Texas Spokes Sports Car Club Rattle

TEXAS SPOlffiS SPORTS CAR CLUB
Member of Ford Motorsports Asso.
(Local Dealership)
Lei.f Johnson Ford
501 Eo Koenig Lane
Austin, Texas
The I1attle is a monthly pllb1ication of
T.S.SoC",C.. It is pub'l Lsh ed the first
Thursday of every month and any contri­ butions are welcome ..
T•• S.S.C.C. meets the first and third
Thursdays of every month at Leif Bahnson
Ford, 501 E. Koenig Lane, Austin, Texas
at 8:00 P. M. Meetings are open to all
interested persons.
T. S. S. C.. C.
P. OQ Box 4354
Austin, Texas 78751
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T. S. S. C. C. -
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1971 OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Del Grosenheider
David Smith
Gary Perser
Carol Ann Preusse
Virginia Gibbons
Events Chairman
Championship Series
Publicity Chairman
Trophy Chairman
Program Chairman
Tech Inspector
Joe Vining
Phil Gerrow
Tony Ball
C. P. Damon
David Smith
Phil Gerrow
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
T.S.S.C.C. r1inutes
4 - 6
Calendar of Events •••••••••••••••••••••••• 6
Hillclimb Records ••••••••••••••••••••••••• ?
Will the ileal
Ft~
Please Stand Up••••••••• S - 9
Championship TIallye Standings •••••••• ~ ••• ~lO - 11
Spokes "500· Results •••••••••••••••• ~ ••••• 11 - 12
Champiomhip Gymkhana Standings ••••••••••• l)
Any contributions, event results, etc. that need to
be in the Rattle shculd be given or mailed to Oscar
Backus or Jan Appleby at least a week in advance of
publishing.
TEXAS SPOKES SPORTS CAR CLUB
Minutes, Regular Meeting
May 6, 1971
The regular meeting of the Texas Spokes Sports Car
Club was called to order by President Del Grosenheider on
May 6, 1971.
Roll was called and David Stamman protested that his
name is spelt with an a and not an o.
The Minutes were read and approved.
The Club bank balance is now $.599.57 with several out­
standing bills.
Oscar Backus reported that we need additional equip­
ment for our gymkhanas such a~ streamers and staunchians.
Larry Appleby stated that the club does have streamers.
Jim Wathen will either locate our streamers or check into
getting some which will probably be free~
After a short discussion it was decided that the
meetings will continue at Leif Johnson even though David
Stamman said that the spice (beer) was missing.
The Spokes "500" will be held May 23 at Austin SpeedO-Rama with the club paying ~~25.00 for the use of the track.
David Smith reported on the GVRA event.
July is the month for the President~s Prix.
Forms are available for anyone interested in entering
F~~ts TIS Event May 14 - 16~
The after..meeting rallyes will be held in June by Mike
Hoff and July by Oscar Backus~
Lew i s Jennings \'Irill send our club nexs ~.n to F ~~1~A.
this month. The Club voted not; to po.rtici{lai.:s 5.!' Frr·1.A.~s
Safety Day U.S.A8
Carol Ann Preusse will check into il:v'l'ciilg policemen
to our events.
Cooper's (the store at the Hill), has requested that
we let them know well in advance when we hold our Hillclimbs
so that he can stock up on those delicious sandwiches.
Jack Cartwri ght's father has donated the telephone
company's wire for use at our Fall Hillclimb.
David Starnrnan reported that the S.C.C.A. event was ter­
rible - he was beaten by a stock Opel.
Phil Gerrow will give the club a bid for building a
trailer for our equipment. Larry Hearn wants .:;:175.00· for
his trailer.
Jack Cartwright stated that Covert Buick would like to
sponsor (and pay) for an event - preferrably Nov. 20 - 21.
He is to get the offer in writing. Lewis said that Ford
does have any objections - we should milk them for all we
can get.
Rattle contributions must be delivered to Jan Appleby
ten days in advance of printing.
4.
Minutes, con't.
Co Po Damon reoommended that rr{8 holcl a rallye for the
benefit of the Settlement House. rrr~e radio stations would
announce the event over bhe ir- Cornmun.i ty Service Announce­
ments free:> C, P, and Carol Ann W31"e authorized to obtain
permission from 'the Settlement House for the rallye to be
held in. late Al:if;ust or early Septem'oer ~
Our new Rattle Editor is Oscar Backus.
