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Bryan Phillips · 05-01-2011, 04:45 PM

Hi Brent-
just read the previous thread about your 68 Bird. Great looking car. Wish that we had the chance to chat at Indy last year. Toby is right, I live in the Atlanta area so Indy is far enough that going there is a "special" trip. Next event for me will be the Atlanta National and my son will be driving the car at his 1st big race the following weekeng at the Divisional.
As mentioned on the other thread there are a few Gen I Firebird racers out here that have been beating on these cars for a while. When my Dad and I built my car my we were fortunate enough that John Schloe (69 Bird in So. Cal) was super friendly and willing to share with us. He is a great guy and one of my closest friends 20 years later. A few other names of Gen I Stocker Bird hitters: Leo Glassbrenner (68), Bobby Aceves (68), Ron Prince (68), Adam Strang (68 Stick-way cool), Bo Butner/Randi Lynn Shipp (67). I believe the James Treola 68 was sold but I do not know where it went. As mentioned Truman has been running these cars longer than anyone that I am aware of. I am sure that he would be a wealth of information. There might be others that I missed. I will send you a PM with my contact info. Feel free to contact me anytime.

Toby-thanks for the shout out! Congrats to both you and Jody on your wins at Vegas. Very cool stuff! Keep up the great work on the race reports and photos/videos. I really enjoy the coverage.

Bryan

05-01-2011, 04:45 PM	#5
Bryan Phillips Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 145 Likes: 3 Liked 46 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Bryan Phillips not at indy? Hi Brent- just read the previous thread about your 68 Bird. Great looking car. Wish that we had the chance to chat at Indy last year. Toby is right, I live in the Atlanta area so Indy is far enough that going there is a "special" trip. Next event for me will be the Atlanta National and my son will be driving the car at his 1st big race the following weekeng at the Divisional. As mentioned on the other thread there are a few Gen I Firebird racers out here that have been beating on these cars for a while. When my Dad and I built my car my we were fortunate enough that John Schloe (69 Bird in So. Cal) was super friendly and willing to share with us. He is a great guy and one of my closest friends 20 years later. A few other names of Gen I Stocker Bird hitters: Leo Glassbrenner (68), Bobby Aceves (68), Ron Prince (68), Adam Strang (68 Stick-way cool), Bo Butner/Randi Lynn Shipp (67). I believe the James Treola 68 was sold but I do not know where it went. As mentioned Truman has been running these cars longer than anyone that I am aware of. I am sure that he would be a wealth of information. There might be others that I missed. I will send you a PM with my contact info. Feel free to contact me anytime. Toby-thanks for the shout out! Congrats to both you and Jody on your wins at Vegas. Very cool stuff! Keep up the great work on the race reports and photos/videos. I really enjoy the coverage. Bryan