jimculp

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../70130001/1001

mconn

Wasn't he the top Porsche DP at Daytona ? He's probably only got 10 good years left in him.

cviles

I can just see dealerships "renting him out" a day a week to hand out keys...

mklaskin

Now there's a guy who should write an autobiography when he retires. Imagine the stories he could tell. The experience with Peter Gregg from his perspective alone would be worth the price.

skl

Totally agree laskin- having followed that pretty closely back in the 70's (with several mid winter trips to the 24 to escape Iowa winters) he would have some invaluable insight into a complex man...

Nordschleife

Errr, lets wait for the unabridged edition...... it will be MUCH funnier. He can be a real bitch, and very funny, I'd hate to see those stories left out.

I also know a few big time drivers that are praying that he doesn't publish.

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Mike in Chi

Funny seeing Snodgrass with a Red Bull cap and a Gatorade in hand... Oops

Bull

My first memory of Hurley is meeting him when he showed up at the 1969 Trans-Am race at Seattle (Kent) with Peter Gregg, running in the Under 2 Liter class.

George from MD

"My first memory of Hurley is meeting him when he showed up at the 1969 Trans-Am race at Seattle (Kent) with Peter Gregg, running in the Under 2 Liter class."

Now that's going back there...I was in tenth grade and drawing cars- not driving them- at that time.

He was my instructor at a PDE event about seven or eight years ago. A very nice but very serious fellow. He obviously recognized all my faults but never once snickered (let alone laughed out loud) and helped me a great deal.

Bull

Oh, I was cutting school, 8th grade, at the time.....

Mike in Chi

Hey Bob, do you remember Horst Kweck, and Alfa GTA drover back then? I think he was still racing in '69.

(I was probably only 8 or 10 then, but he was my hero)

Bull

The Pride of Waukegan???? Of course I remember Horst Kwech. He raced an Alfa GTA in '66 (his most successful year), '67, and the first 4 races of '68. He then jumped to Mustang. Not his best move as he had an 8th in class and 4 DNFs in the last 5 races in '68, including Kent. He stayed with his Mustang in '69, earning 3 DNS, 7 DNF, a 9th and a 10th place finishes. He didn't make Kent in '69. It wasn't unusual for most drivers to not do all 12 - 13 races, as the prize money in '69 was $2500 for 1st place in the Over 2 Liter class, and $1300 for 1st place in Under 2 Liter, which was increased that year from the first three years when it was $1500 and $900 for the two classes.

BTW, you may have been 8-10 years old mentally, but we know you were 18-19 physically!

Mike in Chi

You loked it up right?



I had forgotten he had gone to Mustang

I was working for an Alfa dealer in Lake Forest (I had a child labor work permit), and Horst Kweck (Horst Quick) and his Ausca team were loosely affiliated with them.

I think he won the U2L championship in 66 or 67.

Sorry Jim, back to the topic at hand...

A.Wayne

Yes , Hurley is one of the best in DP , not sure he could continue at his current pace for another 10 yrs.

Nordschleife

alas yoof!

do recall Twain on age

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