Had something strange happen at Pine Lake last weekend. We were sitting at our camp in the pits when a guy and his daughter walked up to our trailer and began looking over my Tri-z. It turns out the guy recognized my Z from back when he raced in the 80s. He said that 5 were built to the exact same specifications (86 Tri-zs / Calfab swingarm / Aluminum tank) and were raced by him and five other individuals on the east coast back in the day. He asked me if I found this one in New York as he had been trying to find his for several years now. I told him that mine originally was raced out of North Carolina and the only indication I had of who owned it was that JIMBO was welded neatly on the bottom cross brace of the CALFAB swingarm. The guy instantly said that it was his friend Jim Jimbo Eubanks who owned this Tri-z and that it was one of the 5 that he mentioned. Unfortunately I was in a hurry to make it to the gate for my next race and I forgot to write down the name of the guy I was talking to, so if by chance youre a member here, please reach out.
Now for a little back story here on how I acquired the Tri-z. I purchased it on the South Carolina / North Carolina border off an old mechanic. When I purchased it, he told me that it was raced by a team out of North Carolina that had multiple Tri-zs of the same specification. He said that the owner of the race shop in North Carolina was selling the old racers off and he bought it at that time. Fast forwarding, its funny how things come full circle sometimes. I tried hard to trace the history of this Tri-z down after I bought it, but never could figure it out, until some random dude came up to me at the track this weekend.
So long story short, I am looking for some info on a three wheeler racer named Jim Jimbo Eubanks. Turns out my Tri-z was owned and raced by him back in the day. I know little about him other than that so any information or pictures would be appreciated.
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