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RE: spitfire handling/Mid-Ohio Vintange race

To: "'spitfires@autox.team.net'" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: spitfire handling/Mid-Ohio Vintange race
From: "Banbury, Terrence" <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 13:05:11 -0500
It was a great event...seeing that Spit chewing on his tail.  Those two made
it even more exciting!

TNB

> ----------
> From:         Patrick Bowen[SMTP:pabowen@mediaone.net]
> Reply To:     Patrick Bowen
> Sent:         Wednesday, February 09, 2000 12:32 PM
> To:   spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: spitfire handling/Mid-Ohio Vintange race
> 
> 
> Actually Jim, unless I am mistaken the spit has a much more glamouros
> racing
> history and track record than the TR-6.  In fact I was told it holds more
> SCCA National championships than any other car (13).  Someone with more
> knowledge want to correct or elaborate?
> 
> Patrick
> 
> BTY I was at the race and it was GREAT!!!!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James F. Libecco <jfl@neoucom.edu>
> To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:07 AM
> Subject: spitfire handling/Mid-Ohio Vintange race
> 
> 
> >
> > I think that a properly equiped spit should be able to do much more than
> > that old .89 if on good tires, shocks, and springs.  I'll will finally
> be
> > able to get a real measurement come this spring, since a Xmas present
> was
> > the G-tech computer for tuning purposes.
> >
> > At Mid-Ohio last year, the spit and tr-6 were both former Group 44 cars
> > (read: everything possible and them some to go fast).  The spit just
> > didn't have enough to pull past the tr-6.  In the essess and around
> turns
> > 6-8 the spit looked to the inside every lap.  I think it was still
> > standing team orders, since the tr-6 was world champion x-teen times or
> > whatever.
> >
> > jim
> 
> 

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