The meetlng-Wils adjourned"
Respectfully sUbmitted,
Virginia Gibbons
Acting Recording Secretary
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Minutes, Regular Meeting
May 20, 1971
May 20, 1971, was the date of another regular meeting
os the Texas Spokes, Del Grosenheider presidir~;. Minutes
of the previous meeting were read and approved, Several
visitors wer-e introduced. Among them were Jim & ~~ary
Payne who invited us to a Porsche Club Bally on June 6.
The Treasurer t s report shows that we have $292.28
with no bills c h great de~l of discussion was held about
obtaining a trailer fOT' the eLub, It was CLs0::.c1ed that
we do not need a tra:ller., Lewis JenniniSs COil'rllE~:n~ed. that
as long as we are as soc rat.ed ',Tlti1 a company t.hat sells
trucks, we should have no difficL).l-cy hau:Lin[S our equipment.
C~ p. Damon showed tha
club the 3 pewter mugs it won
in a membership drive from F.M~A. These mugs will be given
out in some manner in the future.
It was reported that Tom f1atthews has gotten us a
fire extinGuisher and is keeping it at his house. Virginia
Gibbons requested that the date of the Ladies· Gymkhana be
changed. It is now changed to June 27. She also reported
that we have lost the use of H. E. B. Southside because of
complaints from n neurotic neighbor.
TI~e event for next Sunday will be held at Speed-O-Rama.
Part of the figure 8 course will be used.
Dottie and JOG reported that last weekend1s event at
Green Valley was great fun. G.V.R.li. is one step away from
getting their S.C.C.A. license.
A great deal of ,discussion was held regarding last
weekend's F.M.A. event at T.I.S. It was generally agreed
that the only word to describe it is "dildo ll • On this
Minutes, con't.
note the meeting was adjourned so we could all burn rub­
ber on the after-meeting rallye o
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Ann Preusse
Recording Secretary
June 6
June
l'
PCA Hill Country Tra.il - a low-pressure T.S.D.
rallye - Registration - noon at Landa Park in
New Braunfels - $5.00 per car - refreshments and
dash plaques - Contact Anne Mobley at 836-3923 for
more information~
aVRA enent - Green Valley
JUNE 27
TSSCC CHAMPIONSHIP GYMKHANA #6 (Virginia Gibbons)
July 4
GVRA event (tentative)
JULY 11
TSSCC CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT #7 - PRESIDENT'S PRIX
(Del Grosenheider)
AUGUST 1 AQUA FESTIVAL GYMKHANA - CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT #8
Municipal Audltorium parking Ie.+; (Larr:r Appleby
and David Smith)
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WELCOME to our newest TSSCC-FMA members:
Milton p. Cherne
Tony p. Cherne
5803 N"I ',Hampton
926-8389
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SPOKES HILLCLII'1J:' B:i;COEDS
Records are compiled from past r-esu l t s Inc Lud i.ng the Spring,
1971 event. Old r-eccrc.s which wer-e brokc n at the 171 Spring
event are in parenthe8es c
A PRDD.
B PROD.
C PIlOD.
D PROD.
E PRDD.
F PEOD.
G PROD.
H PROD.
A SEDAN
B SEDAN
C SEDAN
D SE!)AN
DB 1
DB 2
FF
FV
David Stekoll
Richard Seivers
Larry Appleby
Ronald Vli11iams
DeiJJitt Payne
Bob Becker
Ed Sta.nley
Gary Perser
Rusty l\1ills
D. Dewees
Dan Amato
Art r'10s1ey
C. Brehm
B. Johnson
Bob Lemens
B. Bailes
Corvette 427
Corvette 327
Tiger
Corvair Yendto
MGB
Alfa Romeo
Spitfire
Sprite
l\lustang
VW
Nini Cooper
Anglia
Corvair power
V'vJ power
Winkleman
FV
34 .. 511
35.080
35.423 (J7. 897)
37.359
410310
41~796
44.346
44 181 (45 •865 )
35.085
38.617 (38.991)
43~124 (45.570)
490211
36.131 (38.998)
42,,480 (43.834)
34~191 (34.345)
IH,,832
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CONGPJ.l.TUU.. TIONS to DOB (];; SidJDY LErffiNS on the ar-r tva I of
a l~by girl, Jennifer Elaine, born Kay 24, 1971.
