VW bugs were raced at the Marlboro 12 hours in the mid 1960's, along
with R8's, Lotus Cortina's and SAAB 93/96's.
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> From:
> gwood13@stjames.k12.mo.us[SMTP:gwood13@stjames.k12.mo.us]
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 1997 11:28 AM
> To: Malcolm Cox
> Cc: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Question
>
> You 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.
> >
> Reply
> Sure bugs were raced, but not very often or very successfully. I
> suspect
> the rear suspension was too limiting.
> I recall, in SCCA Drivers School, Spring 1965, Wilmot Hills, getting
> soundly
> trounced by a girl (lady?) in a bug (reportedly Porsche Powered).
> If
> memory serves, a bug has appeared at the runoffs a few times. >
> Gary Wood, StJames, Mo. CS R-8
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