Frank,
You may be right. I don't know what the problem was with the Tiger. It
could be that a car designed for a 1.5 litre engine,( Alpine), had difficulty
with a 260 cu in. v8 (Tiger). I do know the Alpine won two SCCA national
championships and finished the 1961 Le Mans 24 hour with an Index of Thermal
Efficiency trophy. Overall, that record is impressive.
Regards,
Jeff
http://www.racingalpines.org/
Vince Tamburo
Series I Alpine
1960 G-Production National Champ
Don Sesslar (Sports Car Forum)
Dan Carmichael (Sports Car Forum)
Series I Alpine - 1961-63
Series IV Alpine -1964-67
1963 E-Production 1st pl. National points (tie)
1964 F-Production National Champ (Sesslar)
1964 F-Production Division Champ (Carmichael)
1965 F-Production 1st pl. Division points (tie
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From: itswonderful@comcast.net
To: jxnichols@sbcglobal.net ; tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Tiger sucess?
Jeff,
Isn't this due in part to limited factory and then aftermarket support? I
mean then and now you could buy a ton of go fast goodies for Mustangs and Vets
and the car magazines were and are filled with write ups and tips on these
vehicles. Rarely if ever do you see the same for Tigers, certainly not these
days unless you are plugged into the Tiger scene, and certainly in no where
near the quantity.
I'm not trying to argue the point about the suitability of the Tiger chassis
for competition, that's not my bag man, i'm just wondering if there are not
other factors contributing to the relatively small amount of Tiger success in
competition.
Frank
B9471116
>
> I don't mean to rain on your parade but three third place finishes is
not
> exactly impressive. What make of car finished first and second? You
should
> have cited the 1966 ARRC second place finish of Ron Dykes in B
production at
> Riverside. First place was a Shelby GT350 Mustang. The record shows the
> Sunbeam Tiger never won any thing of real importance during its
lifetime. No
> championships except for 1999. A couple of SCCA local or regional wins
that
> everyone forgets. Compare the Tiger's record to other cars of the era
and you
> will see that its win record is not outstanding.
>
>
>
> Jeff
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