{"id":5082,"date":"2012-06-09T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2012-06-09T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T01:08:15","slug":"finally-met-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/2012\/06\/finally-met-him\/","title":{"rendered":"\u9042\u306b\u4f1a\u3048\u307e\u3057\u305f \/ Finally Met Him"},"content":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-01-142x190.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-01\\"")
<\/a>\r\n5\u670809\u65e5\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0<\/a>\u3067\u5c11\u3057\u89e6\u308c\u305f\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f Old Man \u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u4e8b\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nhttp:\/\/www.hobidas.com\/blog\/shop\/mooneyes\/archives\/2012\/05\/salinas_boys.html\r\n<\/a>\r\nI first mentioned about meeting him in my May 9th blog post<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u306a\u304b\u306a\u304b\u53d6\u308c\u305a\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u4eca\u56de\u3084\u3063\u3068\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u4ed8\u304d\u3001 \u3044\u304d\u306a\u308a\u5f80\u5fa9 600 mile \u306e\u65e5\u5e30\u308a\u5bfe\u9762\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nIt was difficult to get in touch wit him and I was starting to get worried but we finally got in contact with him so we made a 600 mile round trip drive to meet him.\r\n\r\nThe Old Man \u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f Don Nichols \u6c0f\u300160\u5e74\u4ee3\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u306e\u767a\u5c55\u306b\u8ca2\u732e\u3057\u3001Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone \u305d\u3057\u3066\r\nMOON Equipment Company \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u4ee3\u8868\u3092\u52e4\u3081\u305f\u65b9\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308a\u305d\u306e\u5f8c\u3001Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3046Racing Team \u306e\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u3068\u306a\u308a\r\nCanAm, F-1\u3078\u53c2\u6226\u3001 UOP Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3048\u3070\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3042\u307e\u308a\u306b\u3082\u6709\u540d\u306a\u4eba\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u5f53\u6642 MOON \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u4ee3\u8868\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u5f7c\u306b\u6614\u306e MOON \u3068\u65e5\u672c\u3068\u306e\u95a2\u4fc2\u3092\u662f\u975e\u805e\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u9577\u3044\u9593\u30b3\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\u30c8\u53d6\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u3084\u3063\u3068\u4f1a\u3048\u305f\u306e\u3067\u8272\u3005\u805e\u304d\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u8a71\u306e\u5927\u534a\u306f UOP Shadow \u306e\u8a71\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\r\n\u8272\u3005\u8208\u5473\u6df1\u3044\u8a71\u3092\u805e\u304b\u305b\u9802\u304d\u3001\u307e\u305f\u6539\u3081\u3066\u304a\u90aa\u9b54\u3059\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u5931\u793c\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\n\u5f7c\u304c\u3044\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u5bcc\u58eb\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u30a6\u30a8\u30a4\u3082\u3000\u305d\u3057\u3066\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u3082\u7121\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\r\n\r\nThe old man's name is Don Nichols. In the '60s he was a contributing factor in the development and growth of motorsports in Japan along with Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone and MOON Equipment Company. After being involved from the start he was employed as a representative in Japan and Shadow Racing Team owner. Within the racing world of CanAm, F-1 and such, UOP Shodow is a familiar name and famouns company.\r\nIn those days he was also a representative for MOON and did a lot together with MOON in Japan so I had also wanted to connect with him to talk about that time.\r\nWith all the questions in my head, I finally got the chance to meet him. However a majority of our discussion was about UOP Shadow. It didn't matter because everything he talked about was so interesting to me. In the end, we made a promise to meet again and talk some more.\r\nI feel that if it wasn't for him, Fuji Speedway and Japan's racing scene simply would not have been created without him.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-25-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-25\\"")
<\/a>\r\nDon Nichols\u6c0f\u3001 89\u6b73\u3001 \u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u5f53\u6642 Carroll Shelby \u306f\u51c4\u304f\u3082\u3066\u305f\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nDon Nichols. 89 and still strong with energy.\r\nBack in the day, he said Carroll Shelby was very popular.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-29-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-29\\"")
