Scott (sp4spd) - Thanks for the kudo's! We really like to hear feedback and we always hope we are making it fun and worthwhile for the racers (and spectators!). It's quite an effort to go through all the time trials to establish the pairings, that should make for close races (unless someone sandbags - which I don't understand since there is nothing to win!). I always try to run my best every time I go down the track.
We were really impressed with the way your Formula 400 4-spd ran. 14.22 at 98 mph is cooking for a '74 with a 3.08 rear gear. I imagine 3.42's could get you close to high 13's at 100 mph.
Here is another new car at this years event, a '70 RAIII/M-21/3.73/15" JW Formula 400 in Atoll Blue. This was owned by a PY member up to a few years ago and now owned by John Eberly. Unfortunately, his clutch gave up the ghost on the first pass, so we never got a chance to see what it could do, but John found out where the weak link was. He's bringing it back next year after doing some more testing and replacing the clutch. It's a beautiful car!
Dennis
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