> 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....
The Sprite I referred to which started this whole thing, ran a 1:19 at
Waterford this year. A friend in a Brabham Formula B ran 1:17 - you're
right, just what is going on?
10 cents
Mike
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