Hah, I thought so... I remember when he had that 924. I think we went to Pierce college at the same time. He had a 930 then. We ran in different circles but knew each other because of our cars.
I didn't want to say "Old Man", but yeah, that's how he was referred to back then. I remembered it was a Ranchero shortly after posting. Glad to hear he's still around.
Why is it so easy for me to picture Chuck a Hustler photog??? LOL! Just kidding... He was a fixture up there, and one of the ones that was arrested with me in a sting in ‘81... LOL! I remember it well because I had just turned 18 and it was the 2nd time I got arrested in a couple of weeks... I remember we also made the local papers (wish I still had a copy)...
Funny how big this thread got. I have a friend from Sweden that asked if I had seen it and if I was one of those mentioned. He mentioned that someone else he knew said you were a ghost up there. I told him that I had to agree. In all the years, hours and miles I spent up there, I think I only saw you once, at that was during the day.
I was in my Z and had just turned onto Mul from Coldwater when I noticed a silver Porsche coming up fast behind me on the European straight. I remember thinking, “ok, let’s see what you got” and just as I started to get on it, you not only flew past me, but continued to pull me the whole rest of the straight!
That REALLY surprised me. A friend of mine was a GT-2 National Champion and I built essentially the same engine he was running in his race car (which was bult by Frank Leary and a claimed 318 HP). I went into hot pursuit, but slowed for the 2 foot wide stream of water going across the first right turn that you just bombed right through... LOL!
I got back on it within a turn or two, but by then I could see you were long gone and backed off.
Much to my surprise, you were waiting for me at Beverly Glen in the left turn lane... When I pulled up you looked over, past the hot blonde in your passanger seat, and gave me a big grin. I think we had a brief exchange before the light turned green and you took off down Beverly Glen. For for the longest time I wondered who that was...
Did you hang out much up there? Did you come up in another car when you weren't making runs in the Porsche?