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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ (MPC) The guy who gave me the race bug...

Posted by: campbellcj May 28 2003, 06:05 PM

I had wondered what happened to the guy. I worked for/with him in the early 90's, back when we had a lot more people here and 4 of us were Porsche freaks. He used to be active in PCA-Santa Barbara autocross back when they ran on the tarmac at Pt. Magu, and raced in SCCA before that.

Now the dude is racing sprint cars on dirt out in Ventura...

http://www.scrafan.com/vraseniors/main.html

No wonder I never see him at p-car events anymore. He just bought a 600HP, 1000lb car that spends its life going sideways.

Posted by: Gint May 28 2003, 06:46 PM

That's gotta be a blast! How much do one of those buggies go for anyway?

Posted by: Zeke May 28 2003, 08:16 PM

Which guy on the site is he? I hope he's not Previous Movies or whatever the hell that name was

Posted by: Rob Ways May 28 2003, 10:38 PM

Those guys have serious b@lls. You often see them on the "amazing crashes" reels.

Posted by: campbellcj May 28 2003, 10:42 PM

His name is Bill Leonard (senior series; he's prolly in his 60's by now). I dunno anything about the cars or the racing, but the events he drives are fairly close to my house (Seaside Park in Ventura, same venue as the German Autofest I think), so I will check it out sometime this summer.

He has already rolled the car at least once, and broken a rib. There is apparently quite a bit of contact as the cars are sliding all over the damn place, and the tracks are extremely small.

One thing I could -definitely- get used to compared to the road racing stuff...their events start at 4 PM :flower:

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 29 2003, 10:48 AM

You would be surprised how many EX road racers are running Sprint cars now.

For less racing money..you get PAID if you place in the top 3. Now..there is a concept.

I want to take the school up here (dirt track school) they put you into a WoO car and send you out on the dirt with headset instruction. Nothing like 750hp alcohol injected SBC between your legs.

B