I have that info as well as photos of the car at my office, I will post
tomorrow.
Michael Shortt
On Sep 15, 2013 10:04 PM, "Taylor, Matthew" <MTaylor@ea.com> wrote:
> For the record, which is vague, Gordon became a nation record holder
> sometime
> in 1965 (at the latest, this was August 1965) and held the record, with
> faster
> and faster times until at least sometime in 1967. Who knows, doubtful, but
> his record may have held for a year or two after that. Regardless, I'd
> say it
> was closer to 3 years than 2. The class he was in, in the AHRA, was XFA or
> Foreign Sports. As the AHRA and the media did not report much on the
> slower
> classes, especially after 1966, I have not even been able to verify the
> time
> that is published in the older Tiger publications, where that happened, or
> when.
>
> If anyone has any info on the car, I'm still researching.
>
> Matthew
>
>
> On Behalf Of Thomas Witt
>
> As an example: "and for two years [what two years?] it was the American
> Hot
> Rod Association's national record holder over a quarter-mile drag strip
> [this
> reads as if the Tiger was the fastest car - ever - in the quarter mile
> during
> the undisclosed time period. There should be a reference to the specific
> class the car held the record in].
>
> And, yes, Mr. Corbett does NOT sound like the type of chap that would sit
> down
> for a spot of tea and muse about the accuracy of Tiger information.
>
> Tom
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