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We took part at the rallye with our group 'slowly sideways'. But never the less it was spectacular. As you can see...
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Has anyone here taken their Z to a drag strip? I know the classic Z isn't really at home there but I'm curious about other's ETs. I haven't taken my current car but my last car, a early '73 240Z, would do 16.0X in the 1/4 at SIR in Tucson which is just over 3000 ft elevation. I took it one time and try as I might I couldn't break into the 15s. It was basically stock, 6-2-1 header 2.5" pipe through a glasspack resonator and a turbo muffler, electric fan, round top SU carbs. Anybody else tried it just for grins? Steve
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Z cars finished 3, 4, 5 on Saturday and 2,3,5 on Sunday. Kudo's to Shedd and Parrish on their high finishes. I wound up 5th but still had a blast. Here is a link to some in-car video from Sunday's race.
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Rest in Peace, to an old and bold racer. The first American-born Formula One World Champion! Smooth roads and full tanks! "Phil Hill died Aug. 28 in a Monterey, Calif., hospital as a result of respiratory problems complicated by Parkinson's disease. He was 81." link to several stories- autoweek- http://tinyurl.com/6ymlfd Jalopnik- http://jalopnik.com/5043145/phil-hill-racing-legend-dead-at-81
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Good Day Z Race Fans: Just a quick note to invite any road course drivers out there to join MVP Track Time for track days in 2008. You can find us at www.MVPTrackTime.com. We are open to all makes of cars and convertibles that meet the rules. Our 2008 track days (so far) are as follows: April 21 - Putnam Park (Near Indianapolis) [Tax Freedom Track Day – SOLD OUT! ] May 9 - Summit Point (West Virginia) [Private Corporate Event – SOLD OUT! ] June 2 - Autobahn Country Club (Near Joliet, IL.) SOLD OUT! August 18 - Autobahn Country Club September 13 & 14 - Blackhawk Farms (Near Beloit, WI) [Our 1st Weekend Event] October 20 – Summit Point Circuit (West Virginia) …
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Sad news, indeed. According to John Morton, Paul is not expected to last more than a week or 2. Picked up on the Healey list from the Vintage Race Group List ... "8/13/2008 ... Lime Rock Park was closed down for an hour & a half today to honor Paul Newman. He was attended by his family, close friends, Skip Barber, mechanics on his race team, & those who happened to be at the track. PLN toured the track in his Corvette race car w/his Buick V8 powered Volvo station wagon following. He had come to say goodbye. Diagnosed w/terminal cancer, he is not expected to live beyond September. Race driver, actor, humanitarian, family man & friend - they did not come any b…
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Start of the June 14th SARRC SCCA race at Nashville Speedway.
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If you have converted to 4 wheel disc brakes, I have found an amazing brake pad combination for road course driving/racing. Raybestos ST-41's up front and ST-42's in the rear. The car bites hard when just touching the brake and I was unable to get the slightes fade during my 4 - 25min NASA HPDE3 sessions at Sebring last weekend. These pads completely blow away the Carbotech XP-8 pads I was previously using. The Ray's are even responsive cold! @_@ If you are using a common caliper (i.e., Willwood Dynalites) you can order the pads online, otherwise you can trace the backing plate of your current pads and send it in for a custom grind. I got mine at speedtoys.biz but there …
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Here is the last lap and a half from California Speedway last weekend (June 08), from my video camera in my roadster. Hector Cademartori and I had another epic battle as you will see below! Enjoy! Next to the Views display on the bottom right of the video is a link where you can click on "watch in high quaility". I recomend it, only because the video is so much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM-AdSBYz9Q
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Anyone out there familiar with a rear disc brake conversion for an early Z (280-Z ) race car that utilizes a 240/280 Z front caliper which uses a `spacer` to split the caliper halves to gain 3/4" in width which then slip over a 1" wide 11" dia vented rotor? This is what is on my vintage 280Z race car. It has a nice hub mounted bolt-on caliper bracket ......... I`d like to duplicate this set-up. This car came from the SE part of the country many years ago. Any info on this set-up would be appreciated. Jeff Winter Rallye/Sport - Winter Racing Engines 303 427 0510
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Scott Kalitta died today 6/21/08 in a fiery crash and explosion at a speed of 300MPH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DziJdGwFQjU Why on earth is there what looks like a brick wall at the end?
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Watched about 6 hours of the coverage on Speed, I thought Peugeot would be more competitive but Audi just seemed to work their magic.
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