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Tag Archives: Mike Parris

Steve McQueen’s view—Porsche 917K

From the movie, LeMans. This is the same car driven by John Thomas that is featured in the sound files recorded by Mike Parris at Riverside International Raceway in 1980. The first audio file was posted before, but the second one, Four hot laps around Riverside, was recently acquired from driver John Thomas. Great in-car…

August 11, 20101 CommentAudio, Porsche 917, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

Fords of the Fifties, by Mike Parris

Collections of historic information about Ford’s 1950 and 1960 decades.

October 27, 20097 CommentsBooks, California Bill’s Automotive HandbooksBy Gary Smith

Mike Parris with Otis Chandler’s Porsche 917s at Riverside

By lap four, Thomas was bringing it hard through the esses, down to first in turn six and on the throttle to the off-camber turn seven. He was laughing out of seven and kept both of us grinning from ear to ear, just hearing the big twelve rev.

September 29, 200912 CommentsPhotography, Porsche 917, RacingBy Gary Smith

Riverside International Raceway Photos from the ’80s

Can Am, Trans Am and NASCAR photos from the ’80s by Mike Parris.

September 13, 2009Leave a commentPhotography, RacingBy Gary Smith

Woodward Dream Cruise

You didn’t make it to the Woodward Dream Cruise?

August 17, 20091 CommentPhotographyBy Gary Smith

Sounds of a Porsche 917K

Mike Parris had a several lap ride in a Porsche 917 at the Riverside International Raceway before it became a shopping mall.

April 29, 20092 CommentsAudio, Porsche 917By Gary Smith
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