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@ALB posted:
And since most of you are here at the moment- wish me happy birthday- I'm 65 today! I've outlived my dad by 14 years now. And @Michael Pickett- exactly what part of Mr. Chapman's life are you comparing me to? Seems he was a man of many talents...

Happy Birthday! With our love for these small plastic cars and going fast it's amazing any of us outlive our fathers .

Mr. Chapman was an amazing engineer, designer and inventor. To me, his way of thinking about solutions that were orthogonal to the norm was inspirational. Regarding building winning race cars, I loved his statement: "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere."

I had a 911 friend that went through his car and drilled every reasonable flat of metal and trimmed all exposed threads above every nut. He wound up under 1900lb and ran like a bat out of h*ll. You remind me of him and Mr. Chapman. Going faster and cornering better!

10/19/2111:57 AM

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