CONGBi~TUJ..b.TIONS to C. P. and HARTH.!;. DArWN on winning
3rd place (a :1~75. 00 pr-Lz e t ) on liThe Long and 1:lincUng
fioad ll TInllye held Hay 30 by the Checkpointers.
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STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PUT ON OUR !:lEliiAINING EVENTS!
SEE JOE VINING FOR DATES.
7.
Will the Real Ford Motorsports hSSO .. Please Stand Up?
by Gary Ferser
This is an insider's view of what really went on at TIS
during the first annual Lone Star Regional Roundup. I drove
over in the Super Sprite early Saturday morning along with Dave
Smith who was towing his new Cortina GT race car behind his old
familar Cortina GT (B Sedan watch out - Dave didn~t take too
kindly to being beaten at the Hill and this Cortina #2 is a
hairy mama)l About half way over, we caught Jack Cartwright
who was towing his funny looking 0tal behind a really keen
oamper truck ..
Our first indication of what was to come was when we
got to th~ track and were told that we would have to drive
back to Bryan, 10 miles away, to register for the event at the
Holiday Inn, Well, we left the race cars at the track and
when we~got to the Holiday Inn they told us that tech inspec­
tinn wa~ being done there. With pleading, we got them to a­
gree to tech the cars at the track. Fun. 1~e schedule said
practice would start at 8:00 but it was now after 10:00 and
nothinf, was moving - typical of the entire week-end.
During the tech inspection we fouGht our second skirmish
with the Fr~ - car classification. They used g~~ classifica­
tion rules based on the Ford !VIotor Cmmpany "formula ". The
classification book had about ten pages of Ford products ­
Torinos with dual power ash trays, Torinos without dual power
ash trays, nontee;os with racing stripes and hood scoops,
1·1ustang lIach I J s with Rally-Pac adjustable steering wheels,
•••• need I continue - I think you get the picture. On the
last four page s were Lr.s t.ed all them f'unny Lrt t Le furrin cars.
The problem was they d Idri ' t list AII bhcm f'unny little rur-r m
cars. There were a few that were deleted, ~il:e my Sprite,
Dave t s Cortina, Jack's Opel, Lar-r-ys Tiger (IIS u n bea m? I
thought they made electric mixers. II), Phil's Nini, and Vernon's
Cooper. They said the Cooper was a Dune Buggy. (Too bad
that Vernon didn't know that he owned a Dune Bu~gy; he could
have entered the Off-Road Races). The Mini was put in the
Ford Pickup Truck Class (they said it looked like it could
haul manure, what with the back seat out and all). The Tiger
was put in Class Double A Modified (Larry wasn't sure ~
he would be running against). Jack's Opel GT and my Sprite
were put tOGether in a class with the Corvettes and Porsche
914-6 I s . The Cortina was in with a 1971 Mustang Mach I Ram
Air 351, amonG other things. Come to think of it the only
Spokes cars which were listed in the classifications were
Mike Hoffls Pinto and Jim Edrington's Mustang. Could it be
because the little chrome letters on their hoods happen to
be FOR D ?
While 1 1m on the subject of cars - most people noticed
the laok of restroom facilities at the part of the road course
that we were using and assumed that it was simply due to an
oversight in failing to rent portable outhouses when act~ally
8.
.
.i
it was a demonstration by Ford Motor Company of the utility
in ordering a new Nercury 11a::>audel' with the optional porta­
ble toilet installed.
We finally got out on to the t.r'ack and made a few
runs (very few runs).. This was thE; f'J.n part, mostly because
the track is so ideal and parlly because there was no way for
F~~ to bother us while we were out there driving.
Later in the afternoon, La~ry, Phil~ Dave, Jimmie, and
Jack went ove::' and found out that they didn1t know beans about
drag racing o Oh well, let the straight line boys have their
thing e
Saturday night was the supreme d i.sappoa.nbment , The
Official Larry Appleby Mjdnight Lightless Offroad Mini Bike
Race Through the Bushes never carne off~ ~~en asked for com­
ment the chief steward of this event mumbled something about
wives and motel room showers, I camped out, if you can call
rolling up in a blanket and lying on the ground all night
camping. You have probably noticed that when the sun comes
up all the little birds In the trees start tweetinf,. Well,
that's not all they start doing: I know. I was under a tree.
