Rick Cooks car is nowhere near the steroid beast that Dr. J's is. Dr. J
has a certified 149 HP at the flywheel. Yowsa! If they were running
similar times, I suspect one's a significantly better driver.....
WST
Brian Evans wrote:
> Throwing gasoline firmly on the fire, a fast sprite (1275) wasn't
> doing
> 1:23's at Waterford. A fast sprite with 948 does 1:23's (Bob Mason,
> last
> time he was there a few years ago). A fast sprite (1275) does 1:18's
> at
> waterford - both Dr. Jahamiak and Rick Cook were in the 18's this
> year.
> Which is a competitive time for a full tilt GT-5 Mini, also.
>
> I did 1:29's I think, this year, in my 948 Midget with the infamous L
> section tires.
>
> Brian
>
> >
> >Funny thing is, at Waterford this year, John Deikis was running
> 1:31's, which
> >was the lap record for a 1098 Sprite in about 1965, I was running
> 1:26 in my
> >MGB, which wasn't but a second or two off the lap record for an MGB
> in 1966
> >and my TD ran 1:42, which is about what a 948 Bugeye ran there in
> 1960. On
> >the other hand, the fast TCs and TDs last year were in the 29s a good
> vintage
> >MGB is around 20 flat and a fast Sprite(1275cc) vintage car is about
> 23s.
> >What is it exactly that we are doing here?
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >PS: Those pace laps do seem kind of quick sometimes....
> >
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