Strip & polish rims - who does?

[froggy47]

I finally tracked down some rims for the Vette, but, they were on a race car & are painted YELLOW.

I am going to go naked, that is stripped & polished no finish for a while & see how bad they get.

I know how to do it myself but would be happy to pay to get it done if I can find a place that's reasonable & good work.

Anyone have a lead?

TIA

[frosty]

I am going to go naked

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[ttweed]

Romero's Custom Polishing-- 619-401-1532

US Wheel Repair-- 619-596-8033

Volcano Polishing and Chroming-- 619-588-6557

They are all in El Cajon.

TT

[froggy47]

Thanks TT for the info

[ttweed]

Thanks TT for the info
You're welcome. Anybody who quotes Mark Donahue in their signature file has to have something going on.... :)

TT

[froggy47]

You're welcome. Anybody who quotes Mark Donahue in their signature file has to have something going on.... :)

TT


<belly laughing>

I used the credit his quote, but some people thought MY name was Mark Donahue. I was assuming EVERYONE knew who that great racer was and his sad fatal crash, but that racing history has faded out a bit, I guess.

Mark Neary Donohue (born in Summit, New Jersey, March 18, 1937 - dead in Graz, August 19, 1975) was an American racing driver.

He graduated from Brown University with an engineering degree, and began casually racing sports cars at the age of 22. He got a break in 1966, catching early season rides at Daytona and Sebring, and was signed by Roger Penske to race USRRC and CanAm for the remainder of the season.

He dominated the 1967 USRRC championship, winning six of eight races, and the Trans-Am championship, winning 10 of 13. He was the leading US sports car racer of the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning three Trans-Am championships between 1967 and 1971 and dominating the CanAm circuit as well.

In 1969 he was fourth in the Indianapolis 500, winning rookie of the year, and debuted in Formula One on September 19, 1971 with the McLaren team, finishing third.

Donohue won the 1972 Indianapolis 500, driving for Roger Penske, with a then record speed of 162 mph. On January 21, 1973, driving an AMC for Penske at the NASCAR Winston Cup (now Nextel) race at Riverside, California, he won the season-opener and remains the last non-regular driver to win in the series. After winning the 1973 Race of Champions he announced his retirement, only to be lured back to full-time driving when Penske formed a Formula 1 team to compete in the final two events of the 1974 F1 World Championship, and then to contest the entire 1975 season.

During practice for the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, Donohue lost control when a tire failed and he crashed into catch fencing. A track marshal was killed by debris from the accident but Donohue didn't appear to be significantly injured. However a resulting headache worsened and after going to hospital the next day Donohue lapsed into a coma from a brain hemorrhage and died.

In 1990, Mark Donohue was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

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Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team
1971 McLa SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA McLa
1974 Pens ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA Pens
1975 Pens ARG BRA SAF SPA MON BEL SWE DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA USA Marc

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Categories: 1937 births | 1975 deaths | American Formula One drivers | American racecar drivers | Fatally crashed racecar drivers | Indy 500 winners | International Motorsports Hall of Fame | NASCAR drivers

[MX5bob]

However a resulting headache worsened and after going to hospital the next day Donohue lapsed into a coma from a brain hemorrhage and died.

Would probably never happen today and shouldn't have happened then. Unfortunately, 1975 was just the beginning or a little before F1 had its own medical staff. Of course today, a CAT scan would have spotted the issue and his life would have been saved.

Mark's contribution to racing was that he was one of the first drivers to become deeply involved with car development. Far beyond the pulling in and saying it was tight, loose, slow or whatever. Engineering background served him well.

I met David once at a Porsche press event. Nice guy, kinda quiet. Now driving the Brumos Daytona Prototype in the Rolex series.

[froggy47]

That's kinda why I liked him, I do my own car development and driving as I'm sure a lot of SCCA guys do (as his wife yells at him for washing his greasy hands in the kitchen sink again)

:)

[MX5bob]

That's kinda why I liked him, I do my own car development and driving as I'm sure a lot of SCCA guys do (as his wife yells at him for washing his greasy hands in the kitchen sink again)

:)

His book, "The Unfair Advantage," is a really good read.