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Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part IV
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Students, please take your seats. I had hoped that you would, once a-gain, fill this room with your intelligence. However, your scheduled oral presentations on maritime law, and it’s application to the case of Dearthair v. Canuckistanian Bikini Team, L.L.C. must be postponed for another day. Please adjust your syllibi accordingly. In the interim, we…
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Morning Qualifying – The Fast and The Ridiculous edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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In 1954, the great Alberto Ascari won the Mille Miglia; Ascari completed the thousand mile journey from Brescia through Pescara, Rome, Pisa, Florence, Bologna, Modena, Palma and back to Brescia in 11 hours 26 minutes, at an average speed of 87.27 mph. Ascari’s departure from Brescia was at 6:02 in the morning; the time of…
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Morning Qualifying – A Yankee Champion, a Roadrunner, and a 'Ring edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Late May, 1966, the Nurburgring. Into the Nurburgring’s garage square paddock, amidst vast works team armadas from Abarth, Autodelta/Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Ferrari and Ford, arrived a lone Chevy pick-up truck towing a race car wearing Texas plates. At that truck’s wheel was Chaparral’s Hap Sharp, accompanied by his wife, Susie, and three mechanics, who’d come…
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Morning Qualifying – S is for Safari edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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First run in 1953, to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the East African Safari rally quickly developed a reputation for being the most challenging rally of all. For nearly 2 decades, Europe sent it’s best cars and drivers to Kenya and Tanzania, and each year the Safari sent them home empty handed …
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Morning Qualifying – The Uncrowned Champion edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Jochen Rindt burst onto the international racing scene in 1964, when he beat a field full of Formula One stars in a F2 race at Crystal Palace in London. While he had racked up a couple of notable international victories (an overall victory at LeMans with Masten Gregory in 1965, a win in the first…
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Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part III
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Please sit down, students. Due to the ongoing adamantium shortage, we must postpone the planned testicular fortification phase of Project Hooniverse WRC team for the foreseeable future. Instead, we will continue our review of the outstanding Shell Films documentary on the History of Motor Racing.
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Morning Qualifying – Going Dutch edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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It’s a fine thing to find something that you are good at; finer still, if you were born into that “right” situation. Such is the case with today’s subject, touring and sports car ace Toine Hezemans. Born in Eindoven, Holland in 1943, Antoine Hezemans was born into a motor sport family. His father, Matthieu, was…
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Morning Qualifying – Everybody's All American (Racer) edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Today is Daniel Sexton Gurney’s 80th birthday. If asked to list the top 5 American race car drivers of all time, Dan Gurney is inevitably on that list. Here’s a list of things you might not know about Dan Gurney:
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Morning Qualifying – Workin' For MGA edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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I caught the foreign car bug at an early age, when a young married couple moved into the house next door. With them, came a red MGA. It was, at that time, the prettiest car I’d ever seen. The thing is, like most British cars of it’s era, it spent most of it’s time…
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Morning Qualifying – Mr. Petrov Applies to The Club edition
Jennings R. Scroggs, Jr.
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Dear Mr. Petrov, We have received and processed your application to join the Hooniverse’s Morning Qualifying Flying Race Car Driver Club. In accordance with H.M.Q.F.R.C.D.C. bylaws, we will now bring your request to a vote before our membership committee.
