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Re: #896 F/MS RX7 in Grassroots Motorsports magazine

To: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
Subject: Re: #896 F/MS RX7 in Grassroots Motorsports magazine
From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 05:25:16 -0500
They probably appied the same factor as SCCA that they were used to for the 
engine
same with the car class...
Dave

Chuck Rothfuss wrote:

> List,
>
>    I was just going over the December 2001 issue of Grassroots Motorsports
> magazine and noticed a picture on page 16 of a red RX7 on the salt.  What
> caught my eye after reading the text was the cars class, F/MS.  I did a little
> research into the SCCA Pro7 class, where the car had been running and found
> that it's for '81-'85 Mazda RX7's with basically stock 1146cc 12A rotary
> engines in a basically stock chassis.
>
>    The article quotes Mike McCarthy of Surf City Racing;  "We converted the
> road race car to BNI-SCTA specs by adding a header, lexan windows, 15-inch
> wheels and cool Moon discs."
>
>    That leaves me wondering if the owners simply chose the wrong engine class,
> (1146 x 3 = E/ engine class) and a car class that the stock body doesn't seem
> to meet, or if maybe there have been some rules changes that I missed?
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> Back from the dead (e-mail) in Pole Cat Hollow, NC

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