SDVSA at the Races
Chrysler Speed Fest'
October 13^th, 2002

SDVSA lineup: The cars of Brad Benson, Allen Miller, Dave Dempsey, Bud Hartwell, Goran Freske, Sandra DeMello and Randy Blum.

1963 Alfa-Romeo SS, 1620cc.		1959 Lotus 11, 1100cc.

It's not often you see million dollar cars, but here you see the 3/4 views of three Ferrari Testarossas, worth a couple of million apiece, including the prototype, which is probably just about priceless!

1954 Ferrari 250 GT TDF, 3000cc.		1955 Cooper-Climax, 1097cc.

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing coupe, 2996cc; 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300SL convertible, 2996cc.

In the Trans-Am Series, teams would “acid dip” the race cars to etch away metal, thus making the car lighter. At Laguna Seca, the first race of the season, the challenger team was last in line for technical inspection. Since all the factories were participating in 1970 the first inspection of the year was highly detailed. After the challenger had passed tech inspection and was accepted, the team offered John Taminus, the chief technical inspector, a beer. John rested his elbow on the roof of the car and it dimpled in (from too much time in the acid bath). When that happened he told them they could not run the car until the roof was replaced. Within an hour of that incident, the challenger team had received permission from Dodge and torched the roof off a challenger that was sitting on a dealer’s showroom in downtown Monterey. [From informational sign.]

1970 Dodge Challenger, 5000cc.