Len Imborgno - Jim Skelly - Performance Preserves

Fred Holdorf · 07-01-2007, 10:14 PM

Bruce, greetings from another Buick racer. Irwindale had been open a few weeks before they had their official "Opening Day Meet". We were running AHRA and had a record holding '63 Falcon and poor as we were, a '54 Buick Special 4 door tow car. We entered the Buick on a lark for a single car trophy for my pardner, and then lost first round in the Falcon on a red light. The Buick was in the back of the lanes and hadn't run yet so I came back jumped in and ran the Buick. 7 rounds later I'm running Dave Kemptons wife in the finals. I didn't win but got money, a new steering wheel, two tickets to a bar (free drinks) and a set of dual exhausts from Covina Muffler. (Remember those days!) One of the cars I had to beat was the wife of muffler shops Ranchero. The class index was 19 or 20 seconds, something like that, and I'd just leave and back into my competition. All went well until that final round, when Kempton (the tech man) found out I was running two cars. Next race, red light after I'd left the line. I still laugh about the "Opening Day of Irwindale". Thanks for the memories, Fred

07-01-2007, 10:14 PM	#29
Fred Holdorf Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Minden, Nv Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Len Imborgno - Jim Skelly - Performance Preserves Bruce, greetings from another Buick racer. Irwindale had been open a few weeks before they had their official "Opening Day Meet". We were running AHRA and had a record holding '63 Falcon and poor as we were, a '54 Buick Special 4 door tow car. We entered the Buick on a lark for a single car trophy for my pardner, and then lost first round in the Falcon on a red light. The Buick was in the back of the lanes and hadn't run yet so I came back jumped in and ran the Buick. 7 rounds later I'm running Dave Kemptons wife in the finals. I didn't win but got money, a new steering wheel, two tickets to a bar (free drinks) and a set of dual exhausts from Covina Muffler. (Remember those days!) One of the cars I had to beat was the wife of muffler shops Ranchero. The class index was 19 or 20 seconds, something like that, and I'd just leave and back into my competition. All went well until that final round, when Kempton (the tech man) found out I was running two cars. Next race, red light after I'd left the line. I still laugh about the "Opening Day of Irwindale". Thanks for the memories, Fred