This weekend was VARA’s 2011 season finale, the Big Bore Bash held at Willow Springs Int’l Raceway. Most vintage race weekends have a theme event, and this wknd the thundering V8s got the spotlight. Turnout was excellent, the weather remained raceable (cold, damp, and windy), and Saturday night’s spagheti dinner was a hit. The Shelby Club joined us for hot-lap sessions both days, and Peter Giacobbi brought out his Ferrari Testarossa to race. The latest mods to the Wagon worked well, but I didn’t get as much time to sort them out as I had hoped. I was involved in some racing contact during Saturday’s Qualfying race that left both cars virtually unscathed, but rules are rules, and I was done for the wknd. I’ll have a detailed post on this issue following this one.
An annoucement was made this weekend that VARA and HSR-West will have a joint event later this month at Chuckwalla Raceway. Hopefully this a sign of good things to come.
I asked the owner just the same question. He says he’s developing it into a competitive street-legal race car, and will paint it as the last step of the project. No trailer queen for Mr. G!
Is Peter’s Ferrari undergoing some bodywork or has he just opted to leave it raw?