This year the Ford Pinto turns 40.
Given the fact that ELBRacing now has three Pintos in our stable we
thought it would be fitting for us to join the Stampede! The Pinto Stampede was organized by a group of enthusiasts from the Pinto Car Club of America. These Pinto fans caravaned 1000 miles from Denver to
the Carlisle All-Ford Nationals in order to celebrate the Pinto 40th
anniversary as well as raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
The Pinto Stampede featured nearly 70 Pintos! This
is surely one of the largest gatherings of these ponies since the
assembly line.
The ELBRacing 1972 Ford Pinto owned by
Jim Karamanis was on special indoor display along side the famous
Racer Walsh 1971 Trans-Am race Pinto owned by Jerry 'Racer' Walsh's
son Brian Walsh. Jerry was kind enough to
sign the dash of Jim Karamani's Pinto, something that he will always
cherish.
On the final day of the event, the two
road race Pintos, along with an SCCA road race Pinto owned by Barry
Young, were asked to do a demonstration run on the Carlisle autocross
course, an event run by the Cumberland Valley Corvette Club.
Some photos from the weekend event:
