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bajasol
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N.O.R.R.A. guys and photos...
Anyone out there with information on the guys of N.O.R.R.A.? I know a few have passed on, but I am looking for a few old photos of the guys: Ed
Pearlman, Ed Orr, Dick Cepek, Claude Dozier, Pete Condos and Drino Miller. Any help would be great. Thanks
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thebajarunner
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The book "1000 miles to glory" by Marty Fiolka has lots of photos of all those guys and all the NORRA days.
Don Francisco, Ed's sidekick, died last year, see my Nomad post from 2005.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=8838#pid65328
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bajasol
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Thanks for the post. Sorry to hear of Don's passing. I do have Marty's book, It is good but it does not have many photos of the guys. Yes Ed Pearlman
and Bruce Meyers but not Ed Orr, Dick Cepek, Claude Dozier Pete or Drino Miller...Thanks
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David K
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Bruce is doing well I hear from Dave Deal... who raced in the early NORRA days and is well known for his Baja and off road comics... Also the new
PIXAR movie 'Cars' is coming out soon, the 'characters' are the creation of Dave Deal in part or whole. They both live in San Diego County.
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surfer jim
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BAJASOL....will you be doing a book also?
I am thinking some of the race organizations have been honoring some of the off road pioneers also and are looking for past info/photos....
I like the DUSTY TIMES "old photo" every month also...except I can remember when those photos were "current"...
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David K
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Hey Jim, do you like this one?
It is Parnelli Jones returning from a 'tire warm up' drive the day before the 1973 Baja 1000... I was lucky to be in the right place at the right
time, with my camera!
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Here's Mickey Thompson at the 1975 Baja Internacional (500) at Valle Trinidad... just got out of his damaged Chevy LUV (with a 454 V-8 in the bed on
top of an Olds. front wheel drive installed on the rear tires!)... man he had some wild horsepower vehicles in Baja!
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Finally, here's 'Iron Man' Ivan Stewart (BEFORE he became a racing superstar) at the 1975 Baja 300 in Santo Tomas... He just won the B.R.A. race when
I took this picture at the El Palomar campground.
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I noticed the Hurst-Airheart sticker on Ivan's vehicle. Those were the hot tip in the 70's/80's - especially in the stock car arena where I spent
many-a-year. Haven't seen one of those stickers for a very long time.
Regarding Big Oly (also Hurst-Airheart equipped), here's an interesting read for anyone that hasn't seen it:
http://www.bajabronco.com/BigOly.shtml
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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bajalou
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Great story - thanks for pointing me to it!!
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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thebajarunner
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Wow, great memories, guys!!
I got passed two different times (different races) by the "Big Oly"
It was the only times in racing that I felt honored to be 'dusted'
We ran that BRA 300 around and around the Santo Tomas hill.
Ran it in the "Old Blue" pickup. We were not going anywhere, on the last lap a biker got hurt, real bad, and our relief crew stopped, loaded him on
the tail gate, and eased him back to town, never heard how he came out of that.
I think Bobby Ferro was in that one as well, if old foggy memory is correct.
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David K
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Then we could have met! I was down there with Mark Hanson (FAST Company) who raced a Baja Bug. I have a funny photo of a racer that broke down
somwhere, borrowed a rancher's horse and rode back to Santo Tomas with his helmet and fire suit on!
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bajasol
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Great stories...
Not working on a book, working on a travel magazine TV show on Baja. My pitch pilot episode has a segment on Baja Racing's beginings. The other two
are on The Rosarito Beach Hotel and a christian school for blind children in Valle de Guadalupe named Rancho Sordo Muno. Ivan Stewart and Parnelli
Jones and Walker Evans take a motorcycle ride down every year with a group of friends to donate and help the school out. Racers giving back to the
land and to the people of Baja. Great story. Any ideas of places and people to meet, please do tell. I have many like CoCo and Mama Espinoza...
Baja Sol
[Edited on 4-17-2006 by bajasol]
[Edited on 4-17-2006 by bajasol]
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thebajarunner
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Uhhhhh, slight correction.
Rancho Sordo Mudo is for deaf kids.
(and a wonderful place to boot)
Great you are featuring this kind of thing for publication!!
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David K
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Bump... where is bajasol today? (last post Feb. 2010)
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thebajarunner
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Great bump David
Never get tired of looking at those old photos
I keep expecting to see my face somewhere in the background
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David K
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Yah, I have been spotting some great threads that are worthy of bumping up so the newer Nomads can enjoy them and us old fart Nomads can too!
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thebajarunner
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Is this where I get to mention my NORRA accomplishments?
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Yah, I have been spotting some great threads that are worthy of bumping up so the newer Nomads can enjoy them and us old fart Nomads can too!
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Ahem, well, modesty demands that I refrain unless asked...
Thanks for asking,
My partner Chuck and I took second in the pickup class (Class 8) in the 1972 Mexican 1000.
Over a 12 year span I raced in six 1000's and finished all six....
O.k. back to the rocking chair...
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enjoy your rocking chair but keep sharing stories !
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thebajarunner
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Don't tease me, girl
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
enjoy your rocking chair but keep sharing stories ! |
Got a lot of stories yet to tell
Thanks for the reminder
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