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  1. 10-15-2012, 01:57 PM #1
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    Moon Rockets & 917s

    Some heady times back then. About the same time on Sunday afternoon that Pedro Rodriguez' (and Jackie Oliver) 917 was crossing the finish line at the 1971 Daytona 24 Hour, just 70 miles away Apollo 14 was blasting off for the moon! I'm sure the launch could have been seen and heard from the track.

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    I LOVE this stuff Curt............
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  3. 10-15-2012, 02:55 PM #3
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    Yeah, me too The race ended at 3PM and the rocket launched at 4PM ... just enough time to hop in the 911 and drive the 70 miles to the Cape.
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  4. 10-15-2012, 03:15 PM #4
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    Some very cool cars on the track that day 41 years ago, ..... lord help us
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    Oh man, that would have been a grand afternoon for those spectators.

    Never thought about those two events overlapping, cool. NASA had a lot riding on this mission, especially following the near catastrophe of Apollo 13.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Miller View Post
    Some very cool cars on the track that day 41 years ago, ..... lord help us
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    Oh, that's the year John Buffum was driving the 914/6 GT for Ralph Meaney. If he's at LSPR in 2 weeks, I'm going to ask him if he remembers the moon shot that day.

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    This forum is the best.

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    Way cool. Why don't we do this stuff anymore?
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    The Apollo crew called in for race results from 160,000 miles out

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