Cant say anything about the old days due to lack of information. But I
have seen two different beetles running in vintage races at locations
such as Road Atlanta and Mid-Ohio. Neither have been terribly
successful but maybe they just gave up too soon.
Personally, I have secretly always wanted to race a Karmann Ghia.
mike jackson
Malcolm Cox wrote:
>
> A friend is a VW bug devotee and asks how come there are never any VW
> bugs in vintage racing, my smartass reply was well they probably were
> never appropriate for racing in the 60's.
>
> But on reflection, seems that just about everything else was raced in
> the 60's. In England for example Autin A30's and A40's, Morris Oxfords
> etc etc, all quite inappropriate for racing, were often raced in "saloon
> car" racing.
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