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Great clip of the Essex car, 3009. Brings back memories galore.

Sidebar:
It was some car. i had the pleasure of being a freebie pit-crewman for Sam Feinstein from time to time from about 1970 to 73 or so. Not a regular. But, what a car. And, might i remind us, what a driver. Despite many trials and tribulations with that car and its stressful history, Sam could always dig down somewhere and find a better line or an earlier stuff-it point and grab a few more tenths if necessary to win. No kidding, he was great.

But, he was not generally popular. Partly, it was the mother car. Without doubt the loudest and biggest thing in the pits, it was truly intimidating to even the initiated. It snapped and flashed and popped and scared the living daylights out of everyone except the most blase.

Partly, Sam was a great actor. He placed markers in his comments, which he could back-up on the track... His competitors, mostly 289 shoes, were not kindly because they knew he could out-drive them, mostly. In my view, he was a privateer champion's champion.

Obscure detail: Sam drove "Ollie" so far into its long-past sell/retire-by date, the SCCA (in pro-class first, if i recall correctly) passed a ruling that required the removal of out-sized fuel flip tops that could be swiped-off in an upset. Sam replaced the flip-top with a below-surface-mounted aviation fuel-tank access cover. Looked very nice, modern, and worked mostly fine. (But, the flush mounted cover was covered with water in the 1" fender recess when it rained in the pits or on the trailer a few times.)
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Ant...
Thanks for publishing the place results.

Meanwhile, notice that George Follmer won the race with a tiny little Lotus 23. Blew all the Cobras away, as well as many others. This with either a 1440 engine or at most a 2 liter (i forget which). Of course, it is a genuine professional race car also from the mid-sixties, but with a completely different design philosophy.

And George Follmer, who still drives, was one of the greatest drivers ever, as measured by his wins and longevity; who doesn't quite have the recognition he deserves, IMHO.
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i hope the enhanced and cleaned DVD's of these will become available in some form... Notice how 'relaxed' everyone is dressed.