[Spridgets] 120 mph Midget

[Bud Osbourne]

I remember attending my local SCCA region meeting, back in '81 or '82,
and listening to my friend, Bob Criss, telling the membership about his
SCCA Run-Offs experience, at Road Atlanta, from the previous month, when
he won the F-Production national championship.  He was "clocked" at 130
mph, coming through "the Dip".  His statement, regarding that speed, in
a Spridget: "scared the SHIT out of me".
Bud Osbourne

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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:31 PM
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Subject: [Spridgets] 120 mph Midget

In a message dated 2/12/2008 9:59:55 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
spridgets-request at autox.team.net writes:

mechanic  who has a '74 Midget with 600,000 miles.  He has, of course,
done a 
 
bit of work on it.  He also said he once drove it at 120  mph.

Michael Rowe




I wouldn't think moving the steering wheel back and forth while it fell
from 
the airplane would qualify as "driving".
 
Regards,

Robert B. Houston

74.5 MGBGT
73 MG  Midget

As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual  Skinners
Union
carburetors in his vintage MG, highly functional yet  pleasingly formed,

perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for
experienced hands, 
the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be  inspected and

adjusted as
described in chapter seven of the Haynes shop  manual.