Comments on: Cheating? Tell me it ain’t so!

By: Gary Faules

Gary Faules — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:54:24 +0000

Gary Gaules? Well, I guess that’s better than Fairy Gaules. LOL.

By: Steve’s Auto Blog » CARNIVAL OF CARS: A Drive Around The Auto Blog Block for Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:22:57 +0000

[...] a familiar to story to many, but Gary Gaules at The Garage Blog does a great job in re-telling the tale of Roger and Mark dipping Trans-Am Camaros. Call me [...]

By: Gary Faules

Gary Faules — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:13:05 +0000

Ford cheat!!! Surely you jest. LOL. Gotta love them good ole boys.

By: Larry Heyns

Larry Heyns — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:57:43 +0000

Lying about weight also happened in auto manufacturing. Smokey Yunick wrote about Iacocca’s plan to put a NASCAR engine into a Mustang. Knudsen objected: “That car will be nose heavy and there will be no way to fix it.” Iacocca replied that he already had one built that weighs 2,500 pounds. Well, Smokey had the finished “2,500 pound car” at his shop in Daytona. It had been acid dipped, had one lightweight Recaro seat, no upholstery, no rear seat, fiberglass bumpers, no floor mats, and no sound proofing. Smokey put his elbow on the roof, and the roof sunk in two inches and didn’t come back. The car was thinned and lightened and it still weighed 3,200 pounds. Shortly after they fired Knudsen and put Lee in as president, they built a bunch of ‘em anyhow.

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:00:29 +0000

Having had the opportunity to see Mark Donahue drive in Trans Am races, as well as the other. If Mark was using unfair advantages at the time. Were the other competitors just spectators?

Forty years ago there was heavy behind the scenes factory involvement in Trans Am racing be it GM-Ford-Chrysler. The acid dipping and vinyl roof on the Camaro is always an interesting story.

Bud Moore, George Follmer, and Ford must have practiced total and complete abstinance from gaining an advantage in a hotly contested series which garnered a lot of attention and was always fun to watch.

Those were the days when you could go out and get a Z28 or a Boss 302 or a T/A Cuda or Challenger, perhaps win on Sunday sell on Monday still applied.

By: Gary Grant

Gary Grant — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:39:45 +0000

Just a bit of useless trivia: Craig Fisher was Canadian

From the CMHF website:
Craig Fisher of Toronto was one of the top sedan drivers in North America in the ’60s and early ’70s, winning several CASC and SCCA class and overall sedan championships. . A former member of the Canadian Comstock Racing Team, Craig and the late Mark Donohue finished 1-2 in the 12 Hours of Sebring in Roger Penske Trans-Am Camaros in 1968. Craig Fisher became the first Canadian to win a Trans-Am when he teamed with Mark Donohue at Marlboro, Maryland in 1968. He was the first driver to score Trans-Am points for both Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions