Comments for Pete's Notebook http://petelyons.com/blog When pictures want words ... Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by pete http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-2956 pete Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:41:19 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2956 Thanks for the kind word. -- Pete Thanks for the kind word. — Pete

]]> Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by SteveB http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-2890 SteveB Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:43:12 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2890 I just happened to come across the work you do Mr. Lyons and I am impressed. I was a teenager when Can-AM was in it's prime and was able to see a couple of races at Road America. My older brother and I were die hard model builders and that grew into slot cars. Many weeks worth of allowances went into our habit. I was able to get a copy of 'Can-AM Photo History' and that will be my brother's Christmas gift. Thanks for keeping the faith alive and bringing back some wonderful memories. One of these days I will make it to Texas and go to the Chaparral museum but in the meantime I can look at your photographs. I may have to break down and get one of the DVDs. Thanks again and keep up the good work, Steve I just happened to come across the work you do Mr. Lyons and I am impressed. I was a teenager when Can-AM was in it’s prime and was able to see a couple of races at Road America. My older brother and I were die hard model builders and that grew into slot cars. Many weeks worth of allowances went into our habit.
I was able to get a copy of ‘Can-AM Photo History’ and that will be my brother’s Christmas gift. Thanks for keeping the faith alive and bringing back some wonderful memories. One of these days I will make it to Texas and go to the Chaparral museum but in the meantime I can look at your photographs. I may have to break down and get one of the DVDs.

Thanks again and keep up the good work,
Steve

]]> Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by pete http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-1263 pete Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:33:08 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-1263 Michael, you're not supposed to page ahead in the calendar! Seriously, thank you for expressing the same enthusiasm I feel for those wonderful times. — Pete Michael, you’re not supposed to page ahead in the calendar! Seriously, thank you for expressing the same enthusiasm I feel for those wonderful times. — Pete

]]> Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by Michael http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-1238 Michael Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:53:36 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-1238 Hi Pete, Just got the newsletter regarding the new book. Congrats! Looks pretty. Will probably buy. Your calendar has been hanging over my monitor since the beginning of the year. Every day this month, I've been looking up at Mark and David's beat up warrior. I vividly remember reading about that race as a boy and seeing that picture and description takes me back without fail. However, in July, we return to my fav --- the Can Am bruisers. Thanks for all the photos and words. Cheers, Michael Hi Pete,

Just got the newsletter regarding the new book. Congrats! Looks pretty. Will probably buy. Your calendar has been hanging over my monitor since the beginning of the year. Every day this month, I’ve been looking up at Mark and David’s beat up warrior. I vividly remember reading about that race as a boy and seeing that picture and description takes me back without fail.

However, in July, we return to my fav — the Can Am bruisers.

Thanks for all the photos and words.

Cheers,

Michael

]]> Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by pete http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-647 pete Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:09:28 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-647 Hi Andy -- Thanks for the kind word, but I fear I don't deserve it, not yet, anyway. I'm less "up to speed" in your phrase than I am blundering along, misfiring, tires cold, windscreen clouded with clag... But at least there hasn't been a crunching sound yet! -- Pete Hi Andy –

Thanks for the kind word, but I fear I don’t deserve it, not yet, anyway. I’m less “up to speed” in your phrase than I am blundering along, misfiring, tires cold, windscreen clouded with clag… But at least there hasn’t been a crunching sound yet!

– Pete

]]> Comment on About “Pete’s Notebook” by Andy Hartwell http://petelyons.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-646 Andy Hartwell Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:05:20 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-646 Pete, Well, you are certainly quite a few words ahead of me with this blog thingy. Maybe one day I'll get up to speed on all this but first I'll reapply the Ben Gay, take a few more Advils, and keep trying to figure out how to get those search engines to 'find' my website! Congrats on navigating your way through the 'blog'! Andy Pete,
Well, you are certainly quite a few words ahead of me with this blog thingy. Maybe one day I’ll get up to speed on all this but first I’ll reapply the Ben Gay, take a few more Advils, and keep trying to figure out how to get those search engines to ‘find’ my website!

Congrats on navigating your way through the ‘blog’!
Andy

]]> Comment on Go HOME to Photo Site by pete http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=240&cpage=1#comment-67 pete Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:52:57 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=240#comment-67 Retire? RETIRE??? Why on earth would I do that? Actually, I like to say I quit real work 40 years ago. I really appreciate your generous comment on "Can-Am Thunder," John. Being invited to participate was an honor, and (somewhat to my surprise) it turned out to be fun. Regarding one on IMSA, great idea, but I'm not a guy to become involved in that. I wasn't really on that scene, having gone to only half a dozen or so GTP races. But those sure were stonkin' machines! Re. "sneaking up to the Mulsanne guardrail," I did that too! One of my pinnacle experiences. Do you know the Audi movie about Le Mans, "Truth in 24?" It's a beautifully done documentary about Audi's underdog win over Peugeot in 2008. You can download it for free at www.truthin24.com (I have no stake in this film, I'm simply an admirer of it and have written two gushing reviews.) Now get back to that exercising! Retire? RETIRE??? Why on earth would I do that?
Actually, I like to say I quit real work 40 years ago.

