I got into a good tussle with a well-driven Daimler SP 250 at last year's
VRG Turkey Bowl at Summit Point, WV while driving my Elva MK IV
sportsracer. You can see a video of it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnuW8AI-FE
The Daimler passes me on the downhill and we have a good dice for several
laps--I am a bit faster through the corners and can outbrake him but my
1220 cc engine cannot keep up with the V-8 on the straights. Nevertheless
the Daimler handles quite well for a relatively large car. The race ended
with my crashing heavily into a tire wall when a right front control arm
breaks suddenly. Lots of damage to my car but no injury.
BTW the car in the video was powered by the original engine--I can only
imagine how fast the one on ebay would be! Though head-on a Daimler SP 250
is somewhat ideosynchratic the car's overall tough appearance is in keeping
with its nature.
Best--Michael Oritt
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Greg Lemon <glemon@neb.rr.com> wrote:
> The Daimler SP250 was quickly moved up to C production class by the SCCA
> after its introduction in the early sixties, a class above the big Healey,
> and in the same class as the AC Ace and early jag roadsters, as noted a
> shame to swap out the sweet and somewhat rare V-8 in the car.
>
> It is sometimes said the most beautiful cars are reflections of nature, if
> a big Healey has something of a big cat ready to pounce in profile, the
> SP250 has a little bit of bottom feeding catfish in the front view.
>
> Still a neat and uniqe car, on my bucket list of things to own.
>
> Greg Lemon
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