In a message dated 4/11/01 8:40:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
pfoster@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> I heard privately it is apparently 3075 with the 10% "prepared in excess"
> penalty and a 50 lb penalty for using 12" wheels. It sure looked like it
> should weigh a lot less than that sitting on the grid. Don't 60s and 70s
> vintage Corvettes weigh less than 3000 lbs stock? There must be a heck of a
> lot of ballast in that sucker. No wonder it took so long to stop at GGF when
> .
It wasn't carrying the 10% weight penalty under the old prepared rules... If
there was a 50 lb. penalty for the wheels back then, it weighed 2800. I
always remember the number 2750...
I'm not sure about mid '60's, but seem to remember '69-72 were in the
3000-3100 lb range with SB engines.
Charlie
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