Both BMWs are terrific cars, and neither owner should be dinged for
doing an outstanding job of car preparation. Of course Nagler's car is
prepared to 'professional' levels, that's what he does for a living!
It's all called "raising the bar."
BTW, if you're looking for a class that will accept almost anything
(except maybe super chargers), take a look at A Prepared.
--Pat Kelly
Jeff Winchell wrote:
>
> Perhaps he mixed in a mental picture of Nagler's car with yours. I
> remember the first time I saw that awesome car at the Seattle NT. It did
> look like a professional road racing car.
>
> From: "Navid Kahangi" <nkahangi@interwoven.com>
> To: <autox@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: Forwarded note
> Date sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:32:07 -0800
> Send reply to: "Navid Kahangi" <nkahangi@interwoven.com>
>
> Allen Murrell writes...
> > I stood
> > there in the SM grid next to their Acura Integra and looked over at the
> > Supra TT and the BMW M3 with a full cage, huge fender flares, and Taylor
> > racing wheels. It looked like a World Challenge car! I looked over at
> > these two guys that had towed all the way to Kansas with us and they both
> > said they felt like they had brought a knife to a gun fight. They both
> > thought these classes were supposed to be for inexpensive but heavily
> > modified cars, not cars that start at $40,000.
> >
>
> As the driver of that M3 you are refering to, it does not have fender flares
> at all. Nor does it have Taylor racing wheels. I put in the bolt-in cage
> myself because I take it to track often. It's far from being a World
> Challenge car, but thanks for the compliment. And it can be yours for far
> less than $40,000, fully prepped.
>
> Let's not fabricate facts just to prove a point.
>
> --Navid
> #80 SM BMW M3
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