To not add Duane Komush (sorry for the mis-spelling Duane) to the list would
be bad.
Look at the thought and preparation, and just plain great machine work he's
done on all of his cars - Ford Escort Mexico, Ford Capri, Honda Civic. I
don't know if there were any protests (although wasn't there one on the
legality of a twink - er twin-cam in the Escort?). Besides, who else can
write articles month after month that educate _and_ befudle at the same
time?
Kevin McCormick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Ozinga [mailto:oz@tirerack.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: Kelly, Katie; 'autox@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: The List
>
>
> > Subject: The List
> >
> > This week's topic:
> >
> > Car Builder Who Stretched The Rules the Most, LEGALLY.
>
> One obvious answer popped into my head.
>
> Jim McKamey. Each car built seemed to work well, and most took full
> advantage of the rules, and I don't recall any lost protests.
>
> A few examples...
> Triumph TR8 - AP/FP Tube framed. Kept under a cover between
> runs the first
> year to mess with some Lotus driver
> Pontiac Fiero - Tamandli's E-Mod car. Easily best in class, imho.
> Corvette Convertible - Sid DeLeon's BP car
> MRC T5A - "Trudi's car". The big black beast. Caused wing rule to be
> rewritten recently?
> Chevy Camaro - Mike Zickuhr's orange '69 CP Camaro. Jetsons meet the
> Flintstones :-)
> Datsun Roadster SRL311 - Todd Green's EP car. Possibly the
> best non-Honda in
> the class.
>
> Some of these cars were not 100% his work, but he was
> certainly heavily
> involved in them. I've driven a few of these, and ridden in
> others and in
> all of them I was impressed with how there seemed to be no
> "bad features" to
> work around. When a car has that, you just gotta love it.
>
> As a second choice, Guy Ankeny as a car builder has a pretty
> good record but
> I really can't say if he's really stretched the rules or just
> done great
> work. Either way, I'd buy a used car from him...
>
> Third, George Bowland, for developing the first of the snowmobile
> powered/CVT fly weight AM cars. Can't say it pushed the
> rules, as there
> aren't too many rules in the class, but certainly defined the future
> direction of the class.
>
> One the 0-60 thing, I've got a Miata. Why check? It's slower
> than alot of
> tow vehicles...and quicker than alot of race cars. There's a
> difference
> between quick and fast.
>
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