Hello,
I plan to involve myself in some racing this year as I just received my SCCA
Racing Licence. I will be racing my 67.5 Solex at some of the Vintage Venues
within the next few months.
I know from experience that during a track day with a NorCal Racing club, I
was always able to keep up with most of the cars <competition> on the road
course. I ran against the likes of Miatas, Integras, 948's, Mustangs and a
Viper too. I ran the 1.9 mile course at a best of 1:41 per lap on street
tires, (Dunlop D60 A2's / 195/60-14) while all of the other cars ran with high
performance tires and huge wheels.
The best laps in the club were in the 1:35 per lap. Those were the Turbo''d
Miatas running on slicks and the V-8's. I didn't feel bad at all getting
blasted on the front and back straights as I consistantly caught up in the
twisties but the tires didn't hold to well at all.. This year I plan to have
the suspension dailed in better and run with different tires! I am currently
looking at the Yokohama AO32's. I have a feeling that things will be alot
different.
So how do I feel this translates to Vintage racing? I feel that if my 2000
Solex can pretty much keep up with the newer cars it should do very well on
the track against other Vintage cars. More to follow..... ;>)
pics of my Thunderhill track day...
http://members.aol.com/Calspeed1/t-hill98.html
Michael "Calspeed" Carion
San Francisco, Ca
67.5 SRL Solex
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