"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
10/29/2020 at 15:30 • Filed to: None
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"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
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Ciao for now, Oppo
ClassicDatsunDebate
> Goggles Pizzano
10/29/2020 at 15:50 |
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Willow Springs?
dieseldub
> ClassicDatsunDebate
10/29/2020 at 16:56 |
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Good question... Does look very desert-y. Maybe the old defunct Riverside track?
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dieseldub
> Goggles Pizzano
10/29/2020 at 17:00 |
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That’s kinda fun. I knew for awhile now that Lucas has been a motorsport fan for forever. When they did Episode 1, I remember hearing him comment how he liked open wheel racing and used engine sound samples from F1 and CART at the time, distort them slightly and use for a couple of the pod racers.
His hometown is in Northern California. Actually where I have my shop, San Anselmo. Not too far from Sonoma raceway, really. Under a half hour most days.
I occasionally see him driving around an early NSX with the license plate “PADMEOM” or something.
And I’ve seen him having breakfast at Hilda’s Coffee shop in San Anselmo. I used to go there pretty frequently pre-COVID and when my shop neighbor was also going there. Little breakfast social hour.
Sadly, Hilda’s has been closed for most of the pandemic. Wonder what ol George is doing for breakfast now that his favorite spot is still to this day only open a couple days a week.
bmil128
> dieseldub
10/29/2020 at 21:19 |
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It’s Willow Springs. The billboard at the end says Palmdale which is just south of there.
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bmil128
> Goggles Pizzano
10/29/2020 at 21:20 |
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Good find. Curious why Pete Brock was wheeling a Lotus 23 in 1966, must have been just after he quit working for Carroll Shelby.
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Goggles Pizzano
> bmil128
10/30/2020 at 16:11 |
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Best answer
I could find,
he borrowed it. Under whose direction or if it was
necessity or
choice, unclear.
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Goggles Pizzano
> dieseldub
10/30/2020 at 17:01 |
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Now he really sounds like a gear head. The car casting in
American Graffiti
needed to be spot on too.