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CSRG Races September 26-28, 2003
I went to Sears Point to see the CSRG races the weekend of September
26, the guest of John and Petey Thornton and their son Eli.
Mechanical Picnic
The mechanical picnic is an opportunity for guests to ride in the race
cars just before the lunch break between morning practice and the
afternoon races.
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Eli Thornton handles part of the starting grid
duties at the races. Here he is getting a ride in Mike Heffernans 1954
Jaguar XK 120.
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On the grid for the first ride of the day is John
and Lisa in #902.
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Our own Ken Brown also got a ride in #902 as did
his son Alfred, here getting into Ed Matsuishi's 1965 911.
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912 Guests
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We had good support from the 912 community. The
front row were Ken Brown and my 912. Next row was Ponce's pickup (both
his 356 and 912 are in repair), Lisa's coupe and Jerry Hansen's targa.
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This is a nice 1965 912 that we've seen for the
first time. It was spotted on Sunday in the
Ledson Winery parking lot.
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Notice the signed Nardi steering wheel and the
painted dash.
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Race Cars
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Pete Giddings 1935 Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35.
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I looked at this car and thought it had been
painted since seeing last time at the 2003
Palo Alto Concours.
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Pete smiled and said no, this is his other Alfa
8C. The two of them have adjacent serial numbers.
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Joe Liebsack's 1967 Alfa GTA. This car has show
car quality finish. Just beautiful.
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This is an aluminum body factory race car. You can
see rivet heads along the door sill.
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The engine on Joe's Alfa.
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Wyn Roberson checking the tire pressure after the
morning practice session.
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Ed Matsuishi's 1965 911. This is an interesting
car. It was race prepared by the factory in Europe, raced there, then
imported to the west coast US as a race car, successfully competing in
SCCA events owned an driven by Walt Maas.
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Ed bought the car from Walt and then used it as a
commuter car for 25 years and finally has turned it back into a
successful vintage race car.
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The engine has just been 'freshened'. Here it is
warming up in preparation for the morning practice session. Note, it
is a dual plug racing engine.
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#902 and Ed's 1965 911 warming up for the morning
practice session.
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#902 exiting turn 11.
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#96 exiting turn 11.
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Other Sights
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We often see cool camping trailers at the Palo
Alto Concours and there are always fancy mobile living quarters at the
races, but this was the first time we've noted such a nice antique as
this one.
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Ready to prepare the morning breakfast. The space
inside is six feet in length and has flat fitted cushions that provide
a bed.
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Last modified: Sun, 28 Sep 2003
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