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Old 05-16-2009, 06:14 AM
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Muh math skillz suck too. I was only 9 then.
Your dad was born in 55 then.
Old 05-16-2009, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pongobaz
I'm no math wiz, but wouldn't he have been 21 in 1966 if he was born in 1945?
Oops! Yes, 21.
Old 05-16-2009, 03:48 PM
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Wow, great video!
I was 4 yeas old then.
What always gets me is the lack of safety practices back then.
Old 05-16-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jim 7
That is 67. In 68 the McLaren wings got lower to the body work. The Mosport CanAm was the first race of the year and interesting to what the designers have come up with over the winter. McLaren owned the series after 67, until Porsche came out with 917-10. That was something to see. The start lap of the CanAm races as viewed from Moss corner was a physical experience with the sound rattling your bones as the cars dropped through four.

Christien, Thanks for sharing that.
Thanks, Jim...memory fades with age
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Originally Posted by irobertson
Wow, great video!
I was 4 yeas old then.
What always gets me is the lack of safety practices back then.
Yes, lucky or some of us wouldn't be here today



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