Over time I have been able to get my time at the Glen down to 1:31.5 with my
TR3. That was with an EP motor (but with Webers) and DOT race tires (Hoosier
R3S03). I was in the 1:40s my first time there. Joe(B)
-- "Mike Munson" <fasttrs@mindspring.com> wrote:
I would say yes, especially for your first time there. I ran 1:39.8 with
an EP TR6 a few years ago.
Years ago Fletcher ran 1:41 something in the group 44 TR6 in vintage
trim. He ran 1:34s in his EP TR6. The last time Sam Halkias was here he
ran 1:35s.
All those EP times were on new Goodyear slicks though.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Babcock
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:06 AM
To: 'joe dirt'; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: WATKINS GLEN
Mystery solved.
Is 1:46 good? I may not be remembering correctly, but I think I managed
one
1:46 something, but I could not repeat it. It did, however, get me
second
on the grid for group three, which was kind of cool. I think the I was
mostly turning 1:48 and the Kastner/Brophy Dolomite (or is that a
Vitesse)
did a 1:45, lead me on a frantic search for better tires.
Fun race.
_____
From: joe dirt [mailto:oldskooling@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 5:29 AM
To: Bill Babcock; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: WATKINS GLEN
The Prather MGB is a blue car and doesn not have a full width roll cage.
When you say yellow MGB I assume you mean Dave Headly. He owns his own
prep
shop fab-tech and is also an old time SCCA guy. On the SCCA production
car
forum Jesse Prather stated that the car (at Road Atlanta) had a 1.46 in
it
which is what Headly was running (I believe they ran as fast a 1.48 that
weekend, but were in traffic all the time). The Prather B, unlike
Headly's
(he uses a single weber), has two 1 3/4 SU's. The motor is built up to
FP
specs and to quote Jesse "Didn't put a runoffs caliber engine into it by
any
means to keep the reliability up but she pops pretty darn good" So there
is
yet another B to try to beat along with Headly, Munoz, and Luening.
-Bob Adams
Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> wrote:
I may have the name wrong, but wasn't there a guy named Prather at the
Mitty
driving an MGB. If I am wrong, who was driving that yellow car that was
for
sale?
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf
Of joe dirt
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:28 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: WATKINS GLEN
Great post, especially the RPTRTDMG. Stockton will be back at the Glen
this
year and his car should be much faster. It would be great to see many
more
Triumphs there. It would be without a doubt the easiest place to get a
MG
vs. Triumph competition going, since so many MG's regulary attend the
event.
The story about Prather being there with his MGA was for dispay purposes
only. He was giving a tech seminar, and since they were already in the
"area" for the runoffs that were coming up he had his car with him.
Though
this year he and his son, Jesse, have prepped a MGB and they are
campaigning
it on the vintage circuit. It is a fast car (2:18's at VIR this past
weekend) So if they're going to show up this upcoming Sept, I would have
to
imagine that they will be there with the B. So that adds yet another
very
fast Group 3 MG. This year may prove to be interesting though..
-Bob Adams
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