[Fot] TR8 - Endurance

[Charly Mitchel]

Did you know they finished first in their class, GTO?
Charly Mitchel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
To: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR8 - Endurance


>I should think that just with modern tires on the car, that time would more 
>like 2:25 or less with no other changes. I'd base that on times for the 
>Runoffs in GT2 class which is "sort of" what class the TR8 would run. The 
>real fast GT2 cars are tube-framed and are considerably faster in the 2:16 
>range.
>
> But a 2:30 in '79 is at Road America was a pretty stout performance. IMHO, 
> of course.
>
> I think I remember watching that race on TV back in the day. They used to 
> show the races delayed a couple of weeks on syndicated TV coverage. I 
> remember following the progress of the TR8 all year and cheering them on.
>
> That car is/was pretty awesome.
>
> regards,
> rml
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> On Sun, 29 Sep 2013, MadMarx wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I had a look on the Road America 500 Miles from 2.9.1979.
>> The Group 44 TR8 with Tullius and Fuerstenau on board did a 2:30.505 as
>> laptime.
>>
>> So there should be some gain possible for the TR8 to be driven faster.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
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