I can't remember the exact year, though it was the mid
70's, when SCCA Fproduction midgets and spitfires
started running 1500's, the highest position a 1275
spridget finished at the Runoffs in Atlanta was a 12th
or so.
A litile trivia fuel for this fire!
John Holliday
--- Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Rons
>
> Your Photoshop skills do not scare me (much ;p)
>
> However if it is data you want then how about Kevin
> Valentine - following
> me up the turnpike at 74 MPH and at the time (by my
> speedo) I was doing
> 70 at 4100 rpm. And lets see, coming back from
> Hagerstown MG98 running 90
> mph with an MGC and a MGBGT V8. Both stated that we
> were doing 90 - my
> speedo said about 85 at around 5000 rpm. On the
> infamous Blue Ridge trip,
> the afore mentioned Yamaha clocked me at 90 on the
> interstate. That was
> with a fully loaded car and 2 people, driver and
> passenger. As I recall -
> in the vicinity of 5500 or so. Albeit it was a bit
> of a decline. (And
> trust me that boy is nothing if not a stickler for
> those funny little
> details.) So my "opinion" is backed by direct
> observation, and not by me
> alone. (Isn't it direct observation that builds the
> most reliable data
> sets?)
>
> So by the observations of outside parties 2 things
> are apparent 1) My
> speedo is off. 2) My 78 is faster than R&T's and
> WILL hit 5100 rpm and
> has!!. Now mayhaps Frank would like to chime in with
> the ratio on the
> diff I got from him - as I do not recall. But it is
> the same as the one I
> had in there. 3.9, 3.7 I just don't know.
>
> And Trevor is not the first to quote the line about
> the 1500 Midgets
> being the first Spridgets to be capable of over 100
> MPH. I believe that
> was also a R&T quote BTW.
>
> Remember the wise man once said - believe 1/2 of
> what you see and none of
> what you read.
>
>
> At this exact moment in time 6/12/00 3:13 PM,
> soavero@yahoo.com made the
> profound statement:
>
> >> Die you heathen.
> >
> >Lars,
> >Don't make me break out the Photoshop.
> >
> >As my lab engineer says when I tell him a test run
> was
> >crap and I don't believe it -
> >
> >"I have data. Without data, it's just an opinion."
> >
> >And I write his performance appraisal. Kids.
> >
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