Archive for December, 2006

What a race!

Ok so many of you read about the part failures we had through the night. Even though we did not win I am very proud of our performance. The MX 5 was fast and the drivers were awesome ! We were way faster than any other car in our class and the crew [...]

Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster #2

After Dieter got the car back from the insurance company, Dick bought it with plans to build it into a race car. The May 1967 issue of the San Diego Region SCCA magazine ‘Gridlines’ states, “Dick Barbour and Dennis Sherman are setting up Dick’s Porsche for racing. Dick says he’s sure he can make it [...]

A word from the Team Owner…

First I would just like to say thanks to the five drivers that allowed me to challenge myself to such a great event, Andrew, Sammy, Mark, Jonny and Matt. It takes a great driver line up and crew to make this race happen. Thank you.
First, I only had two weeks to prepare and test the [...]

Hi all…

Hi all,I made it back to Bend, OR around 7:30 last night, record time. I guess I was still in race mode and the roads were dry. This morning the adrenaline has worn off and I’m stiff, sore and still tired.
Ditto what Johnny said, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire team of co-drivers and crew, what [...]

the finish….

Ok, back home and running on about 40 hour of no sleep.
After we fixed the car and sent Matt out, he reported that the car was the best it has been and it showed in his lap times. Andrew took over after Matt and ran a great stint having some fun playing/racing with Charles [...]

Dick Barbour Automotion Roadster #3

On Memorial Day weekend 1968 Barbour and co-driver Dennis Sherman entered the Roadster in a 6 hour enduro race at Riverside Raceway. The car was still silver, but Barbour had added blue to the front valance, up over the headlights and back to a tear drop on top of the fenders

Well into the race, Dennis [...]