Nice write-up; Thanks.
Jim
Mowog1@aol.com wrote:
> Yo Chaps!
>
> The V8 meet at Sebring continues....Monday was much as I expected...lots of
> tyre kicking, B.S. (not Levy)..and the arrival of numerous conversions.
>
> First....the non-V8s....an MGB with a Volvo transplant (ala the 1950's MGTD)
> ... two V6 conversions ... and a GT Ford kit car with
> V6 Buick powerplant. Also in attendance was a three wheeled Morgan (1936),
> three Tri**ph TR8s, three TR6 conversions, a Sunbeam Tiger, and a Morgan +8.
>
> Monday was great...lots of time for sunburn to kick in...which manyh of we
> transplants had the opportunity to experience. As mentioned before, the
> autocross was cancelled...we looked for an empty, unsecured lot to set up
> some cone....we failed.
>
> Tuesday brought sunny skies and 65 degree weather. We signed our lives away
> at 9:30am (otherwise known as release waivers for Sebring International
> Raceway) ... and were lead out to the track.
>
> Sigh....the Panoz pace car as promised was a no show.....we were lead by a
> Chrysler Sebring convertible. There was some disussion with the event
> coordinator and track officials as to what the speed would be.....thankfully,
> the driver of the pace care assured Don that we would NOT have to drive
> single file at 45 mph!
>
> We got four laps (at a semi-unrestricted speed) of the 3.7 mile, 17 turn
> course. I thought the V8s would pull away from the MGC with ease...I was
> pleasantly surprised to find that I outdrove most of them in the
> corners...the V8s capable of hitting 100mph+ on the straights....I was able
> to hit 90mph (with the auto trans)....
>
> It went by much too quickly....at the end of our four laps, we spent about an
> hour for photo ops at the starting grid...then back to the hotel.
>
> A quick drive into Sebring for lunch...we had no clue where to go...but the
> Chief of Police pointed us to a great deli (no donuts, through).
>
> This afternoon, most of us drove over to an airplane hanger which wahome of
> Bob Tullios' Group 44. A musem containing most of the Group 44 Jags and
> Tr**phs, the last TR6 produced (with 800 miles on the odo), the last TR8
> produced (with 300 miles on the odo), and some really neat warbirds from
> WWII. (All American.) The shoppe had the obligatory cat, donations were
> accepted for the local humane society.
>
> Tomorrow's activities incude a police escort to historic downtown Sebring
> (read controlled speed)...a car display for the locals, and a banquet
> tomorrow evening with keynote speaker Bob Tullios.
>
> Sorry if you could not attend.....you have missed a GREAT time!
>
> Rick Ingram
> 1969 MGC
> "Two cylinders short of a full load....this week."
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