> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:14 AM
>
. Why did you all chose the race cars you chose.
>
>Scott
>
>Good question Scott,
>
> Because it was in the garage? No, me and the USS Wankel (my '71 Datsun
> 510) go back awhile. The original choice of the car was slightly
influenced
> by the 510's racing history in the 1971-72 SCCA 2.5 liter Trans Am Series.
> Mostly it was cheap ($50.) and could be shipped to the States...again,
> without any trouble. After buying the poor car from an Air Force guy in
> Japan I had nearly three years to work on it over there. That was where
the
> rotary engine swap and most of the other changes were made. When I got it
> back to the states I intended to use the car in hillclimb competition, but
> had so much fun with it that I drove it to work every day for nearly 10
> years. I won back to back autocross championships with it in '98 and '99,
> along with running the car at Maxton. With more family and less time now
I
> still try to get out to Maxton a couple times a year, either in the USS
> Wankel or in Betsy, my bullet-holed 4 door 510 daily driver. It's about
> as slick as a brick, but it does everything well and it's a hoot to drive.
I
> still haven't ever run up Beech Mountain with it, but thanks to its' LSR
> safety equipment I'm ready for that too, whenever I have the time.
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> USS Wankel, LSR #510
> ECTA
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