You guys are probably right.
I received this from the Pikes Peak historian a couple of months ago:
Dear Bob:
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I found one time that a
Sunbeam raced Pikes Peak, that was in 1966 and it was driven by Ralph
Bruning, it was listed as car # 1. It was in the Sports Car Class
group 2:0-2000cc. It finished in fourth place out of five cars with a
time of 19:18.3.
David Bachoroski, President
Pikes Peak Hill Climb Historical Assn.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:34:44 -0700, Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com>
wrote:
> I also seem to remember a Tiger competing at Pike Peak. It was a
> full on race car as I remember and did pretty well for he class. I
> could be wrong. I haven't used up my quota for "being wrong" for March
> yet, lol...
>
> mayf
>
> On 3/22/2011 9:09 AM, TIGEROOTES@aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 3/21/2011 10:13:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> bobdixon@frii.com writes:
>>
>>> PS The Tiger was accepted into Vintage Division of the 2011 Pikes Peak
>>> Hill Climb!! I got my requested number '86'. It will be the first Tiger
>>> to
>>> ever compete in the 2nd oldest race in the country. Pikes Peak or Bust
>>> 2011
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> In around 1985-86 a Tiger competed at Pike's Peak. The owner was way up
>>> in SCCA, Denver (the hive) and his first name was Jim and I am pretty sure
>>> his car was black. He was a founding member of VR, the California based
>>> Vintage Racing club, now long gone and I met him at the first Tacoma Grand
>>> Prix race at the swimming pool: a bunch of us were dangling our feet in the
>>> pool and talking 'old-times' . Sir Jack Brabham's stories were fantastic,
>>> including the saga of his Sunbeam Rapier.
>> Do to Sir Jack's stories at the pool, "Jim" personally pushed SCCA to
>> accept Sunbeam Rapier as a recognized Vintage Racing car with their
>organization:
>> I have the acceptance/homolagation paperwork with "Jim's" signature
>> somewhere and I'll look for it to get his last name.
>>
>>> Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
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