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Museum Piece 

*Experiences include but are not limited to: Torrance High School; UCR; Lotus, MGB, MGB/GT , Chevy Vega, other auto racing; notes on motorsports at nostalgic Riverside International Raceway , Ontario Motor Speedway , Holtville Aerodrome International Raceway , Tijuana, Torrey Pines, Palm Springs, Pomona, San Diego Stadium, Santa Barbara, Carlsbad, other historic Southern California sports car racetracks, and Sebring, FL; contacts with Richard Boone (Paladin), Mario Andretti, James Garner, Steve McQueen, Rick Mears, Paul Newman, Stirling Moss, Dick Smothers, Peter Deuel, and others at SCCA, IMSA, Formula One, Formula 5000, and CART races and race tracks; Bob Munns; Miss USA; Mamie Van Doren; cars I've been in since 1937 (Morris Minor 1000, et alii); 1:43-scale diecast model cars; a 1999 Hollywood movie I was in; animal companions (Mexican Hairless Xoloitzquintli, Shih Tzu, Sheltie, Border Collie, Welsh Corgi, Indian Ringneck Parakeet); Mexico, Glacier Park, Grafton, UT (Butch Cassidy ghost town), Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Vermilion Cliffs, Yosemite, on Route 66; Little Rock Jazz; PARKS AFB; Little Rock Air Force Base; School Days; work. Vintage racing photos.   See the SITE Map for a better idea.

See the Auxiliary Site for Driver's-eye Views of RIR , WIR, OMS , Tijuana, and HAIR

See Racing Event Program Covers (and some Entry Lists) (and Course Diagrams)

It is becoming apparent that I most easily gauge and record my life relative to the cars in it.  Oh my.


Take a peek at another nostalgia obsession:
Riverside International Raceway pictures       

RACE
TRACKS:

Carlsbad
Raceway


Del Mar Fairground


Holtville
(HAIR)


Ontario
Motor
Speedway


Palm Springs
Airport


Pomona Fairground


Riverside
International
Raceway   


San Diego Stadium


Santa Barbara
Airport


Sebring, FL


Tijuana Airport


Tijuana Playas


Torrey Pines


Willow Springs
Raceway

  Most SMALL images or "thumbnails" on this site are CLICKABLE :
  they will take you to a LARGER or CONNECTED IMAGE or PAGE
Some are pretty big and may take a while if you're dial-up bound

    

Little Rock Air Force Base, 1957.
Picture was taken by Jim Hunt. HP PhotoSmart® scan.

     Cleaning up the recently-purchased 1953 MG TD 2 after a 1700-mile eventful drive from Los Angeles. In Albuquerque two of the Unser boys (Al and Bobby) spent a disdainful hour diagnosing an oil-pressure anomaly after closing time on a September Saturday. They charged $10.00 for their trouble. The consensus was: No problemo. 

     And so it was.

New:
03-31-09: Legends of Riverside gathering
03-23-09: Mustangs and others at Balboa Park
03-07-09: Torrance HS annual scans
                 1951 1952 (empty) 1952 (empty) 1954
01-31-09: Roy McClenahan's RIR photos
12-25-08: New note on Parks AFB Page
                PLUS: Flights 351 - 358 pictures!
12-01-08: Torrance HS 1954 annual pages -scans
10-17-08: Photos from Shelby Terlingua event
9-11-08: Jim Boxberger on Dolphin No. 9
09-05-08: New note on Parks AFB Page
02-21-08: Joseph Hnat's LRAFB Photos from 1956-57
02-03-08:  Motor Racing Circuits Database
07-12-07: East Coast racing - 1958-1962+
                 a revelation in pictures: BARC
03-21-07:  Parks AFB 1956 "Annual" Book
                 Moreno Valley Community Center (RIR)
02-27-07:  Dept 47
09-20-06:  Holtville's Hotel Nern remembered
08-26-06:  USAC Sam Hanks @ RIR 12-01-57
08-07-06:  Programs and Articles Alphabetized
07-27-06:  IMSA Camel GT blog link
                  MG Photos  TD   B/GT
07-07-06:  Three new USAF notes  
                  Parks        Barksdale
06-24-06:  Ninth Dolphin restoration
06-06-06:  Paramount Ranch, April 2006
02-08-06:  Parks AFB page comes to life 

Links to about 150
09-24-01 through 08-26-06
"NEW" entries
are available at OldNew OR:
Alphabetized PROGRAMS AND ARTICLES ONLY

-centric pages:

1953 MGTD:

Early photos

As a scale model

On Route 66:   
Arizona desert
New Mexico desert

At University

Demise

MG Bs:

1964 B LeMans
1:43 scale Model

1967 Bs posed
a Pair

1967 B Tourer
at Carlsbad
& Holtville

1967 B Tourer
on Riverside International Raceway, 1968

Santa Maria
State Slalom
runoffs

WillowSprings
B Enduro Racing

Playas de Tijuana
B Beach Racing

1967 B/GT
on street and track

MG B Models
a cabinet-full

MGs
in (Old) Print

Announcement and explanation

Mr Road Runner* changed Web servers, and any URLs that referred to "home.san.rr.com/fsheff" will no longer work; replacing the material in quotes with "home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff" will make it right.

The old "http://fsheff.com" referral will still be good and take
you to this "home" page and "new" list with true address
http://home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff/index.html

Best entry opportunities for racing-related stuff are
http://home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff/siter.htm and http://home.roadrunner.com/~fsheff/rirpicts.htm

I'm fixing these as I find them; otherwise, the URLs above will generally work, and making the noted changes will realign any of the old-style ones.

Please accept Mr Road Runner's apologies for any inconvenience, even though he is too thoughtless and arrogant to extend them himself.

*Time-Warner Cable
Our motto is "We almost never live up to our advertising or 'Help system'
promises; we don't have to: we have no competition".

--
Frank Sheffield
San Diego CA
USA