Sunday I renewed my battle with the Pancho Nasty Racing
Team from Houston. Their cars may be slow, but those Nasty
girls looked real fast~ All of us were faster on Sunday.
Phil Gerrow discovered that he could cut off four seconds
per lap simply by pouring tNO bottles of Nother Webster:s
Miracle Cockaroach Killer on his clutch. He also pours
brake fluid in his carburetors, but you do all kinds of silly
things when your engine is in there sideways an~1ay.. There
were more demonstrations on Sunday. Mike Hoff gave us a door
shutting demonstration using his new Pi.nt.o , Some YO·-YO in
a Ford Nustang Hach I showed us t~nat if you can get your car
sideways in the last t.urn and Lock up t;'le br-ake s . the steering
won:t work, Cool. Unf' or-t unace Ly dt~ri::.1.g t.he cour s e cf the
demonstration, he clobbered tfle e:ectronic timing equipment.
After the runs were finished Ne got the bar-b-que that
Ford had promised- us. Unfortunately they had never said bar­
b-cued vffiAT. Really, bar-b-cued armadillo isn1t all that
bad once you fi~lre out how to peel the damn shell off. Too
bad that Larry and Jan and Phil and Carol Ann left before the
Big Event. Right after the bar-b-que they passed out these
little raffle tickets with numbers printed on them. Someone
said that they were to determine who would get the trophies
because the guy with the times had forGotten about the bar­
b-que and had left for Houston already, but that wasn't right.
Actually, the holders of the 24 lucky numbers got to go to
the field behind the Holiday Inn to play Squat Tag in the
asparagus patch. The Ninner of ~ was promised a Ureal
treat II!
9.
BEER RUN RALLY.2
-­ _.- ... ­
5-20-71
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Itt~
7th
8th
9th
'lOth
_._­
jI:~S-JLTS
......
Malcolm & Suaanne Joyce
Hiil Gerrow & Carol Ann Preusse
Jim & Mary Payne
Mike Hoff & Kay Gustafson
Gary Reid & Steve Bage
Joe Vining & Dotty Cortemeglia
Ce P. & f·lartha Damon
Del Grosenheider & Steve Grose~~eider
Linda LaBaume & Clarence Pittman
Virginia Gibbons & Oscar Backus
Our thanks to Tony Ball for an outstanding rallye
even though some of us didn't quite do so well. Hang in
there pilots and navigators. Life can' ,t be as bact as a
rallye. Rallies are for those who want to test their
patience, sense of direction, and nerve limits~ If any­
one knows any speclal techniques that would improve these)
three factors let us know. Life could be simpler then. '}
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CHAr·lPIONSHIP RALLY SEInES STAr:
(as of 5-20·-7:"')
~1alcolm Joyce
Suzanne Joyce
Jey
F~eUeor
Ih egaN':'.. IIall e J:1'8
Sue Hawkins
Del Grosenheider
Phil GerrOH'
Carol Ann Preusse
Margaret Grosenheider
Ron Keeney
!'Iike HoffLarry Hearn
Nancy Hearn
Kay Gustafson
~Loe
:?idle-a"
Oscar Backus
Virginia Gibbons
Joe Vining
Dotty Cortemeglia
16
16
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
8=>
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Bet
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Rally Standings, con't.
