In the San Francisco area, we have a class called B Street Prepared-Vintage,
which includes all Corvettes pre-C4. It's a trip back to the 60s and 70s.
Don't know if the owners of these cars would care to compete head to head
with a SC Miata. :)
--Pat Kelly
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>From: bthatch@juno.com
>To: autox@autox.team.net, evolution-discussions@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: SM2 survival
>Date: Fri, Mar 8, 2002, 9:42 AM
>
>Hey, I find it really, really ironic that people who DON'T have a stake
>in SM2 are ready to shoot it down. Even Dennis Grant doesn't want it to
>succeed. What's the problem? Y'all really think that keeping the numbers
>of classes down serves our sport?
>
>As for there not being cars on the street that already would fit the
>class. Come on! There are tons of blown Miatas, CRXs, MR2s just for the
>itty bitty car inclined. Then there is a whole 'nother group of Vette
>drivers with 383 or 406 motors or blowers on them. Let alone all the
>Vettes that are cammed, and otherwise warmed over. There are HUGE numbers
>of them.
>
>I'll support the class at national level events but my Vette will stay in
>BSP trim until the naysayers are silenced. If they prevail I won't be out
>the extra bucks building my car.
>
>It WOULD be fun to build a 406 small block and take the challenge to get
>the weight down to 2500 lbs. in my 86 Vette to show the ricers what
>'Murican iron can do.
>
>Ben Thatcher
>http://ApexBenefits.biz
>
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