Ted,
What's the "gold chain per capita"?
WST
Perspiring minds want to know...
Edwin Smith wrote:
> The big purple rig belongs to Scotty White out of Washington
> State.....he
> runs a Porsche in PCA Club Racing......I think he's running a 911
> now. In
> 96 he ran a 944 Turbo.........Probably had a bunch of Porsches that
> were
> running in the PUG( Porsche Unlimited Group) in the trailer.....He
> drags
> other NW Porsches to our nat'l races at Las Vegas, Thill, Sears,
> Portland,
> etc.....
>
> PCA Club racing, BTW is run under a no contact vintage race
> philosophy,
> complete with a 13/13 rule, national sponsors, national sanction and
> is the
> second largest amateur racing org. in the US with some 1100 licensed
> drivers. Cars are closely matched in the stock classes and the
> modified or
> GT classes are pretty wide open and grouped by displacement with no
> minimum
> weights and the only restriction being that it's gotta be a Porsche
> engine
> and tranny case and tub. Big fun and it can be relatively
> inexpensive in
> the stock classes with a high level of competition. Whenever we first
> show
> up at a new track, it's interesting to hear the corner workers
> comments....they are expecting something akin to drivers ed since it's
> the
> Porsche Club and instead they're treated to big car haulers, a mix of
> relatively stock cars thru IMSA S2 cars and vintage Porsches from 904s
> to
> 935s and everything in between. They're usually impressed with the
> driver
> skill level and think the whole scene is pretty cool...competitive but
> very
> friendly with lots of comaraderie.......
>
> Sorry if it sounded like a pitch but it's a similar program to vintage
> in
> some ways but a bit more competitive........
>
> Ted
> 1983 944 trackmobile, Class winner, last 5 outta 6
>
>
>
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>
> Subject: Re: More trailer stuff
> Date: 05 Jan 98 14:51:18
> From: Simon Favre <favres@engmail.ulinear.com>
> Reply-To: UNX02.US.ORACLE.COM:favres@engmail.ulinear.com
> To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
>
> george davidson wrote:
>
> >One of my favorites seen last year was the 1948(?) Tabot GP car on a
> >well-worn open trailer and tied down with ropes!
>
> I saw a Ferrari 250 TR on an open trailer at Sears Point last year. I
>
> heard that somebody asked him how much the car was worth, and he
> replied, "I don't know. I bought it for $5000 back in the 60's." !!!
>
> At the SCCA Laguna Seca vintage event, there was an absolutely
> monstrous
> tractor trailer rig painted purple, and I mean PURPLE. There was a
> Barney dinosaur figure on the front of the truck. I never did find out
>
> what kind of car was in it...
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