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Title: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: Jon Mello on September 14, 2012, 03:44:17 PM

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is having a tribute to George Follmer in November that Bud Moore may be present for, if he's able.  Here's a link (http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?docid=1090) to info on the Petersen Museum's website.  George drove for Roger Penske in '67, the Javelin team in '68 and late '71 through '72, and the Bud Moore Mustang team in between so he has a depth of knowledge and experience with the various Trans-Am teams that few, if any, can match.

Also - Ed Justice, Jr. is publishing a biography of George Follmer sometime next year.  Ed has a notification list he's building to advise when the book is available and he can be reached by e-mail at ed@edjusticejr.com for anybody wanting to be added to the list.
 

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: naparsei on September 20, 2012, 01:46:32 AM

Bought my tickets. Looking forward to this event.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: Jon Mello on September 20, 2012, 12:37:41 PM

The Petersen Museum always puts on a good event. I have a schedule conflict and don't think I will be able to make it, unfortunately.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: oldtransamdriver on September 21, 2012, 04:45:28 AM

Don't miss this one. George drove the wheels off of just about everything.  Time is running out to see one of the legends of Trans-Am racing. Unfortunately, I can't make it.

Robert Barg

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: oldtransamdriver on November 10, 2012, 05:54:32 AM

So who went to the Follmer Tribute at the Petersen?

Robert Barg

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: oldtransamdriver on November 15, 2012, 04:17:06 AM

Ok, I'm still curious about this event.  Has anyone seen a report on it?  Who showed up?

Robert Barg

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: 1109RWHP on November 16, 2012, 12:09:29 AM

Here is a link with some good pictures.
http://www.boss302.com/smf/index.php?topic=60406.0

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: OCTARD on November 16, 2012, 03:32:58 AM

Outstanding images!  Thanks for directing us fans of all early Trans-Am cars to this link. 

-Chad

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: 1109RWHP on November 16, 2012, 04:21:10 AM

You are welcome!  The pictures are too nice not to share.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: Jon Mello on November 16, 2012, 04:36:51 AM

Lots of respect for George Follmer on this forum. One of the greatest competitors in Trans-Am as well as many other racing series. Thanks for sharing the pics. I wish I had been able to attend the event.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: 1109RWHP on November 16, 2012, 05:14:51 AM

I wish there were some cool events like this on the east coast too.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: Jon Mello on November 16, 2012, 07:30:05 PM

I think we can all relate to wishing we were closer to all the cool car events that take place across the US.

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: 1109RWHP on November 18, 2012, 07:26:40 PM

Here is a link to the video

http://vimeo.com/53046119

Title: Re: George Follmer Tribute at the Petersen Automotive Museum [Nov. 8, 2012]
Post by: Jon Mello on November 19, 2012, 11:02:17 PM

Thanks for posting that. A nice overview of some of the more well-known cars that George drove. Some content was obviously from other videos but other stuff was new to me.