Phil Ethier wrote:
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> From: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
>
> > the first year
> >they made it they would only sell it to people who would were likely to
> >race it, and they had to prove it too
>
> Nonsense. The first BATCH (not year) of Neon ACR cars were available to any
> SCCA member. The club was afraid that anyone who wanted one for autocross
> or racing might not be able to get one of the first ones, so Chrysler agreed
> that the first batch would be limited to SCCA members. Not club-racing
> license holders. Not people who proved that they would race it. Just
> members. When the second batch came out, they were easy to get by anyone.
> Soon a dealer in Bloomington MN had one going begging on the showroom floor.
Ok. Well I was then working under some misinformation provided to me. My
apologies for going astray. That does change things a little.
Nonetheless, the cars seem to have been deliberately targeted towards
competition.
-Josh2
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