... from the bit in the street rodder magazine, he's 80 on now, and sitting
behind the wheel of one very nice 32 ford red highboy !
robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
usa
> R: I knew Sparky and haven't seen him in years.
> I probably have a few pics of him at the races.
> Any interest?
> T.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
> To: "Classicrendezvous Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:44 PM
> Subject: [CR] Tom Sparks from 1950 ?
>
>
>> ... the latest edition, of all media, is the street rodder's journal, no.
>> forty three. this:
>>
>> ... the bicycle champion.
>>
>> there is one little known fact about another automotive pioneer, hot
>> rodder and race car driver tom sparks (above at right - in the pic in the
>> bit) was a world class bicycle racer and in 1958 was the calif state road
>> racing champion.
>>
>> "for 20 years i was a very serious bike rider, all through the 1950's i
>> trained and raced with all of the world class riders. at one point i
>> was riding 400 miles a week."
>>
>> ... neat little pic of three, looks like bar end shifters were the way to
>> go back then.
>>
>> robert clair
>> alexandria, va 22308
>> usa