[Tigers] Lap Times of race cars in the 1964 period

[Steven silverstein]

Following the thread by Bill and Andy, I had just been reading a  
Competition Press story on "How do '64 Production Car Classes Look?"   
with comparison fastest lap times at Riverside.   These were times  
from the Divisional held in Jan 1964.    For reference the race cars  
were honestly production cars with production parts - SCCA rules were  
that strict    (believe it or not, it wasn't until 64' that you could  
run .040" over pistons.  I don't even think you could run flat tops  
unless it was a feature of the car - the "factory Option list" game  
was just beginning)

Here's what they listed:

H- sprite    2:05
F- TR-3    1:54
F- Sunbeam Alpine 1:55
E- Porsche (N) 1:51
E- Elva Courier 1:54
E- Morgan Plus 4 1:54
E- A-H 100/4   1:55
D- AH 3000 1:49
D- TR-4 1:50
D- AC Bristol 1:53
D- Lotus Elite 1:55
C- Morgan SS 1:46
C- Lotus Super 7 1:47
B- Corvette 1:47
B- Jaguar XKE 1:54
A- Cobra 1:43
A- Sting Ray 1:44

Again, This is Riverside, 2.8 miles long, 8 turns.  So, having top  
mph would really payoff in a faster lap time.   As a note the Alpine  
won on Saturday and led on Sunday until retiring.  Also note, in 1963  
the Alpine was lumped in with E-Production and did OK - Don Sesslar  
tied for E-P national championship points and Ed Lamb won the SW  
division.

They even mention the 283 Corvettes will dominate B-P until the   
Alpine-Ford (Tiger yet, un-named) arrives.

Steve Silverstein