Circuit Racing: Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore confiscates the crown! Part 3

Boxing today is embarrassing shadow of what it once was. Ardent fans of the sport will be able to tell you about the various classes – bantamweight, feather weight, middle weight, welter weight etc. The average Paul, Dwight or Joe, can only tell you about one class – heavyweights! My father bought and collected boxing magazines (The Ring) so I was fed an unintended, but subconsciously designed program of Cassius Clay, Joe Frazer, George Foreman and company. This was where the action was. The well-loved and adored monsters of the sport, the solar plexus-exterminators, the one punch lay-you-flat warriors, all resided in the heavyweight empire.

On any fight-card the most important event – the main event must involve the heavy hitters – picture Iron Mike Tyson chilling in his dressing room waiting to knock the JPS-powered lights out of his hapless opponent! Long live Cassius Clay – the ringcraft maestro and the Professor of Artful Assassination!

Jamwest

Motorsports events ride the same wave. A day at the track will feature various classes and these classes will generate their minute share of interest. But the paying fan, the patron, who reserves a portion of his salary so he can walk with pride through the gates of Dover Raceway, Jamwest, etc. has no difficulty appreciating the lesser machines. But, he will willingly confess, in a loud, booming voice, that he is really present to see the ‘big guns’ thundering along the start-finish straight, locking wheels, fenders and track-sweeping front spoilers, during their argument for victory!

TA-1

Local circuit racing fans felt neglected in 2015. Doug Gore’s DTM Audi TT-R challenged a wall and lost and David Summerbell’s TA-1 fought every gremlin that was conceived! But every dark cloud retains a silver lining and at Jamwest in August, it was evident that a new, exciting day would reveal itself. Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore was in the building. His machine was its sleek, bulletproof and lightning fast-self. I smiled. David Summerbell Jr was also in the building, but it was common knowledge that TA-1 would not be able to compete with its usual armada, so it had a rather subdued romp on the track. But the seeds were laid for a no holds barred, wreck before dishonor wrestle at Dover in October.

Cecil Munroe Gleaner On-Line Writer