You would think it was the same guy, other the pic doesn't look like someone 50 years older.
Either an old pic, or it's a junior/son.
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Posted 30 December 2021 - 03:28 PM
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Posted 30 December 2021 - 04:45 PM
The person I first mentioned above, is now a 60 something year old man who has had a music shop in Brooklyn for years. When I first went wing car racing at C&C in 1970, he was a 15 yr.old kid building chassis competitive with Tony P, in both workmanship & performance. Our friend Gil had the first Kaaren chassis I saw.
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Posted 30 December 2021 - 04:58 PM
Thanks John. I'll go with the details I recall. Last I knew, Brandon had a music shop in Brooklyn.
Bill, with that name he's pretty easy to find. This look like him?
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Posted 30 December 2021 - 07:22 PM
Sounds like that is him.
Maybe a slightly older pic, but that could be someone in his 60's.
BTW, I think he is a semi-look alike for Roy Hood, ex Cali racer, now living in Chicago.
Maybe a slightly older pic, but that could be someone in his 60's.
BTW, I think he is a semi-look alike for Roy Hood, ex Cali racer, now living in Chicago.
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Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
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Posted 30 December 2021 - 07:53 PM
Phil, those are the same photos I found on the web. They were associated wwith his music shop.
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Posted 02 January 2022 - 11:18 AM
John, do you have any photos of the Kaaren chassis you can share here? I saw one 50 yrs. ago at C&C, but don't recall all the details. Brandon was about 15 then & he build differently than Tony P.
Digging thru the antique box I found this. It was represented as a Brandon Kaaren chassis in 1973-4; out of date as the current chassis were "L" arm fronts. It's unsigned, missing the spring wire for the front axle, but it was serviceable for a weekly race car until the $10 Tony P Spiders came along.
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Posted 02 January 2022 - 01:06 PM
Yes, this was out of date even when built in 1972.
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Posted 02 January 2022 - 01:51 PM
Wow Brandon Kaaren. I met him when I was 13 at the Coca Cola Race. He was there with his father and A very nice, cool human who built some amazing chassis. I wanted to buy one in the worst way but could barely afford a Whopper. I have asked some folk about him in the past and got unknowing looks or responses but he was fast and a good guy. And fast.
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