Terry and others. It is my understanding that somebody named Corum owned a small store out in the Mohave Desert. They wanted to have a postoffice in the name of "Corum" but the postal department

I understand that the Corum family, best identified to racing historians through Lora "Slim" Corum who raced at Indianapolis six times and won there in 1924, owned a strip of ostensibly

Don Stauffer in Minnesota wrote: Don, That was a steam vehicle reliability challenege - 1878 - (possibly the first race in the US). Georgano touches on it in his, "American Automobile" (p.

I don't know when Richard's mother uttered the famous quote about his given name versus a nickname. I'll have to dig through my old book collection and see if I can find "Dick," on the car. In 1979

Gil, Agree Alonzo is the real thing. This could be a classic matchup of a young hot blood with bullfighter's genes clashing with the wily, experienced Cherman who ain't ready to step down from the

Bob Storck wrote:

Gil Bouffard wrote: First time I've heard that and it explains a lot. I've had old F1 cars with really poorly adhering alcohol based paint used for the numbers. Lots of pix of guys in the pits with a

on 4/28/05 08:03, Michael T. Lynch at provamo@... wrote: Michael, Let's put it this way...As long as your first namesake continues his qualifying escapades, we may be seeing history* in the

Of course, the ultimate in car number problems is the Chili Bowl. They add letters after the numbers, which is what the Knoxville Nationals does. At Knoxville, the track provides a painter to alter

Promoter's option numbers in GP racing led to some having semi-permanant numbers like Stirling Moss's 7. NASCAR's manipulation of numbers has been sheer genius. No other series has ever, to my

Gil, There's many a slip, twixt cup and lip. I wasn't aware that Alonzo had been crowned after only four races this year. Michael T. Lynch

Hey Bob! Minor dingus! There aint no 's' in Wood any more than Richard should be called Dick. Gil

In the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) in northern California the car numbers were based on car owner points for the previous season. I believe the first ten positions were required to use those

The only American numbers that I can talk to are the Jim Kimberly Number 5, the Cunningham 60 series and John Edgar's 98. Dan Gurney was 48, but his number was much later than the aforementioned

Castrol R40 vegetable based motor oil is carried by Abingdon Spares of New Hampshire but its pricey at $66.35 for a 4 liter bottle. Once you smell it you never forget it. Al Isselhard Holley, NY

The NEMA Secretary maintains a registry. They do not change numbers, even for the top ten. Folks did not want to have to repaint their cars. Of course, now that cars have become throwaway items,

Gordon White wrote: They take the position that the sanctioning body owns the numbers, and will allow the team owner to apply for them. There have been cases where teams in disfavor have their

AAA cars were assigned numbers based on the prior years' point standings. The first ten were usually pretty much by that rule, but as numbers went up there were exceptions, and for "new " cars

RacingHistory@... writes: Don't know about "de-gummed" but you can get regular castor oil at any drug store, dump a little in the fuel tank it will work fine

Some model airplane fuels still run it. However, it may be that what you remember is the smell of burning methanol. Methanol exhaust has a strong, pungent smell that many have believed was from the