Craig -
Dave's car WAS fast, and I saw it turn lots of 60-61s laps at LRP in the
1970s. Dave had a bit of a Gilles Villeneuve driving style, too. Lotsa
power on tap.
Does the car still have any of its electronics? Dave worked at Rome AFB
and short of an X-plane, this car had the most onboard data capture and
telemetry of anything racing at the time. The car was swiss cheese on
the inside and had conformal water tanks and foam blocks in the rear
(plus the tube frame) for balancing and stiffening.
Mark Coffin's dad was the Stinger pursuit driver, IIRC.
- Bob Mann
"C. Halsted" wrote:
>
> does anybody have any pictures or info about this car? it was raced by Dave
> Manzolini for about 10 years, and made the national runoffs around 5 times. is
> in the participant lists for '72 and '78 runoffs on Rob Beddington's site.
> Dave lost most of his pictures and records in a house fire many years ago.
> says he turned almost 1 minute flat at Lime Rock back in the '70's and also
> beat BRE's TransAm lap record at Mid-Ohio. I own the car and would like to
> eventually set it up to vintage race. picked it up with no drivetrain or
> differential, but have a second race car with BRE prepared engine and could do
> some swapping around. one list member (sorry, I forget who) once e-mailed me
> that his dad used to run a Yenko Stinger against Dave, and that this car was
> "VERY fast"
> any help in coming up with some more documentation would be appreciated.
> according to Dave, this was the lightest car Bob Sharp had ever seen, and he
> had access to the factory FIA cars. the chassis was so flexible that he " had
> to make up a special rollcage to stiffen the chassis and suspension "
>
> Thanks
> Happy Holidays
> Craig Halsted
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