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It was announced yesterday that one of motor racings best known fabricators ever, Phil Remington, died Saturday morning in his sleep at the age of 92. "Mr. Fix-it" worked on Daytona 500 winning cars for Holman & Moody, the Scarab sportscars and the first American F1 car (both with Chuck Daigh) for Lance Reventlow, the Cobra and GT40 race programs for Carroll Shelby, and the Indy 500 winning Eagles for Dan Gurney's All-American Racing, just to name a few. Rem worked at AAR for 44 years and never missed a day of work. One of the last projects he contributed to was the 2011 DeltaWing prototype. Les got a chance to speak with Phil at a tribute dinner in 2010. He was a master craftsman, designer, engineer, and fabricator. Godspeed, Rem.


This year we were treated to some pretty good weather for Willow Springs- not too hot, not too cold, and no wind. Hustling to get the car prepped in time for the Saturday morning practice, Les took the track with the BF Goodrich tires he had driven on the previous year. For the afternoon qualifying race, he decided to put on some ten-year old stickered Hoosiers he had in the trailer. A few laps in, they finally warmed-up and he passed six cars to finish nineth overall. After spending some time with his new grandson, who was experiencing his first race weekend, the pit was packed up for the night and the crew headed back into town for the evening. During the Sunday practice session, the Hoosiers seemed to be holding up fine, but by the Ford/Chevy Challenge, Les had to back off the throttle because the grip just went away with every lap. He finished, keeping his event streak intact, but lost some spots along the way. Good thing the challenge race dosen't effect the starting grid for the flag race. The BFGs went back on, and Les went out and won the B-Production class. His first flag win in ten years.


It was announced today that legendary car racer/desiger/builder, Carroll Shelby died Thursday night in Dallas at the age of 89. He was most famous for dropping a Ford V8 in an AC Ace roadster and calling it a Cobra, then setting up the wildly popular Ford Mustang fastback for racing and calling it a GT500, then designing the Ford GT40 racecar that went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans multiple times. His autograph is inked on the underside of the trunk lid of the #45 Mustang. He also went to the COCOA-OC holiday party quite a few times. His ability to make Fords go fast has been a big influence on this family. His legend will live on.


It was a misty, wet New Year's morning as hundreds of classic cars gathered for the annual day one cruise around Orange County; the 9th in the series. Walking around the staging area, we grabbed a doughnut, talked with friends, and admired some beautiful cars. After procuring our directions, we filed out down the road to get the Tour started. The course took us along some scenic spots that make OC a desired destination for so many; ocean views along Highway 1 at Crystal Cove and Laguna's Main Beach, tree lined streets along the foothills in Trabuco Canyone and Santiago Canyon, and ending at the ultimate California experience: In-N-Out Burger. By the time most of the participants started to re-group at the finish, the fog had burned off and the sun shown graciously inviting the feeling that upcoming year is going to be a great one. A Double-Double for lunch just makes it that much better.