- 1. Stability and Safety (score: 1)
- Author: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:42:03 -0500
- Some years back a Ford GT40 was at the salt and quickly spun and unfortunately damaged the body. Do you know what the CG/CP relationship is on that car? Skip
- /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00307.html (6,851 bytes)
- 2. RE: Stability and Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 17:58:06 -0500
- No, I don't but I read that the earlier GT-40s had problems. I think Ken Miles was killed in a GT-40 at Le Mans and it was speculated that the crash was due to its high- speed aerodynamic problems.
- /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00311.html (7,113 bytes)
- 3. Re: Stability and Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:35:39 -0700
- There was a GT40 at speedweek a few years back the spun in the 4th mile. The rear half of the body blew off and had some damage. The cause of the spin was the big wide grooved tires. We looked at th
- /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00313.html (6,961 bytes)
- 4. Re: Stability and Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 02:00:16 +0000
- HI LIST! I met the GT-40 feller at the Lime Rock Park vintage road races in Sept 1997 when he rode up on an old Schwinn Bycycle to check out Boogie Woogie, -and he spotted my vintage Bonneville decal
- /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00318.html (7,403 bytes)
- 5. RE: Stability and Safety (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:19:57 -0500
- Here is a photo of an M6 Mirage, it was based on the earlier GT-40 development. http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~jdavies/sportscars/mirage/Mirage_M6coupe6.jpg This kind of gives you an idea of how far back t
- /html/land-speed/2002-09/msg00331.html (8,167 bytes)
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