[Mgs] 1972 MGB GT V8 Race Car

[Max Heim]

OK... I take it Group 8 is a class for V8 hot rods? I wonder how competitive
this would be, versus 5-liter Fords and Chevies...

I don't think SVRA operates out here in CA. Oh, I see they run HGP at
Infineon, is all.



on 9/1/09 3:42 PM, Richard D Starkweather at rstarkweather at scottmadden.com
wrote:

> Ummm...
> 
> The car is eligible in SVRA's Group 8.  SVRA is holding 11 events in 2009.
> There are many more vintage racing organizations around the country where
> this car could run as well.  It seems to me this is more than a once-a-year
> car.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> Rick Starkweather
> 
>> From: Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>
>> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:13:40 -0700
>> To: MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Mgs] 1972 MGB GT V8 Race Car
>> 
>> Yeah, my only objection is that it isn't eligible for most most (hardly any,
>> really) race classes. Doubling the displacement and number of cylinders
>> doesn't usually pass tech. So It's basically for a once-a-year event and
>> occasional track day -- a toy, in other words. Pretty expensive toy.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> on 9/1/09 6:28 AM, Matt Trebelhorn at matt.lists at trebelhorn.com wrote:
>> 
>>> It looks like an MGB to me -- a GT with a Rover V8, just like they
>>> built at Abingdon.  What's wrong with that?  Weber carbs, an adequate
>>> radiator, big tires?  It's a race car, not a concours restoration.
>>> 
>>> And we're nowhere near the point that MGBs are too rare to be raced
>>> -- that's just a laughable proposition.
>>> 
>>> I don't think I'd spend $60,000 for it.  But it's a good looking race
>>> car.
>>> 
>>> Matt
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>> 


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires