Tom1200 said:
In reply to L5wolvesf :
I knew we had talked a couple of times at LVR SCCA race................the picture confirms it.
I think you may have known Gordon Laduke?
I barely recognize that guy in the pic and you do :) I heard his name is Larry.
I may be getting a bit older (not an admission mind you) so remind me during which time period we talked. I ran at LVIS in the mid-80s (white ITB Pinto) and early 90s (red HProd Fiat 850). In ITB I ran against a local in a Toyota (maybe a Celica), possibly a dentist, who wasn't popular. IIRC I got a class champ there.
Gordon Laduke doesn't ring a bell - remind me pls.
In reply to L5wolvesf :
I ran from 91 until 98 or so (LVR SCCA stopped racing at LVMS in the late 90s)
When we talked you were running the Fiat; I had my 1200 that I ran as GT5, then Eric Moorhouse's old SSC Miata and then the D-sports Racer.
Gordon aka Gordo ran an X 1/9 with his wife Donna and later ran an A/S Camaro. Gordon was a short barrel chested guy who used an old Yellow F350 as a tow vehicle.
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UberDork
1/12/23 5:34 p.m.
As a 45 year old I got to witness the final gasps of the few speed shops left in my late 20's. We never had a huge network in my small burgh of Cincinnati but they were there. I miss them greatly. We had 3 different Euro Part specialist shops that were all fantastic. We had 3 different speed shops, predominantly American iron but you could refill nitrous and get a dyno run. Boo that that Internet has killed all but the handful that were big enough or had enough forethought to jump on the website bandwagon.
I visited an Orlando speed shop last week (Speedzone in Kissimmee), so some still exist.
They had wheels, seats, JDM accessories and the like. Plus lots of die-cast cars.
