That was C production, around '81-'82. Freddy Baker was the driver, and the
car was campaigned out of a shop in Cleveland, Ohio (Gran Turisimo Jaguar,
or something like that). Don't know if it was actually a 454 Chevy harmonic
balancer they used, or not (I tend to remember it as something they had made
up from their own drawings), but it allowed them to rev that big six
reliably. The car raced in the Northeast Division, and I saw it race at
Nelson Ledges on many, many occasions. It was an absolute rocket and used
to routinely beat all of the B production Corvettes, including that of
former A production Nat'l Champion (in a 427 Cobra) Ed Lowther.
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message -----
From: <jjj@acsnet.com>
To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 12:47 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Sridgets (E type)
> Kirk: Had a 70. Sold it in the late 80's when I thought they were getting
> too high priced to enjoy. Also afraid I'd lose my licence cause I could'nt
> keep it under 80. When you talk about that engine and racing I was
> wondering if anyone remembers the privateer that won the D production
> championship against the factory team of Datsun Z cars in the last year
> the E type could run. Road and Track, I believe, did one h*ll of a story
> on it which I have lost track of. Great stuff for a guy that loves the
> underdog. I believe the factory and almost everyone else had given up on
> the engine cause they could'nt make the crank live at the rpm's they had
> to run to be competetive. These back yard guys solved it with a 454 chev
> dampner!!! Like to know what I did with that story? Anyway best wishes,
> Kurt.
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