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Rv Jim Williams
One measure of how a newspaperman's mojo is work
ing is the sort of stuff he finds in his mailbox. Today I
jiare with you the odds (some of them very odd) and
ends the postman brings me.
One morning's find was a folder proudly labeUed "E-Z
Wider Racing Team." It contained press releases about
E-Z Wider's campaign in the 1976 Goodrich Radial Chal
lenge Series, their AMC Pacer racing car, driver Howdy
Holmes and a schedule of the series' races, '. .and a sample
package of E-Z Wider's product, which happens to be
cigarette rolling papers.
Having no use for cigarette papers, I gave them to a
friend who said he might be able to do something with
them. He gives this test report:
"The 1976 E-Z Wider is a wide-track paper now in
vogue with some users. Purists denigrate double-width
papers, but they are easier to use and allow bigger, er,
results. , "
"The test paper was easy to handle, without much
harshness. Its only fault was instability in wide turns.
Let's hope the racing car performs as well."
Gar-lovers mail more than 1 3 letters
Regardless of E-Z Wider's product, the Radial Chal
lenge is an interesting, hotly-contested series. Too bad the
closest event is in Wentzvflle, Mo., on October 10. -
Recently I subscribed to a strange weekly newspaper
called "Autoweek." Published, for some unfathomable
reason, in Reno. Nev., it offers lively, interesting coverage
of various automotive minutia.
If you want to buy "Auotweek" it takes more than
just the 60-cent cover price, because it doesn't appear at
the corner newsstand. It is sold by obscure agents who, in
a piece of curiously twisted logic, are listed only in the
publication. Maybe they don't want outsiders reading it
For thos.8 willing to take the risk, the Lincoln connection
is Road-Track Motors Service, 2045 O St., which is also a
favorite hangout of local Sports Car Club of America
whackos.
You can find out a lot reading "Autoweek"; for ex
ample, that Darrell Waltrip left the Winston Western 500
because of a cracked cylinder head. But the really fas
cinating part is the advertising.
The whole evolution of a racer can be traced through
the classified ad section. For the beginner, there are
drivers schools-Jim Russel's, Bill Scott's, Bob Bon
durantV .
Out of school, the fledgling racer needs a car, and
"Autoweek" offers lots of choices: "LOLA T332, not
cheap but good value." Surely a good value, the car that
dominates Formula 5000, the same kind Mario Andretti
drove. Racing engines and builders thereof, helmets, fire
extinguishers, test gear-every trapping of success -are for;
sale. " ' ' v ! ' ; '
And then, the decline and fall. "Bought house, race car
must go. . .New arrival forces sale. . . Quitting racing, must
sell." Morning comes, the dreams fade. Sucji is life.
-But there's one intriguing classified that tempts me to
inquire further: TR-4 used for drivers school and 2
regionals. . .very reliable, $1,895. Trailer w wench;..'"
Then there's a note from "Dan Lester in the library."
Lester's amusements include driving non-stop from
Lincoln to Albuquerque, N.M., every few weeks. He thinks
I should reschedule the Trans-Nebraska Open, which he
planned to drive single-handed. That's right, 980- miles in
20-odd hours, alone. -
I can hardly wait for tomorrow's mail.
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