I really appreciate your generous comment on “Can-Am Thunder,” John. Being invited to participate was an honor, and (somewhat to my surprise) it turned out to be fun.
Regarding one on IMSA, great idea, but I’m not a guy to become involved in that. I wasn’t really on that scene, having gone to only half a dozen or so GTP races. But those sure were stonkin’ machines!

Re. “sneaking up to the Mulsanne guardrail,” I did that too! One of my pinnacle experiences.
Do you know the Audi movie about Le Mans, “Truth in 24?” It’s a beautifully done documentary about Audi’s underdog win over Peugeot in 2008. You can download it for free at http://www.truthin24.com
(I have no stake in this film, I’m simply an admirer of it and have written two gushing reviews.)

Now get back to that exercising!

]]> Comment on Go HOME to Photo Site by John Suter http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=240&cpage=1#comment-65 John Suter Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:15:32 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?page_id=240#comment-65 (I wrote this about a year ago when I first got your Can Am Thunder DVD. It still applies.) Pete, I just watched the DVD. It was fantastic. It's a great video to exercise by!!! I missed the Can-Am heyday when I was transferred to Germany but over there I got to see a couple of Interseries races at Hockenheim (with the 917/10) as well as Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert in the Terrell's running like a train at the Nurburgring. Good times. Unfortunately, I think you're right--we'll never see those machines or any like them again. I was also fortunate enough to go to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in '74. Nothing like staying up for about 22 hours straight and sneaking up to the Mulsanne guardrail at about 3am and listening to the Matra's wind up. We were right at the point on the Mulsanne where the big cars were hitting fifth gear and never heard them downshift for the turn at the end. The other thing I'll never forget was the Corvette driven by 3 women as it rumbled past us while everybody else screamed by. I believe that was also the first 24 hour race for the turbo RSR. The turbo literally glowed in the dark. It was a great time and someday I'll go back to see another. I enjoy your articles in AutoWeek which I have subscribed to since the early '80's. I was sorry to see it go to bi-weekly as the racing news gets stale but I understand the economics of the times. Maybe when things get better it can go back to a weekly format. Any thoughts to doing a similar movie about the IMSA GTP/GTO/GTU series. That's the series I really got into and saw a lot of races on both coasts. Anyway, best of luck to you and don't retire too soon—I enjoy your articles too much. Thanks, John (I wrote this about a year ago when I first got your Can Am Thunder DVD. It still applies.)
Pete,

I just watched the DVD. It was fantastic. It’s a great video to exercise by!!! I missed the Can-Am heyday when I was transferred to Germany but over there I got to see a couple of Interseries races at Hockenheim (with the 917/10) as well as Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert in the Terrell’s running like a train at the Nurburgring. Good times. Unfortunately, I think you’re right–we’ll never see those machines or any like them again.

I was also fortunate enough to go to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in ’74. Nothing like staying up for about 22 hours straight and sneaking up to the Mulsanne guardrail at about 3am and listening to the Matra’s wind up. We were right at the point on the Mulsanne where the big cars were hitting fifth gear and never heard them downshift for the turn at the end. The other thing I’ll never forget was the Corvette driven by 3 women as it rumbled past us while everybody else screamed by. I believe that was also the first 24 hour race for the turbo RSR. The turbo literally glowed in the dark. It was a great time and someday I’ll go back to see another.

I enjoy your articles in AutoWeek which I have subscribed to since the early ’80′s. I was sorry to see it go to bi-weekly as the racing news gets stale but I understand the economics of the times. Maybe when things get better it can go back to a weekly format.

Any thoughts to doing a similar movie about the IMSA GTP/GTO/GTU series. That’s the series I really got into and saw a lot of races on both coasts.

Anyway, best of luck to you and don’t retire too soon—I enjoy your articles too much.

Thanks,

John

]]> Comment on Lyons Holiday Letter 2009 by Kevin http://petelyons.com/blog/?p=335&cpage=1#comment-37 Kevin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:16:56 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?p=335#comment-37 Happy Holidays to you. Good work on getting a blog site up and going... watch for an email to your new address. Happy Holidays to you. Good work on getting a blog site up and going… watch for an email to your new address.

]]> Comment on Lyons Holiday Letter 2009 by John Rettie http://petelyons.com/blog/?p=335&cpage=1#comment-35 John Rettie Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:22:18 +0000 http://petelyons.com/blog/?p=335#comment-35 hey.... nice letter. Glad all is well.. Love the "formal" portrait of Lorna.. she doesn't look a day over 39 or even 49! hey…. nice letter. Glad all is well.. Love the “formal” portrait of Lorna.. she doesn’t look a day over 39 or even 49!

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