On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, John Lupien wrote:
> > A Hot Shot won the Sebring Index of Performance in '51 and did well at Le
> > Mans. In stock trim it could do about 77 mph. Speed shops soon came up
> > with some goodies that increased top speed to around 90 mph.
>
> Hard to imagine doing 90 through Les Hunandierres while the big guys wailed
> by at 180.
Not very many were wailing along at 180 back in 1951!
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