From the archives of Willis Weldin, and then through my friend George Alderman’s hands, I gained access to what appears to be the all the timecards from the 1964 Autosprint…
1997 was the first year for the Formula SAE team at the University of Delaware. We built a car, completely on our own time and largely out of our own…
These videos and these photos are from the VSCCA’s event at Virginia International Runway (VIR) in 2004. It was held the first weekend in May and Peter Krause was the…
1959 SAAB Ice Racer Special
November 25, 2018
November 25, 2018
SAAB
1959, climb, david redmond, george alderman, hill, hillclimb, ice, ice racer, jacobson, jake, lake naomi, pocono, racer, saab, special, two stroke, Yorklyn
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In 1959, some racers in the Wilmington Delaware (USA) area built one of the wildest ice racing specials ever seen up until that time. It was known simply as “The…
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