I had left off the MGA at 1:57
Steve
On Apr 18, 2008, at 6:33 AM, Steven silverstein wrote:
> Following the thread by Bill and Andy, I had just been reading a
> Competition Press story on "How do '64 Production Car Classes
> Look?" with comparison fastest lap times at Riverside. These
> were times from the Divisional held in Jan 1964. For reference
> the race cars were honestly production cars with production parts -
> SCCA rules were that strict (believe it or not, it wasn't until
> 64' that you could run .040" over pistons. I don't even think you
> could run flat tops unless it was a feature of the car - the
> "factory Option list" game was just beginning)
>
> Here's what they listed:
>
> H- sprite 2:05
> F- TR-3 1:54
> F- Sunbeam Alpine 1:55
> E- Porsche (N) 1:51
> E- Elva Courier 1:54
> E- Morgan Plus 4 1:54
> E- A-H 100/4 1:55
> D- AH 3000 1:49
> D- TR-4 1:50
> D- AC Bristol 1:53
> D- Lotus Elite 1:55
> C- Morgan SS 1:46
> C- Lotus Super 7 1:47
> B- Corvette 1:47
> B- Jaguar XKE 1:54
> A- Cobra 1:43
> A- Sting Ray 1:44
>
> Again, This is Riverside, 2.8 miles long, 8 turns. So, having top
> mph would really payoff in a faster lap time. As a note the
> Alpine won on Saturday and led on Sunday until retiring. Also
> note, in 1963 the Alpine was lumped in with E-Production and did OK
> - Don Sesslar tied for E-P national championship points and Ed Lamb
> won the SW division.
>
> They even mention the 283 Corvettes will dominate B-P until the
> Alpine-Ford (Tiger yet, un-named) arrives.
>
> Steve Silverstein
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