Midwest Council 50 years of gears and beers

Car looks great!

Thanks Mark. I finally had the privilege of a 'pro', like yourself, snap some shots for me. He follows the AMLS and Grand Am series across the country and was there visiting a relative (yellow 911 owner in the other pic). He had quite an impressive array of gear.

Pro. Not me! ! Might be up your way for the Runoffs in '09!

Well at minimum your pics a cut above the rest of the amateurs. Glad to hear you may going to Road America. It's a must see for any road racing fan at least once in a lifetime. Absolutely gorgeous facility and outstanding food too. I was quite surprised to hear the SCCA selected RA as the Runoffs venue as hp rules the day there. I don't plan on going, even if as a spectator. Hopefully track management won't give away our club's date to NASA as they did this year and I'll get to race on it again. The last, and only time, was in '05.

Great looking car, the way a Z was meant to look. I raced Road America long ago and found the track not well suited to my 240. Since I have to run a stock 4 speed, I can't get my revs to properly match the track. Since the straights are so long, if I gear the diff to get me off the corners in the ideal power range then I over rev at the end of the straight and if I get the gear ratio right for the end of the straight, I can't get off the corners properly and the next lower gear(2nd) is just too low. The 280ZX, Mazda RX-7 and BMW 325 just kill me there since they can run 5 speeds. Not the case at Mid Ohio where I used to win regularly. Coop