<\/a>\r\nUOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car, \u5f53\u6642\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u308b\u4eba\u306b\u306f Shadow \u306f\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30a2\u306e\u5b9d\u5eab\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nUOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car. Even back in those days, Shadow was a treasured idea.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-45-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-45\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u5e30\u308a\u9053\u306e101\u3001 CHP\u304c\u5148\u982d\u7acb\u3061\u3001 \u86c7\u884c\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u30af\u30eb\u30de\u306e\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u5f37\u5236\u7684\u30b9\u30ed\u30fc\u306b\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 \u3068\u8a00\u3046\u4e8b\u306f \u3053\u306e\u5148 \u300c\u4e8b\u6545\u300d? \u3068\u8a00\u3046\u4e8b\u306f \u300c\u901a\u884c\u6b62\u3081\u300d \u306b\u306a\u308b\uff1f \u5acc\u306a\u4e88\u611f\u306e\u4e00\u6642\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\nOn the way home on 101, there was a CHP in the center of the road driving real slow forcing the cars to slow down. So we thought, it must be an \"accident\" or something? Which means it must be severe and the road is probably closed? It was a bad feeling.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-48-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-48\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-54-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-54\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u30d6\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u304c\u71c3\u3048\u3066\u3044\u305f\u305f\u3081\u30b9\u30ed\u30fc\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u3092\u3055\u305b\u305f\u69d8\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nIt was a brush fire causing the slowdown after all.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-59-190x126.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-59\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u81ea\u7136\u767a\u706b\u3082\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3000\u307b\u3068\u3093\u3069\u5834\u5408\u306f\u30bf\u30d0\u30b3\u306e\u6295\u3052\u6368\u3066\u304c\u539f\u56e0\u306e\u706b\u4e8b\u3001 \u4e7e\u71e5\u3057\u305f\u5834\u6240\u3067\u306f\u3059\u3050\u706b\u304c\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\r\nThere are times when brush fires are caused by nature but many times it's caused by us humans (tossing a cigarette out the window) and with the bushes so dry, a fire is easy to ignite. \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5\u670809\u65e5\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u5c11\u3057\u89e6\u308c\u305f\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f Old Man \u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u4e8b\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 http:\/\/www.hobidas.com\/blog\/shop\/mooneyes\/archives\/2012\/05\/salinas_boys.html I first mentioned about meeting him in my May 9th blog post. \u9023\u7d61\u304c\u306a\u304b\u306a\u304b\u53d6\u308c\u305a\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u4eca\u56de\u3084\u3063\u3068\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u4ed8\u304d\u3001 \u3044\u304d\u306a\u308a\u5f80\u5fa9 600 mile \u306e\u65e5\u5e30\u308a\u5bfe\u9762\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 It was difficult to get in touch wit him and I was starting to get worried but we finally got in contact with him so we made a 600 mile round trip drive to meet him. The Old Man \u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f Don Nichols \u6c0f\u300160\u5e74\u4ee3\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u306e\u767a\u5c55\u306b\u8ca2\u732e\u3057\u3001Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone \u305d\u3057\u3066 MOON Equipment Company \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u4ee3\u8868\u3092\u52e4\u3081\u305f\u65b9\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308a\u305d\u306e\u5f8c\u3001Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3046Racing Team \u306e\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u3068\u306a\u308a CanAm, F-1\u3078\u53c2\u6226\u3001 UOP Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3048\u3070\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3042\u307e\u308a\u306b\u3082\u6709\u540d\u306a\u4eba\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u5f53\u6642 MOON \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u4ee3\u8868\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u5f7c\u306b\u6614\u306e MOON \u3068\u65e5\u672c\u3068\u306e\u95a2\u4fc2\u3092\u662f\u975e\u805e\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u9577\u3044\u9593\u30b3\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\u30c8\u53d6\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u3084\u3063\u3068\u4f1a\u3048\u305f\u306e\u3067\u8272\u3005\u805e\u304d\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u8a71\u306e\u5927\u534a\u306f