[Shotimes] Camry in Winston Cup 2007

[Ron Nottingham]

I'm not old enough to remember :-) but I have seen clips of those early
races, and the cars at certain races throughout the years.

Remember when Trans Am allowed 2.5L cars to enter also?  Do you know which
car made the SCCA institute a rule limiting the age of the cars competing?
It was the Tyco Triumph Vitesse.  It was only imported to the US in 1962,
and was raced successfully, beating newer BMW 2002's and DAtsun 510's.
Rules changes throughout the year made the Vitesse uncompetitive, and
eventually a rule was instated that cars could not be more than 5 years old,
the Vitesse was around 10 at the time.

I once had a chance to buy the Tyco Vitesse back in '92 or '93 while I was
at Road Atlanta.  The guy was asking $10k for it at the time, but for a
Triumph enthusiast (I drove up in my Spitfire) he would let it go for
$7500!!  I still kick myself in the @$$ for not buying it!!

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
(former Vitesse owner)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Childs" <rchildssho@hotmail.com>
To: <nottingham@alltel.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Camry in Winston Cup 2007


> I think that the Mustangs and Camaros are not as irreplaceable as the cars
> in vintage racing. Bend a little sheet metal on one of those is no big
deal.
> Bend up your Maserati Birdcage and you will be crying.
>
> BTW, do you guys remember the Gray Ghost in Trans-Am? When the
heavyweights
> (Bud Moore, Penske) were running new '69 Mustangs & Camaros, Bob Tullius
was
> competitive with a '64 GTO.
>
> -Ron Childs   '91
>
>
> >From: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>
> >
> >I, too, like to see the older cars mix it up.  But one organization takes
> >the fun out of it all, SVRA.  I have watched vintage racing SCCA style,
and
> >do greatly enjoy it.  I have seen a vintage Trans Am race, put on by the
> >SCCA, and not the SVRA.  These guys really mixed it up!  Mustangs,
Camaros,
> >Firebirds, AMX's, Mopars, and even some cool imports, like BMW 2002's,
> >Datsun 510's, Fiat's, and a cool Triumph Vitesse.  These guys really
raced,
> >passing in corners, sheetmetal to sheetmetal contact, etc.  The SVRA is
the
> >one I was talking about in my original post, though.
>
>
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