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share #317 Posted September 30, 2012 Parked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedyone_kenobi Posted September 30, 2012 Share #318 Posted September 30, 2012 Do not know why, but I have some strange memory of Canon AE-1 and any motorsports events... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted September 30, 2012 Share #319 Posted September 30, 2012 Not the real article, but there was an OMS pace car replica in the showroom at Costa Mesa Datsun where I bought my Z. Every once in a great while, in the mid-70s, I'd see one of those OMS replicas on the street around the Los Angeles/Orange County CA area.Of the 50 OMS Pace Car replicas produced - I've only found two so far. Always looking for more...FWIW,Carl B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose52 Posted September 30, 2012 Share #320 Posted September 30, 2012 Of the 50 OMS Pace Car replicas produced - I've only found two so far. Always looking for more...FWIW,Carl B.Carl - I wonder how many of the 50 ended up at Earl Schieb........ "I'll paint any car, any color for $29.95." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted September 30, 2012 Share #321 Posted September 30, 2012 - most likely all of them! The two found were both repainted after a few years. However sanding down carefully though the re-paints and rere-paints revieled the original OMS Blue.. in both cases their prior owner history was known. FWIW, Carl B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conedodger Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share #322 Posted October 1, 2012 This caught my eye... I suppose there are lots of Y. Katayama's in Japan... I wonder what the sub-text says? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conedodger Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share #323 Posted October 2, 2012 Some more PLN, though not in a Datsun/Nissan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conedodger Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share #324 Posted October 2, 2012 A couple of contemporary vintage racing efforts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorman7
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now