I seem to remember one going much later than that through.
I'll do some digging...
mayf
On 3/22/2011 3:45 PM, Bob Dixon wrote:
> You guys are probably right.
>
> I received this from the Pikes Peak historian a couple of months ago:
>
> Dear Bob:
>
> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I found one time that a
> Sunbeam raced Pikes Peak, that was in 1966 and it was driven by Ralph
> Bruning, it was listed as car # 1. It was in the Sports Car Class
> group 2:0-2000cc. It finished in fourth place out of five cars with a
> time of 19:18.3.
>
> David Bachoroski, President
> Pikes Peak Hill Climb Historical Assn.
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:34:44 -0700, Larry Mayfield<drmayf@mayfco.com>
> wrote:
>> I also seem to remember a Tiger competing at Pike Peak. It was a
>> full on race car as I remember and did pretty well for he class. I
>> could be wrong. I haven't used up my quota for "being wrong" for March
>> yet, lol...
>>
>> mayf
>>
>> On 3/22/2011 9:09 AM, TIGEROOTES@aol.com wrote:
>>> In a message dated 3/21/2011 10:13:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> bobdixon@frii.com writes:
>>>
>>>> PS The Tiger was accepted into Vintage Division of the 2011 Pikes Peak
>>>> Hill Climb!! I got my requested number '86'. It will be the first Tiger
>>>> to
>>>> ever compete in the 2nd oldest race in the country. Pikes Peak or Bust
>>>> 2011
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>> In around 1985-86 a Tiger competed at Pike's Peak. The owner was way up
>>>> in SCCA, Denver (the hive) and his first name was Jim and I am pretty sure
>>>> his car was black. He was a founding member of VR, the California based
>>>> Vintage Racing club, now long gone and I met him at the first Tacoma Grand
>>>> Prix race at the swimming pool: a bunch of us were dangling our feet in the
>>>> pool and talking 'old-times' . Sir Jack Brabham's stories were fantastic,
>>>> including the saga of his Sunbeam Rapier.
>>> Do to Sir Jack's stories at the pool, "Jim" personally pushed SCCA to
>>> accept Sunbeam Rapier as a recognized Vintage Racing car with their
>organization:
>>> I have the acceptance/homolagation paperwork with "Jim's" signature
>>> somewhere and I'll look for it to get his last name.
>>>
>>>> Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
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