List,
That reminds me of a question I was wondering about. I don't know the name
or number but someone told me the other day that the yellow Toyota that had
such a time in Tech appears to have run and set a record in a Coupe class?.
That one that had a big yellow transporter in the pits with the Japanese pit
crew. I can't see how that could have been a four-seater which, correct me
if I'm wrong, it has to be in order to run in any Coupe class? Seems to me
it belongs more in a sportscar class? Does anybody know the results ,
number or records? And, can anyone tell me if that car really fits in a
Coupe Class? It's certainly more aero than the Merkur or even a Firebird.
Thanks in advance.,
Grib
Chuck, just where is Pole Cat Hollow, NC?
----- Original Message -----
From: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>
To: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: #896 F/MS RX7 in Grassroots Motorsports magazine
> Chuck
>
> You might try the SCTA web site for the Speed Week runs and verify what
> class #896 was running. It's not in the Speed Week program either. Would
> rather see the engine factor change than make #869 run "E".
>
> John B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:54 PM
> Subject: #896 F/MS RX7 in Grassroots Motorsports magazine
>
>
> > List,
> >
> > I was just going over the December 2001 issue of Grassroots
Motorsports
> > magazine and noticed a picture on page 16 of a red RX7 on the salt.
What
> > caught my eye after reading the text was the cars class, F/MS. I did a
> little
> > research into the SCCA Pro7 class, where the car had been running and
> found
> > that it's for '81-'85 Mazda RX7's with basically stock 1146cc 12A rotary
> > engines in a basically stock chassis.
> >
> > The article quotes Mike McCarthy of Surf City Racing; "We converted
> the
> > road race car to BNI-SCTA specs by adding a header, lexan windows,
15-inch
> > wheels and cool Moon discs."
> >
> > That leaves me wondering if the owners simply chose the wrong engine
> class,
> > (1146 x 3 = E/ engine class) and a car class that the stock body doesn't
> seem
> > to meet, or if maybe there have been some rules changes that I missed?
> >
> > Chuck Rothfuss
> > Back from the dead (e-mail) in Pole Cat Hollow, NC
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