Independent Warren Tope T/A Boss 302
© Jim Harris, Robert Frey, Wolfgang Kohrn - 2002, last
updated June 2nd, 2010
The car - then owned by Clintock - was featured in Mustangs and Fords in the February 2007 issue. In 2008 it changed hands to Drew Alcazar from Russo and Steele. |
The History of Warren Topes T/A Boss 302 Warren Topes father was working as a Vice President for Ford's Powertrain group as Jim Alfaro tells us. The Tope family thus had very good access to everything Ford did for racing as well as to Kar Kraft parts, especially the racing transmission parts that got famous with their codes C7AX.
Another thing that Warren's father later did
was the Australian Cleveland blocks. Roger Penske, Holman and
Moony, Woods Brother and Tope Racing were the investors in producing the
blocks. Blocks were also sold to Bud Moore and Gapp and Roush and misc.
people. The first three were CNC machined for Pensky at Savickous
Machining in Detroit.
Warren himself entered a Mustang and a BOSS 302 in
various 1970 T/A races.
A former independent Warren Tope Trans
Am racer. No. 70 from 1969 is still vintage raced today and currently owned by
Drew Alcazar (2010). | Warren's Big Body Racer at Lime Rock 1973 Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab The 73 model at Daytona. A nice view of the engine and the colour scheme Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab | Warren Tope later raced another 73 Mustang, which is owned today by Gus Tarrab. This is the car, after it arrived at Bill Maiers shop end of 1972. Picture thanks to Jim and his brothers, who were part of the Maier's team Gus Tarrab, current owner tells us something about his T/A racer " I own Warren Tope's 1973 T/A Mustang (some folks call it a 1971 but the paper work shows it left Ford at the end of 1972). Warren Tope ran the car in both SCCA and IMSA. I know that he was at Lime Rock in 1974. He was at Daytona, Road America as well. Then after Warren's fatal crash the car was bought and raced by Bill Maier in the Trans Am." Warren's Big Body Racer at Lime Rock 1973 Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab Warren's Big Body Racer at Lime Rock 1973 Picture courtesy Gus Tarrab |
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