Wrtr@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 97-11-24 13:10:11 EST, mra@sympatico.ca writes:
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> << The reason I even mention it is because of events like Waterford Hills.
> Many VARAC guys go there and we do have a ball but....
> In the race I was in, there were only 4 cars that were really legal,
> i.e. a Lotus 7 with a 997 Ford, a Turner MkII with a 948, Brian Evans
> Midget with a 948 and L Section tires as well and My car the VAY Special
> on 15" Dunlop Ls...they are all VARAC cars. >>
>
> Ok Mike,
>
> Now I feel like I need to wade in on this. John Deikis was running my old
> 1968 Midget at Waterford this year. It was the red car with a white hardtop,
> it looks like an old factory rally car. We've been running this car for three
> years now and it has a STOCK 1275 cc engine with only a header for a
> performance mod. It runs competition front springs and lowering blocks at the
> rear and most people comment that it looks like a rally car as it sits so
> high. Thats because it is street driven and used for old car tours and such.
> Gee, just like sports cars used to be. We like vintage racing. We do seem to
> have more fun per dollar than the guys who are racing vintage cars. My point
> being, look at the back part of the grid and sometimes you will see guys
> driving CORRECT cars really well. Don't assume because the other cars are
> blowing past them (mostly down the straights) that the driver isn't working
> as hard or harder than that race car in a bottle at the front of the pack.
>
> Kevin Clemens
> MG Vintage Racers
> 1952 MGTD
Hi Kevin:
Like I said... I never let the facts stand in the way.
I was really just referring (legality)to the cars that couldn't have had a
1275. Bugeyes for instance
Sorry if I've ruffled any feathers
Mike
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