Chuck
You might try the SCTA web site for the Speed Week runs and verify what
class #896 was running. It's not in the Speed Week program either. Would
rather see the engine factor change than make #869 run "E".
John B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: #896 F/MS RX7 in Grassroots Motorsports magazine
> List,
>
> I was just going over the December 2001 issue of Grassroots Motorsports
> magazine and noticed a picture on page 16 of a red RX7 on the salt. What
> caught my eye after reading the text was the cars class, F/MS. I did a
little
> research into the SCCA Pro7 class, where the car had been running and
found
> that it's for '81-'85 Mazda RX7's with basically stock 1146cc 12A rotary
> engines in a basically stock chassis.
>
> The article quotes Mike McCarthy of Surf City Racing; "We converted
the
> road race car to BNI-SCTA specs by adding a header, lexan windows, 15-inch
> wheels and cool Moon discs."
>
> That leaves me wondering if the owners simply chose the wrong engine
class,
> (1146 x 3 = E/ engine class) and a car class that the stock body doesn't
seem
> to meet, or if maybe there have been some rules changes that I missed?
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> Back from the dead (e-mail) in Pole Cat Hollow, NC
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