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Flotsom and Jetsom thoughts to ponder

Flea market prices are often ridiculous because the parts aren't prices to sell, they are valued that only the person who truly needs the part will pay it's price.

Dan Gurney proposed that America has little following of auto racing becuase it has so many varieties and classes of high money racing.
He proposed a single big league of racing, like the Europeans have, and explained that the following of racing is so incredible in Europe, that the pinnacle is held in a country that has no stake in the race. The Nurburgring F1 racing is held in Germany, a country that makes no engines, enters no cars, and has no drivers participating, yet has a 1/4 million people show up the the race to spectate. Same for Monte Carlo.

Natl assoc of WHAT cars? Here's another banana, and another profile comparison of factory to race banana

Notice the differences in the 2 race cars, that Petty's was customized to race against all other "STOCK" road runners yet is obviously a ringer, the wheel wells are better, the c pillar looks smaller, looks like about an inch chop, and the rear tires look set back an couple inches, the truck looks more horizontal too.

For the Jr Johnson "yellow Banana" of fame : http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-junior-johnson-made-1966-ford.html

Race face on

Giuliano Maoggi - Winner of the '56 Motogiro of Italy - Ducati 125 Gran Sport
I posted this image before, it's in the front window of a San Diego cycle shop: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/cool-poster-in-window-of-pacifc-beach.html
Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2008/01/faccia-da-corsa_24.html

Vintage drag racing helmets

Via: http://nostalgiaonwheels.blogspot.com

Cool photos from Ottonero (8ball)

Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com

Extreme office chair racing

Competitors speed down a street during the second office chair racing championship in the village of Bad Koenig-Zell, Germany April 25.

From the top 100 sports photos by the Boston Globe "Big Picture" feature, (really good photography) http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/bigshots/2009/12/the_100_best_sports_photograph_1.html

Via: http://attuworld.com/

stream lined scooter... ummm, well, it takes all kinds right?

Via: http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2009/12/ancillotti-bros.html

Burt respect: "You live more in 5 minutes flat-out on a bike like this than most people do in a lifetime"

For a full gallery of photos of Burt and his land speed record setting Indian with hand made parts http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/03/burt.html

Man and machine, single purpose, artist is Joe Petrali Marquette

From http://vintageblue.co.jp/shop/detail.php?pr=541 via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/

photography on the salt, mecca to hot rodding

Via: http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/

Action sequence an axle shaft breaking during racing around a corner

When turning around this corner the drivers side axle snapped, the tire locked up, and the #18 slid to a stop just out of the path of the racecars that were following

The crash and rescue team didn't know what the problem was, and thought they could push it off the course a bit further... not gonna happen with a locked up tire