The "Race at the Base" continues!!
They call it that because it's held on one of the runways at NAS North Island, which is nestled up against this lovely city San Diego.
The  hills above Loma Point across the channel, a derelict Navy aircraft, and a mystery car: that number does not show up in the online roster. It's from the Group One race, which was for pre-1941 designs.







  1952 Siata Diana; finished  11th.
A 1934 MG NE is in pursuit; finished 13th.






This 1932 Ford-Miller came in 4th. It cornered very well at high speeds, and sounded great hitting that straightaway...





The winner: a lucsious 1935 Alfa-Romeo 8C-35.   





Surprisingly maybe, this 1935 Frazer Nash C came in 9th. It's  faster than it looks.





My favorite from Group 1, and the oldest participant: a 1916 National, which came in 14th (but not last!)

These guys looked rather tense negotiating that S-turn, but they were out there to win.

Not sure why there is a 2-man crew; anybody know?




Next: part 3: Group 2

That first one is called a Midget and it looks to have a SESCO Chevy engine in it.  A SESCO engine is a V-8 that is cut in half and they use the front four cylinders and the front two and rear two journals of the crank.  Your looking at late 60' & 70's technology.  They were pretty fast and they mostly ran on dirt.

More Great shots, Sean!!

Keep them coming!!

I believe that in the early days Sean, the driver carried a mechanic with him to deal with come-what-may.......

Ya just gotta love the "finesse" type of sports car racing, where the low power demands that energy management is very high on the drivers list of things to do..........

beaky wrote on Oct 9^th, 2007 at 8:41pm:


The one on the right is pedalling!