UOP Shadow \u306e\u8a71\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c \u8272\u3005\u8208\u5473\u6df1\u3044\u8a71\u3092\u805e\u304b\u305b\u9802\u304d\u3001\u307e\u305f\u6539\u3081\u3066\u304a\u90aa\u9b54\u3059\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u5931\u793c\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u5f7c\u304c\u3044\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u5bcc\u58eb\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u30a6\u30a8\u30a4\u3082\u3000\u305d\u3057\u3066\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u3082\u7121\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 The old man's name is Don Nichols. In the '60s he was a contributing factor in the development and growth of motorsports in Japan along with Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone and MOON Equipment Company. After being involved from the start he was employed as a representative in Japan and Shadow Racing Team owner. Within the racing world of CanAm, F-1 and such, UOP Shodow is a familiar name and famouns company. In those days he was also a representative for MOON and did a lot together with MOON in Japan so I had also wanted to connect with him to talk about that time. With all the questions in my head, I finally got the chance to meet him. However a majority of our discussion was about UOP Shadow. It didn't matter because everything he talked about was so interesting to me. In the end, we made a promise to meet again and talk some more. I feel that if it wasn't for him, Fuji Speedway and Japan's racing scene simply would not have been created without him. Don Nichols\u6c0f\u3001 89\u6b73\u3001 \u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u5f53\u6642 Carroll Shelby \u306f\u51c4\u304f\u3082\u3066\u305f\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 Don Nichols. 89 and still strong with energy. Back in the day, he said Carroll Shelby was very popular. UOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car, \u5f53\u6642\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u308b\u4eba\u306b\u306f Shadow \u306f\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30a2\u306e\u5b9d\u5eab\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002 UOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car. Even back in those days, Shadow was a treasured idea. \u5e30\u308a\u9053\u306e101\u3001 CHP\u304c\u5148\u982d\u7acb\u3061\u3001…","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[32,904,242],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-01.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-01\\"")
<\/a>\r\n5\u670809\u65e5\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0<\/a>\u3067\u5c11\u3057\u89e6\u308c\u305f\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f Old Man \u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u4e8b\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nhttp:\/\/www.hobidas.com\/blog\/shop\/mooneyes\/archives\/2012\/05\/salinas_boys.html\r\n<\/a>\r\nI first mentioned about meeting him in my May 9th blog post<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u306a\u304b\u306a\u304b\u53d6\u308c\u305a\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u4eca\u56de\u3084\u3063\u3068\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u4ed8\u304d\u3001 \u3044\u304d\u306a\u308a\u5f80\u5fa9 600 mile \u306e\u65e5\u5e30\u308a\u5bfe\u9762\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nIt was difficult to get in touch wit him and I was starting to get worried but we finally got in contact with him so we made a 600 mile round trip drive to meet him.\r\n\r\nThe Old Man \u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f Don Nichols \u6c0f\u300160\u5e74\u4ee3\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u306e\u767a\u5c55\u306b\u8ca2\u732e\u3057\u3001Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone \u305d\u3057\u3066\r\nMOON Equipment Company \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u4ee3\u8868\u3092\u52e4\u3081\u305f\u65b9\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308a\u305d\u306e\u5f8c\u3001Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3046Racing Team \u306e\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u3068\u306a\u308a\r\nCanAm, F-1\u3078\u53c2\u6226\u3001 UOP Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3048\u3070\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3042\u307e\u308a\u306b\u3082\u6709\u540d\u306a\u4eba\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u5f53\u6642 MOON \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u4ee3\u8868\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u5f7c\u306b\u6614\u306e MOON \u3068\u65e5\u672c\u3068\u306e\u95a2\u4fc2\u3092\u662f\u975e\u805e\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u9577\u3044\u9593\u30b3\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\u30c8\u53d6\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u3084\u3063\u3068\u4f1a\u3048\u305f\u306e\u3067\u8272\u3005\u805e\u304d\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u8a71\u306e\u5927\u534a\u306f