[Spridgets] Holy Spirite over the Continental Divide

[Mike/Donna Carpenter]

I'm with you.  I love Spridgets and Spridget-powered Sevens.  I would not own a big Healey.  I think that Spridgets simply have excellent handling and gearing to run gymkhanas.

Mike C

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Lieb <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>
>Sent: Aug 12, 2008 4:10 PM
>To: Mike/Donna Carpenter <mail4carpenters at peoplepc.com>, Spridget List <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Holy Spirite over the Continental Divide
>
>> This kinda reminds me of the argument that you can shrink a race track to 
>> the point that only a Go-kart can get round it .  Spridgets do very well 
>> when the advantage is in their favor.
>
>We used to bring the cones to the track in a trailer behind a big old Caddy 
>and run the Caddy through the course once it was laid out so that no one 
>could complain that their car did not fit. I will admit that this course was 
>a bit biased in favor of Spridgets, but I will be darned if I can figure out 
>quite how. There was no place where a large car would not fit. FTD was a BMW 
>M3. It was one of the first tracks, however, where I really wasn't wishing 
>that there was twice the HP under my right foot. OTOH, I have NEVER driven 
>an autocross course where Spridgets did not have the advantage over MGBs and 
>Heavey Healeys.
>That was the point I was trying to make somewhat obtusely before; the MGBs 
>and Heavey Healeys have to resort to talking down at the Spridgets to hide 
>the fact that the Spridget really is a better-handling car.
>David Lieb 
>


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