Just mandate a minimum wheel base (maybe 144" or so). Wings are already
allowed in /MR so I dont think you would have the kinds of problems they did
over 40 years ago.
John Beckett, LSR Comp Coupe #79
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Subject: Re: Rear Engine T's
> How about allowing rear engine mod roadsters with a weight
> distribution roughly approximating Fast Freddie's and Joe Law' s long
> wheelbase lakesters ...... and maybe an appropriate size wing above
> the rear of the T body ? As I recall one of the Dahm bros, and Fred
> Larsen, both crashed rear engined T s ....... were there many more
> with this type of roadster, or was the rule enacted for just several
> mishaps ? I would really like to see this configuration return to
> land speed events, and think many others would, also . They are
> as CLASSIC as the severely chopped, slant post 34 coupes with
> racecar noses ala Pierson Bros / Tom Thumb Spl, Fox- Cobb, Doug
> Hartelt, SoCal, and Bob Rounthwaite ...... this style of early racecar
> seems to appeal to just about everyone ...... as American as apple pie
> and as timeless as the landscape at Bonneville .
> Bruce
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