UOP Shadow \u306e\u8a71\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\r\n\u8272\u3005\u8208\u5473\u6df1\u3044\u8a71\u3092\u805e\u304b\u305b\u9802\u304d\u3001\u307e\u305f\u6539\u3081\u3066\u304a\u90aa\u9b54\u3059\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u5931\u793c\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\n\u5f7c\u304c\u3044\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u5bcc\u58eb\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u30a6\u30a8\u30a4\u3082\u3000\u305d\u3057\u3066\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u3082\u7121\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\r\n\r\nThe old man's name is Don Nichols. In the '60s he was a contributing factor in the development and growth of motorsports in Japan along with Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone and MOON Equipment Company. After being involved from the start he was employed as a representative in Japan and Shadow Racing Team owner. Within the racing world of CanAm, F-1 and such, UOP Shodow is a familiar name and famouns company.\r\nIn those days he was also a representative for MOON and did a lot together with MOON in Japan so I had also wanted to connect with him to talk about that time.\r\nWith all the questions in my head, I finally got the chance to meet him. However a majority of our discussion was about UOP Shadow. It didn't matter because everything he talked about was so interesting to me. In the end, we made a promise to meet again and talk some more.\r\nI feel that if it wasn't for him, Fuji Speedway and Japan's racing scene simply would not have been created without him.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-25.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-25\\"")
<\/a>\r\nDon Nichols\u6c0f\u3001 89\u6b73\u3001 \u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\n\u5f53\u6642 Carroll Shelby \u306f\u51c4\u304f\u3082\u3066\u305f\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nDon Nichols. 89 and still strong with energy.\r\nBack in the day, he said Carroll Shelby was very popular.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-29.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-29\\"")
<\/a>\r\nUOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car, \u5f53\u6642\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u308b\u4eba\u306b\u306f Shadow \u306f\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30a2\u306e\u5b9d\u5eab\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nUOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car. Even back in those days, Shadow was a treasured idea.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-45.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-45\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u5e30\u308a\u9053\u306e101\u3001 CHP\u304c\u5148\u982d\u7acb\u3061\u3001 \u86c7\u884c\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u30af\u30eb\u30de\u306e\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u5f37\u5236\u7684\u30b9\u30ed\u30fc\u306b\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 \u3068\u8a00\u3046\u4e8b\u306f \u3053\u306e\u5148 \u300c\u4e8b\u6545\u300d? \u3068\u8a00\u3046\u4e8b\u306f \u300c\u901a\u884c\u6b62\u3081\u300d \u306b\u306a\u308b\uff1f \u5acc\u306a\u4e88\u611f\u306e\u4e00\u6642\u3067\u3059\u3002\r\nOn the way home on 101, there was a CHP in the center of the road driving real slow forcing the cars to slow down. So we thought, it must be an \"accident\" or something? Which means it must be severe and the road is probably closed? It was a bad feeling.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-48.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-48\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-54.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-54\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u30d6\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u304c\u71c3\u3048\u3066\u3044\u305f\u305f\u3081\u30b9\u30ed\u30fc\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u3092\u3055\u305b\u305f\u69d8\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\r\nIt was a brush fire causing the slowdown after all.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dnichols-59.jpg\" "\\"dnichols-59\\"")
