Road & Track

From: Agent 86 (anthonyr(at)aqua.civag.unimelb.EDU.AU)
Date: Thu Feb 12 1998 - 19:17:00 CST


>In Egan's article in this issue, he has a little test to see if your car
>has character. Anything over 100 qualified. From my read, I got 250 for
>my Alpine. Pretty good I'd say. One of the categories was a class win at
>Le Mans by the model. I did not include the Index of Thermal Efficiency
>win, as that is really not a class win. So, there would be even more if
>winning that counted.
>
>Jay
>
Jay,

I thouught that the Index was considered the second biggest prize at Le
Mans at that time. That the French had created it as a class they could win
and the MAGNIFICENT Alpine had come along and stolen it in order to bathe
the Rootes Group in showers of international glory.

Anthony.



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