Howard,
John Morton said that he was disqualified for rough driving in a race at
Willow Springs, CA after he beat a 911 because the official said that there
was no way that a Datsun could beat a 911 fairly.
Stan
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At 12:21 AM 5/8/00 +1000, Howard Fletcher wrote:
>Speak for yourself Andrew - I have beaten even a porche 911 RSR on a
>circuit (I admit the driver wasn't that great) but I have beaten a number
>of Porche and even hot V8 morgan (occasionally) they are very fast. (on the
>circuit - not on the road) my car is slightly non std under the skin.
>
>Regards
>howard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Murphy [SMTP:solex67@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, 8 May 2000 3:14
>To: jon_wissler@pngc.com
>Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Racing Bummer
>
>
>Hello All,
>
>Been a while since I have posted to the list, but I have just got home from
>vacation in my roadster (1000 miles +) and I had to wade through almost 350
>emails. Whew!
>
>About racing: it's all about choosing your battles. SInce I drove so much
>on
>this trip (I took the 17 mile drive in Pebble Beach. If you are ever there:
>do it. It's fun!) that I got to "race" several cars. For the most part, we
>don't do well off the line. Especially with solexes. No, I found the best
>performance in the car is in handling around turns and keeping the revs
>near
>4000 rpm. The car is in its element there.
>
>We probably will not be able to beat a 911, but so far any car in my class
>is hard pressed to keep up.
>
>Solvang was great and I enjoyed seeing so many cars in person that I had
>previously seen only in pictures.
>
>
>Andrew Murphy
>67.5 2000 Solex
>
>>From: jon_wissler@pngc.com
>>Reply-To: jon_wissler@pngc.com
>>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>>Subject: Racing Bummer
>>Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 22:36:53 -0700
>>
>> Just got home from taking my wife out to dinner and a little drag
>>adventure. Had a guy in a probably an early 80's Porsche 911 who decided
>>to play drag-boy from a stop light and I was more than obliged. I'm sorry
>>to say that he took me just a tad, especially in second gear. Just
>curious
>>to know how we (as in 69 2L) should stack up against a 911. I followed
>him
>>onto the freeway and was in the process of blowing him away in 3rd gear
>>when he called off the chase and took the next exit. Oh well, we live to
>>try again another day.....
>>
>>
>>P.S. Tom H. It's running pretty darn good ........
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