Paul --

    Thanks for copying me on this. I have known some of the background,
and I was at the 1966 Bridgehampton race, but I did not realize you
were so deeply involved.
    All this has been on my own mind in the past few days. Attached for
your amusement is my most recent column for Vintage Racecar magazine.

-- Pete

Good work Pete. Auto racing in general needs to change its attitude towards innovation to make auto racing  more relevant. Since the entire collection of Formula 1 teams spend about 2 billion a year U.S., much of it on engine development, it is a golden opportunity to finance  turbo compound engine development. Turbo compound is ideal for an engine that is either flat out or not out at all. KERS, combined with turbo compound, could push the Formula 1 engine burn from the current 4 mpg to over 10 MPG. Everybody on this newsletter knows that turbo compound has the potential to reduce the transportation fuel consumption by 20% world wide. The truck engine makers are already doing it. Goggle the Detroit Diesel DD15. Don't get me wrong. I am not a Greenie :) I'll be talking about this at the November 21, 2008 Oxford England WORLD MOTORSPORT SYMPOSIUM. http://www.world-motorsport-symposium.com/

BTW If you need some free 3D illustrations Pete Let me know.

Paul Lamar