since mike has the date this car canot be the first. in '63 all spits were
mkI.. the
mkII did not appear here until '65. ted
"michael l. cook" wrote:
> EISANDIEGO@aol.com wrote:
>
> > FOTers
> >
> > I recently purchased a basket case of a Spitfire racecar. I was talking
> > today with Kurt Getches who was among the people involved in racing this
>car.
> > Getches claims that this spitfire was reputedly the first Spitfire (Mark II)
> > to win a national race in the United States. (I do not know whether this is
> > an outrageous claim or not...feedback ??) Getches was told this by the
> > original owner/racer (names not remembered) who he meet at race Daytona race
> > track by accident. The car was purchased specifically for racing. By the
>time
> > of the daytona meeting, the original owner had switched to racing mustangs.
> > The first owner/racer is beleived to be from New York state. Does this ring
>a
> > bell with anyone out there? car, original racer ???
> >
> > Some of you may have raced against this car at one time. French Hickman
> > apparently purchased the car from someone in New York and tend raced in the
> > midwest. In 1972 it was running GP and continued while it was active. The
> > people that we know raced the car are French Hickman (late 60s/early 70s),
> > Kurt Getches, and in the 1980s, Don Reynolds (all Oklahoma folks). It was
> > originally white, then painted to a bright yellow with orage/red
> > "highlights". Made a number of appearances at the SCCA nationals.
> >
> > Thanks in Advance, Cary
> >
> >
>
> Hi -
>
> According to the TSOA Newsletter of September, 1963 and my Spitfire book, the
> first Spitfire to win an SCCA National did so at Watkins Glen in August '63.
>It
> was driven by Erwin Lorincz of Philadelphia. I don't seem to have a photo but
> memory says the car was either white or powder blue. No idea of numbers or
> anything like that. I have no records of Lorincz although I did meet him - he
>was
> also an import with a European accent.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike Cook
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