In a message dated 97-11-25 19:32:49 EST, wsthompson@thicko.com writes:
<< Many races I couldn't keep up on the pace lap. Sad to hit the start line
at Road America while the leaders are already in turn 5....
That car ran 3:42s there. My current 948 MKII Sprite which has been
consistantly the most legal car in the organizations I race with
including VSCDA, SVRA, and CHR, runs 3:02. It's legal, but they didn't
look or run like that in '62.
WST
Team Thicko >>
Funny thing is, at Waterford this year, John Deikis was running 1:31's, which
was the lap record for a 1098 Sprite in about 1965, I was running 1:26 in my
MGB, which wasn't but a second or two off the lap record for an MGB in 1966
and my TD ran 1:42, which is about what a 948 Bugeye ran there in 1960. On
the other hand, the fast TCs and TDs last year were in the 29s a good vintage
MGB is around 20 flat and a fast Sprite(1275cc) vintage car is about 23s.
What is it exactly that we are doing here?
Kevin
PS: Those pace laps do seem kind of quick sometimes....
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