Motorsports Newsletter 8/05/23

By Richard Parks 1) Great stuff in your newsletter, as always, but did you forget a link (and a "closed quote") on this bit? "Drag Racing Pioneers or Suicidal Nutjobs? A story on hydrazine racing fuel. This is basically a tribute to the crazy bastards who risked life and limb for that last bit … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2023 NHRA Seattle, Denver, Sonoma

Steve Klemetti provides new entries and personal best elapsed times and speeds from 2023 NHRA Seattle, Denver, and Sonoma. New Entries (Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track) TAD Bob Button 5.398 263.62 2023 SEATTLE New Personal Best Elapsed Times (CLASS, Driver, Previous Best ET, Difference, … [Read more...]

Personal Bests: 2023 NHRA Epping, Norwalk, Bristol

Steve Klemetti provides new entries and new personal best elapsed times and speeds from 2023 NHRA Epping, Norwalk, and Bristol. New Entries Class Driver Best ET Speed Year Track PMD Ken Quartuccio 5.976 231.60 2023 NORWALK PMD Ken Quartuccio 6.101 219.22 2023 EPPING PRO Eric Latino 6.685 … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/30/23

BY Richard Parks 1) Mark Greene at Cars Yeah sent in a list of those being interviewed this week on his podcast; Patrick Kelley (Author), Bob Barber (Painter), Ronald Ahrens (Journalist), and Mitch Scher (DriveDownCars). If you want to be interviewed by Mark or if you simply want to listen to … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/26/23

By Richard Parks 1) Reeves Callaway; https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a44544414/reeves-callaway-dead-at-75/. Corvette legend Reeves Callaway Dead at 75. Callaway, who founded Callaway Cars, became synonymous with high performance Corvettes. BY CHRIS PERKINS, PUBLISHED in Road & Track … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/20/23

By Richard Parks 1) Ronald Charles Phelps, age 76, of La Mirada, California, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Ronald was born in California. A visitation for Ronald will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2023, from 11 AM to 1 PM at Rose Hills Mortuary Visitation Center, Mortuary Chapel #120, 3888 … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/16/23

By Richard Parks 1) Bob Airheart, a 1993 SEMA Hall of Fame inductee and industry innovator, has passed away. Although Airheart operated his own rep agency, the Airheart name is also well known in the brake industry, notably for industrial and high-speed applications. Trains, buses and race cars … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/11/23

By Richard Parks 1) Photo of Rodger Ward, two-time Indy 500 winner, by Charles Embrey. EDITOR: I personally knew Rodger Ward, but late in his life when dementia had begun to rob him of his vitality and memories. In a span of 18 months, and for 12 events, I stopped by Rodger's home in Lake … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 7/05/23

By Richard Parks READERS: Dema Elgin and Randy Schmitz have contributed short stories of about 100 to 200 words about KENT FULLER. If you have any stories to add please send them to me. Once completed I will make them available to everyone who wants to read these stories by simple email and will … [Read more...]

Motorsports Newsletter 6/30/23

By Richard Parks 1) This Week on Cars Yeah will be Luis Da Silva Jr (Actor); Prescott Kelly (Porsche Expert); Jack Atkinson (Brumos Racing); and Woody Woodard (Penske Racing). 2340 interviews and counting and all free at Cars Yeah. All American Racers Dan Gurney's 1967 Eagle Gurney Weslake Mark 1 … [Read more...]