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I had the pleasure of meeting Terry Hoard and his son or brother at the Keystones one year. We camped out at the campground next door. Uncle Jim had a co-worker that ran the white/yellow "Rotary Rattler" Mazda here in D1 and Jim worked on Wankle engines at Ingersol Rand Research. So there was a common interest in the rotary engines.
Terry was nice enough to have his exhaust end underneath the car whereas Al McEachern (Rotary Rattler) had his coming out the right side. Jim always made sure that Al parked on the right side of him. Al's car always ran better when he left the motor mounts loose...?? Al borrowed Jim's tach one day and it came back with the tell-tale pointer somewhere after the numbers left off. 12K +

I probably still had a business car of Terry Hoard laying around somewhere. I seem to remember "Braaap Industries/performance" or something along those lines.

Of course there are still plenty on Mazda's running at the import races.

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Relook at the picture of the gold car. Check the spectators in the 4th row up.....

Now that's funny!!

Wade

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I "saw/HEARD" one of those screaming buzz saws run @ Bowling Green when they were "hot & faaaaast".................. for those of you who have been there..... can you imagine how that sounded???

All those rpm's echoing down between those tin roofs!!!!!!!!!! If only i had my ear plugs in THEN!!!!

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I remember making a pass next to Hoard at Woodburn. The reason I remember is because that thing is still ringing in my ears. Couldn't even hear my poor ol' Olds!

If ya' look on the quarter panel just below the window, you'll see Hoard's partner's name; Gary Parham. A co-worker crewed for Gary on his black '55 Chevy called "the Undertaker" (IIRC). C/Gas I think. I'll always remember Gary getting his foot broke when a clutch/flywheel let go. Bulged the shield and floor enough to break his foot. I bought my first 'speed equipment' from him. Edelbrock dual AFB set-up for SBC.

Sorrry for the diversion; back to the Mazda's

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There was a guy in Woodburn about 8 to 10 years ago, who had a dragster with a supercharged rotary. It ran 7.9s. Is this the same guy? That dragster was just plain cool.....

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Sean,

I posted this on page 2; you might have missed it:
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Speaking of rotay Mazda's and "L-O-U-D"....

I was at a Div VII Points Meet at Sears Point (Infineon?) about 8 or 10 years ago... not sure about the date, and they were running a Breakout Eliminator called "SUPER", which had a 7.90 dial...

Somebody had one of these 2-rotor Wankels in a Rear Engine dragster chassis and had a G.M.C. 4-71 roots-style blower bolted to the side of the engine, driving it with a conventional Gilmer belt.

Every time it made a pass, everything stopped... people would stand, dead-in-their tracks... it was like two Fuelers running at once...

The poor guy in the Big Block Chevy rear-engine dragster in the next lane couldn't hear his engine at all, I'm sure, because all I could hear in the stands, was that blown Mazda...

WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....................

Must have been a new car, because he broke out with a 7.68 (!), as I recall...

It was awesome...
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Has to be the same car....

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I don't know how I missed that, thanks Bill. That is definitely the same car, It was running a roots blower. It looked funny with this big super charger sticking up from this little tiny engine.

Anyone else out there know this car? Is it still around? I'd imagine it would a really cheap, low maintenance way of going fast.