Winning crew at Lime Rock CT:  crew chief: Roy Wade, manager/engineer: Carroll Smith,

car owner: Marvin Davidson, and Tony a2z.  Without Carroll Smith, I wouldn't have won

the Championship.  He taught me a lot and was a good hands-on team manager.  This photo became part of the STP calendar.

Hard cornering shows understeer in slower corners

Winning at Donnybrook

Elkhart Lake:  Carroll Smith doesn't believe

what I just saw....

                    A True Story, believe it or not!


     I was coming around the turn under the bridge when I saw John Cannon's Eagle resting in the trees ahead of me.  How John got there, I don't know, but he was not in the cockpit.  The Eagle must have been 30 feet from the ground.  Before the practice session was over, his car was in the garage where Bob Skinner and Tom Jobe, John's trusty surfer mechanics, had the car dismantled and were busy repairing the outer skin.  The car actually made the race.  I asked John how he got out of the car that far up in the trees, his answer "Ever heard of a parachute?"

     Seriously, he had to climb through the branches and finally jump to the ground.  Sure wish I had a shot of his Eagle high up in the trees, the stunning view will always remain burnished in my brain.

     At first Carroll Smith didn't believe me, and just replied that we would win the race.  He was right.  We did win that day at Elkhart Lake.  Besides the usual competitors, the works McLaren F5000 car and their F1 driver Peter Gethin was also there.

Tony Adamowicz, Gary Wheeler, Tony a2z, Tony Adamowics, a2zRacer, Gary Wheeler, Tony Adamowicz

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   1969  Formula 5000

   Series Champion, cont.

    We pulled off a glorious win at Kent, partly because of the hospitality of a local Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Belleview, WA owned by the Evered family who let us use their shop.  We just managed to get a new engine from TRACO and really needed the facilities.

    35 years later, I discovered Mike Evered still has a photo of the Eagle on his office wall.

Seattle International Raceway, Kent, WA

Tony and Sam Posey chat as they walk away from the Eagle at Seattle International Raceway.  Carroll Smith is behind the wing.