Ira wins the E Prod June Sprints!

[preith]

I found a good gallery with many good pics of Greg and John's dice:

http://dennisw.smugmug.com/gallery/8736269_bXH6W#587324618_fTFha

Here's another one, not though quite as good:

http://gordon.smugmug.com/gallery/8893659_iHYkF#P-4-15

Both photographers have a gold mine of years past Sprints as well as other events too, just click on their username.

Greg, the #67 on the airdam was a nice touch!

[jmark]

Thanks Phillip. I hope to make the trek to the Runoffs and shot pics of Greg's attempt to win the triple crown. I'll let you know if I make the trip. I'd like to finally meet you in person.

Check out race coverage here. You can see Greg's door flopping open in the video!

http://goracingtv.powertvonline.com/featured_landing.php?reset=true

Edited July 18, 2009 by jmark

[Carl Beck]

John must've had a mechanical problem or something, retired on lap 6. With that said, still a great job, gotta be there at the end!

"Being There In The End" - - isn't that one of the hallmarks of the DATSUN's ?

Check out race coverage here. You can see Greg's door flopping open in the video!

Thanks for Posting that link Mark - great race to watch. Greg ran away from the field right at the start - and John Brakke broke his car trying to maintain a pace faster than that old Z could run...:stupid:

OK - so the 240-Z's reliability is a major point in its overall excellence !

Nonetheless great racing was had by all.

I was also glad to see the Group 3 FB race. Mark Jaremko finished second. He was running D Sports Racing... I've known Mark since he was about 10 years old. Bought my first Z from his Father Paul Jaremko in Spokane.

FWIW,

Carl B.

[preith]

Thanks Phillip. I hope to make the trek to the Runoffs and shot pics of Greg's attempt to win the triple crown. I'll let you know if I make the trip. I'd like to finally meet you in person.

Check out race coverage here. You can see Greg's door flopping open in the video!

http://goracingtv.powertvonline.com/featured_landing.php?reset=true

Thanks for the vid. A friendly fyi, your link doesn't go directly to the EP race, for the others it's race #4. Ironically, I met the driver of the #47 roadster (the "smoker") this past weekend, he was instructing at our club's Sat drivers school.

I hadn't planned on attending the runoffs but some of my fellow drivers had talked about going as spectators. Nothing concrete, but there's a chance I'll be there.

"Being There In The End" - - isn't that one of the hallmarks of the DATSUN's ?

Tell that to the 5 of 7 Z drivers who DNS'd, DNF'd, or had limped through the race with problems at our Council race @ Blackhawk this past Sunday. We had no less than 6 Z's (including myself) in Vintage - possibly a record. Bill Oakes and I were the only 2 who escaped the "bad karma". A good weekend for me, won the race with a 19 second lead over 2nd place.

[coop]

Hey Carl. A good friend used to race his Z against Jaremko's Z in Conference back around 1980 or so. My friend pointed out to Jaremko that running electric fans in the ducting to the rear brakes was perhaps a stretch of the rules term "ducting." Jaremko had to remove the blower fans. Nice try eh!

Coop

[Carl Beck]

Hi Coop:

Yea...Stretching the "Rules" always adds more interest and fun to the competition.

Racing is as much a mental challenge as much as it is a physical one - right?

I enjoyed greatly knowing the entire Jaremko family and I've always been proud to call Paul my friend. We had a lot of great times together..

FWIW,

Carl B.