Tony Callas Part 5

Tony Callas has worked at some of the highest regarded shops such as, Adrian Gang's Edelweiss Porsche, Pete Zimmerman's Redline Porsche and at the Vasek Polak Dealership.  He then started his own shop Callas Rennsport, which is well known for working on rare cars like the 959 and (1967) 911R.  He has earned a Bosch Master Technicians degree.
He has also been very successful in racing.  His racing teams have won the 24 hours of Daytona with the Porsche GT1 and Le Mans.  He was the Le Mans ACO mechanic of the year in 2001.  Tony has been on many elite racing teams like Rohr, Roock Racing, Seikel Motor-Sport, Champion Racing and Petersen White Racing.  He has started his own racing teams Reiser-Callas and now Carrus Callas. 

In  this episode Tony talks about:
-His childhood helping his father work on race cars. 
-His choice not to use air tools in his workshop and why.
-How he became associate with the Porsche 959.
-Story of the 911R that broke the record at Monza and recounts the surprise he felt when he discovered that the car's racing stripes were actually red, not green as everyone had always believed. 


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