<\/a>\r\n\u81ea\u7136\u767a\u706b\u3082\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3000\u307b\u3068\u3093\u3069\u5834\u5408\u306f\u30bf\u30d0\u30b3\u306e\u6295\u3052\u6368\u3066\u304c\u539f\u56e0\u306e\u706b\u4e8b\u3001 \u4e7e\u71e5\u3057\u305f\u5834\u6240\u3067\u306f\u3059\u3050\u706b\u304c\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\r\nThere are times when brush fires are caused by nature but many times it's caused by us humans (tossing a cigarette out the window) and with the bushes so dry, a fire is easy to ignite. \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5\u670809\u65e5\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u5c11\u3057\u89e6\u308c\u305f\u4f1a\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f Old Man \u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u4e8b\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 http:\/\/www.hobidas.com\/blog\/shop\/mooneyes\/archives\/2012\/05\/salinas_boys.html I first mentioned about meeting him in my May 9th blog post. \u9023\u7d61\u304c\u306a\u304b\u306a\u304b\u53d6\u308c\u305a\u5fc3\u914d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u4eca\u56de\u3084\u3063\u3068\u9023\u7d61\u304c\u4ed8\u304d\u3001 \u3044\u304d\u306a\u308a\u5f80\u5fa9 600 mile \u306e\u65e5\u5e30\u308a\u5bfe\u9762\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 It was difficult to get in touch wit him and I was starting to get worried but we finally got in contact with him so we made a 600 mile round trip drive to meet him. The Old Man \u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f Don Nichols \u6c0f\u300160\u5e74\u4ee3\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u306e\u767a\u5c55\u306b\u8ca2\u732e\u3057\u3001Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone \u305d\u3057\u3066 MOON Equipment Company \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306e\u4ee3\u8868\u3092\u52e4\u3081\u305f\u65b9\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308a\u305d\u306e\u5f8c\u3001Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3046Racing Team \u306e\u30aa\u30fc\u30ca\u30fc\u3068\u306a\u308a CanAm, F-1\u3078\u53c2\u6226\u3001 UOP Shadow \u3068\u8a00\u3048\u3070\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u4e8b\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u65b9\u3005\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3042\u307e\u308a\u306b\u3082\u6709\u540d\u306a\u4eba\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u5f53\u6642 MOON \u306e\u65e5\u672c\u4ee3\u8868\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u5f7c\u306b\u6614\u306e MOON \u3068\u65e5\u672c\u3068\u306e\u95a2\u4fc2\u3092\u662f\u975e\u805e\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u9577\u3044\u9593\u30b3\u30f3\u30bf\u30af\u30c8\u53d6\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u3084\u3063\u3068\u4f1a\u3048\u305f\u306e\u3067\u8272\u3005\u805e\u304d\u305f\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u8a71\u306e\u5927\u534a\u306f UOP Shadow \u306e\u8a71\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c \u8272\u3005\u8208\u5473\u6df1\u3044\u8a71\u3092\u805e\u304b\u305b\u9802\u304d\u3001\u307e\u305f\u6539\u3081\u3066\u304a\u90aa\u9b54\u3059\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u5931\u793c\u3057\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u5f7c\u304c\u3044\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u5bcc\u58eb\u30b9\u30d4\u30fc\u30c9\u30a6\u30a8\u30a4\u3082\u3000\u305d\u3057\u3066\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30b7\u30fc\u30f3\u3082\u7121\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3068\u601d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 The old man's name is Don Nichols. In the '60s he was a contributing factor in the development and growth of motorsports in Japan along with Shelby, Goodyear, Firestone and MOON Equipment Company. After being involved from the start he was employed as a representative in Japan and Shadow Racing Team owner. Within the racing world of CanAm, F-1 and such, UOP Shodow is a familiar name and famouns company. In those days he was also a representative for MOON and did a lot together with MOON in Japan so I had also wanted to connect with him to talk about that time. With all the questions in my head, I finally got the chance to meet him. However a majority of our discussion was about UOP Shadow. It didn't matter because everything he talked about was so interesting to me. In the end, we made a promise to meet again and talk some more. I feel that if it wasn't for him, Fuji Speedway and Japan's racing scene simply would not have been created without him. Don Nichols\u6c0f\u3001 89\u6b73\u3001 \u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u5f53\u6642 Carroll Shelby \u306f\u51c4\u304f\u3082\u3066\u305f\u3068\u8a00\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 Don Nichols. 89 and still strong with energy. Back in the day, he said Carroll Shelby was very popular. UOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car, \u5f53\u6642\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u308b\u4eba\u306b\u306f Shadow \u306f\u30a2\u30a4\u30c7\u30a2\u306e\u5b9d\u5eab\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002 UOP Shadow CanAm Racing Car. Even back in those days, Shadow was a treasured idea. \u5e30\u308a\u9053\u306e101\u3001 CHP\u304c\u5148\u982d\u7acb\u3061\u3001…","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[32,904,242],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5095,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions\/5095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mooneyes.co.jp\/express\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}