Bob's comment on my comment:
-> The Offy-Midgets you see advertized refer to Offenhauser powered race
->cars, you know the type, they go in a counterclockwise direction around
->this itty-bitty circle and they bump into walls and things. All four tires
->are different sizes and they couldn't make a decent right hand turn if
->the owners life depended on it. Oh, they ain't British.
They are definitly not british, but they can turn right if provoked.
One keeps winning the vintage races at Lime Rock, seems like every year.
And there are usually a few Can-Am cars, old Indy cars, F-[1,2,3] cars,
etc out in the field as well. It's got to be discouraging to be out there in
$$$,000 worth of vintage Lola-Mk ? and ghet beat by a dirt track midget
with one forward speed and no clutch....
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I've seen the ESPN shows which has this car racing in it. (Speedweek?)
This car is a midget which has been modified back into what is almost
a normal racing car, i.e. equal sized racing tires, differential,
properly set up front end. I believe this started out as a joke entry
sometime back in the fifties in the Formula Libre class (Anything Goes...)
and actually placed fairly well in the hands of the very competent
driver. Now vintage racing is a whole 'nother ballgame, since the main
object is to not hurt the cars. Who actually wins is a matter of how
much damage one is willing to put up with. Parts are awfully cheap at
Bubba's Discount Autoparts.....
Aran (Yeehah! Let's go rile us up some Furriners in their fancy cars!) Guy
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