Larry Appleby
Jan Appleby
C. p. Damon
Gary Reid
Steve Bage
Bob PodhrasIcy
~1artha Damon
Robert Hauck
rUke Showal, ter
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
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SPOKES
A SEDAN
Rusty Hills
Jim Edrington
Bob ltleathersby
Vernon Lemens
Bruce Chapman
Tom Dalrymple
Frances Dombroski
Tony Cherne
B SEDAN
David Smith
David Stamman
Bill Foster
Bob Rollins
Bill r1urray
Tommy Reyno'Lds
Albert Villegas
f'Iichael Platt
Rufus Barker
C SEDAN
Ronald Decker
George Tamayo
Gabriel Tamayo
Robert ~1oore
C & D PRODUCTION
Larry Appleby
Richard Brown
Jon Hor-naday
Randy Beid
Oscar Backus
11
500"
P~SULTS
r1ustang
~1ustang
Nus tang
Shelby GT
Camaro
Cougar
Pontiac
Javelin
Cortina
V'vl
Ghia
Pinto
Opel I1allye
Vee;a
'11'1
Voivo
Datsun
VT-l
V1rl
VVl
37.943
38,,844
38.893
39.313
39.851
L~O ~ 888
44.454
45.678
36.861*
38.. 534
39·,969
1.;,0 ,,1}O9
41 e575
41.,861
43
43.753
44.101
3653
41.278
43.819
4L!, .441
Ghia
45.250
Tiger
37.022
39.842
40,,015
40.207
41.822
XKE
Austin Healey
Tif.er
Tn A
11.
"500" Results, con1t.
E & F PRODUCTION
David Hamby
Jack Cartwright
C. P. Damon
Susan Pryor
Frank Baldeschweider
HGB
Fiat
37.316
38.431
39.901
42,,767
42.,792
G & H PRODUCTION
Ga:n'y Pers er ­
Mike Lucas
Joe Vining
Sprite
Sprite
Sprite
38.832
42.137
42.201
Dunebuggy
37.119
37.210
37.316
38,,139
38.726
38
39.709
39.970
40.,048
40.320
DUNEBUGGY
Jini Brizendine
Walter Zeltner
Curly Brehm
Mike r1arsh
Del Grosenheider
Rusty Mills
Wayne Thomas
J.1ike r1arsh
C. W. Henne ck
r.1alcolm Joyce
Lonnie Henderson
Vernon Cook
L. Henneck
SPECIAL
Vernon Lemens
Sprite
Opel
1·1GB
"
II
II
"II
0903
II
II
"
"
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II
4L,2L~1
41.887
42 .. 5LW
FF
IJ\DIES
Martha Damon
Cathy Simmakk
Suzanne Joyce
Cheryl Dombroski
NGB
Sprite
Duncbuggy .
Pontiac
IH~350
L',2.277
L~4. 615
47.. 335
*TOP TH'1E OF DAY - SHb.LL ChRS
David Smith - Cortina - 36 r861
TIHE OF DAY - LARGE CARS
Vernon Lemens -FF- 35.727
*~1-TOP
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CHAf·lPIONSHIP GYNICI{[~NA ~!-i:T'J:CS STi-l.NDINGS
(as of 5~2J 'i' ~J
C SEDAN
. . . . Phi1 Gerrow
David Stamman
Geroge Tamayo
~Ne1son
Sponheimer
Vernon Lemens
C PRODUCTION
~ Lar-r-y Appleby
Tommy Hornburg
Ri char-d Brown
H PRODUCTION
'" Gary Perser
SEDAN
~ Jim Edrington
...... Tom Dalrymple
Bob Weathersby
Bob Podhr-a sky
Bruce Chapman
23
12
4
18
10
3
'-
D SEDAN
Joe VininG
Larry Hearn
9
9
FORr'IUIA C
Vernon Lemens
8
:~:~~~~ ~~ers
I1{DIES
<, Dot. ty
22
12
8
1
l(tentative)
17
10
9
6
1)
Bobby Lemens
25
24
4
4
1
Jay. F:ta1er .
Gabriel Tamayo
Bill Foster
Ii.
B SEDAN
.......Davicl Smith
....... David Stamman
~ Del Grosenheider
Bill Poster
..........Bob Rollins
John Reid
Michael Hoff
7
5
Ro~ald-Dccker
D PRODUCTION
{Jon Hornaday
........ Joe Vining
E PRODUCTION
-...... Co Po Damon
-Ia ok Cartwright
Tony Ball
11
8
10
:1",
Cortemeg1i~ ~
Ija:ct.ha Damon
Virg5.nja Gibbons
Sue Hawkins
Jo Ann Ball
Carol Ann Preusse
Jo Lee Fidler
Suzanne Joyce
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5
DUNEBUGGY
~'r'1alco1m Joyce
Johnny Voudouris
Ron Keeney
Del Grosenheider
4
2
1
1
.
14
4
4
1
1
1
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