1980 24 Hours of Dayton GTU class winning 914-6, pics |
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1980 24 Hours of Dayton GTU class winning 914-6, pics |
flat6parts |
Dec 18 2014, 04:34 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 31-March 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,182 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey all, though you might like some eye candy.
Today we had our friends 1980 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona GTU class winning and 5th overall 914-6 at our shop (carrera6) in San Gabriel, CA It is still in it's 1983 Sebring livery (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1093.photobucket.com-17182-1418942051.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1093.photobucket.com-17182-1418942051.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1093.photobucket.com-17182-1418942051.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1093.photobucket.com-17182-1418942052.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1093.photobucket.com-17182-1418942052.5.jpg) |
brant |
Jul 30 2015, 08:59 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,640 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
in the 70's Imsa rules were loosely based on FIA rules
and Imsa was trying to bring more cars in that were not competitive anylonger in Europe the FIA regularly phased cars out of eligibility remember it was a sanctioning body created to showcase manufacturers.... once a car became old and no longer available for sale to the public... the manufacturer didn't race it any longer so the FIA phased things out I wonder if this played into the IMSA decision and affected more than just 914's in 1987? |
stownsen914 |
Jul 30 2015, 09:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 3-October 06 From: Ossining, NY Member No.: 6,985 Region Association: None |
Probably ... from what I see in the 1987 IMSA Code seems to say bascially "anything that is legal in FIA plus these additional cars." The 911 wasn't called out specifically in the IMSA code but the 914 was, presumably because the 914 wasn't in the FIA rules since it was out of production by then. I guess was being more liberal to encourage participation, but by 1987 must have decided that they didn't need or want an older model like the 914 anymore. I just looked again and see some other older models like in the 1987 code like Datsun 240Z. I wonder if they did some housekeeping and outlawed other such models at the same time.
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stownsen914 |
Jul 31 2015, 07:44 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 3-October 06 From: Ossining, NY Member No.: 6,985 Region Association: None |
I know he raced a 911 for a number of years after the 914 and at some point built a mid-engine 911, but I thought he never raced the mid-engine one. I saw some pictures of it at some point when he put it up for sale. I never heard more about it, so maybe he still has it.
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