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lkjohnson1950:
It's long, but Jim Hall is a fascinating guy and one of the most outside the box thinkers to ever build race cars.

dd:
56 years ago to the day (6/28/64) I attended the Watkins Glen Sunday race where Mr Hall and Mr Penske simply walked away from the competition. I positioned at the carousel after the long front straight (pre bus-stop) and could hear them coming into the downhill right hander and screaming up the back straight (no boot there either) to the left starting the series to the right hand finish turn. Hotter than the hinges of Hell that day, but forever etched in the memory bank. I have about two dozen Kodachrome slides of that event  -  The golden era of US road racing. Thank you for posting this reminder.

lkjohnson1950:
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jimclark:
That woulda' been the 2A, the same as the '65 monsoon Sebring winner, no? (Also my first 1/24 scale slot car made by K&B iirc)

edit: Yup, some o' them memory cells 'still working.....

lkjohnson1950:
I have that same K&B car, except I bought the GT40. Didn't save the box though.
Here's a decent video of the Sebring race, actual racing starts at about 9:30 in.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlz79f

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