I've been in Monterey/Carmel since Wednesday for the RMMR...talk about insane vehicles...I've never been around this much money before.




The history here at Monterey:







A Dino if you like it...


Old School:


Exhaust collector from above car...


And wing nuts holding on the wooden deck...

 

Video from my dad's Cooper T-52 at last weekend's Pre-Reunion.


Corkscrew Videos:

You Tube

 

The Mighty Cooper on the Corkscrew:


Lotus 27:


Brabham BT-6:


GT-40 in Turn 4:


This is what happens when you brake too late going into the corkscrew:


That's the underside of the wing, here's what it's supposed to look like:


Street signs for the Trans Am lane.

 

$1M Porschw 910

 

Absolutely excellent set of pictures. Were you on track taking pictures or pit spectator area.

How many cars did your family run at the Pre? Nice Cooper, very nice. What engine? In the race copper not the Giles Green panel Cooper.

Don

 

Thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed starting my day in that little Cooper.

Kind regards,

Charlie

 

Thanks Don! I was in the grand stands, and then the spectator area at the top of the corkscrew.
My dad ran both the Cooper T-52 with it's 998cc BMC motor and his Elva Mk VII with it's 1600cc Lotus Twin Cam in both the pre reunion and the RMMR.

He had a little mishap in the corkscrew Sunday morning where the stub shaft on the right rear separated itself from the hub causing my dad to spin around, going backwards down the corkscrew before getting turned the right way in the gravel trap. Scary moment for dad, but he's ok and both rear axles will be replaced for the next race.

 

And the video of what happened in the above picture:

 

Wow, backwards into the gravel, looking at traffic is not a happy feeling. :(

Annotations were good, a good sense of perspective. Where does he reside, does he ever come play in Colorado?

 

an' I've four hungry children, and the crops in the field...

I've seen some bad times, been through some sad times,

But this time the hurting won't heal.

You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel!

 

He lives in Santa Monica, CA but the cars live in Hayward, CA. Unfortunately I haven't been able to temp him out this way for a RMVR event yet, most of the guys who use the same prep shop stick to Sonoma and Laguna Seca and head down to Coronado once a year (or they have other stashes of cars across the country prepped by other shops ). My dad wouldn't want to see the bill for an RMVR event, the crew travel alone would have him freaked out.

 

Cool, thanks for sharing..

 

My pleasure, I'm still going through the 1,400 pictures I took and will have more at a later date. Sadly only 1 Mini ran this year, but I did get a picture of it :D

 

too cool

 

Thanks!


One more video:
Dad was a witness (as in right in front of him) to a head on during his sports racer class.

 

Did you find the picture of the MINI to post or was the one at the top of this, the one you were refering to?

 

Thanks for reminding me!

 

Sweet! I love his tent anchor!

 

Cool, idn't it?