And the fact that Logan Blackburn was right around the corner couldn't have
hurt, either.
>From: Tombread@aol.com
>Reply-To: Tombread@aol.com
>To: peterv@tri-county.main.nc.us, pkrause@attglobal.net,
>vintage-race-digest@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Fiat 124 vs MGB
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:30:03 EST
>
>The curiosity about how MGB edged out Fiat in the consumer and racing
>markets
>is propelled by their similarity in price. Porsche is in another class and
>thus not comparable. Alfa might have come close to this criterion but it
>was
>never a mass production car like the 124 Spyder or MGB. I think the MGB
>won
>the hearts and minds of buyers and racers thanks to better PR and factory
>gofast parts. I still say the 124 Fiat is the better car...but I raced an
>MGB because parts were easier to get and MG had a more established racing
>image.
>The Easley Vintage Grand Prix
>IRP, October 6-7, 2001
>Proceeds to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis
>
>Tom Butters
>The Greens Fork Group
>Creative communications
>765.886.5098
>No City in the history of racing has ever hosted the four greatest events
>of
>their kind,
>as we do here with the Indianapolis 500, the US Grand Prix, the Brickyard
>400
>and the NHRA US Nationals.
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