HSR vintage race @ daytona, lots of pics Options

[stock93]

2nd one

[J P Stein]

Gasp!!
Another fire wall hole.....that poor doomed (doomed I tell ya) SOB.

[pete-stevers]

great lookin pics (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[BIGKAT_83]

Great pictures..........Thanks

Here is the same 914/V8 car before his wheel change. Looked pretty good a few years ago.

Bob

[carr914]

Doug, great to see you and talk to you again. Great pictures, no need to add any of mine.

T.C.

[URY914]

QUOTE (ein 6er @ Nov 13 2005, 07:22 AM)

rear inboard brakes on some kind of a V8 formula car.

Doug,

This pic and the following two are of the single seat Can-Am car that Bobby Rahal use to drive (or maybe it's the Danny Sullivan car?)

Great pics of course... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)


Paul

[Stutgart46]

T.C.,
Add your pics as well. Please!
Thanks for the pics guys.

[URY914]

QUOTE (J P Stein @ Nov 13 2005, 02:06 PM)

Gasp!! Another fire wall hole.....that poor doomed (doomed I tell ya) SOB.

I think all the Brumos cars run the bar through the fire wall like that.

Maybe they do it so the seat can me moved back further? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

[VaccaRabite]

QUOTE (ein 6er @ Nov 13 2005, 09:27 AM)

99 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-2-1131892050.jpg)

This pic really reminds me of that 1970 LeMans poster witht he white 914 (that I and every other teener owner probably has hung up somewhere in thier abode).

Zach

[watsonrx13]

Great pics Doug, sure wish I was there, the weather was perfect this weekend. Unfortunately, way, way too many things going on this weekend, oh well, there's always the next one....

-- Rob

[carr914]

Thats EFR in the above picture 99 car.

T.C.

[ein 6er]

QUOTE (URY914 @ Nov 14 2005, 05:31 AM)

QUOTE (ein 6er @ Nov 13 2005, 07:22 AM) rear inboard brakes on some kind of a V8 formula car. Doug, This pic and the following two are of the single seat Can-Am car that Bobby Rahal use to drive (or maybe it's the Danny Sullivan car?) Great pics of course... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Paul

this is the only pic i have of it. they were talking about it on over the PA but i couldn't hear everything, i think they said, that there were originally 3 of them and this is the last one.

T.C., post your pics!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif)

[MattR]

What are the rules on HSR? Do the cars have to be actual vintage race cars with log books? Or do they have to just meet their rules?

Is the RX7 a 13B turbo?

[carr914]

Sorry no pictures from me. My camera SUCKS and Doug your pictures are too cool. I used to enjoy 35mm, now I have to buy a good digital when I can stop buying cars.

T.C.

[Brett W]

Yeah it was great to see some other club members at the track this weekend. Sorry I couldn't stop and talk, we had some problems to sort out during testing and for qualifying. Sat was a great day for us, unfortunately since HSR cancelled the Carolina race and we blew a motor at Barber, we didn't have enough points to take the championship. Although we did win every race we entered this year.

HSR allows any car built to the period rules to run. Although many of the cars are a liberal interpretation. Most of the cars are not period race cars. There are many historically significant cars. HSR also allows many cars that have just been retired from professional race series as well. Hence the Audi R8 and late model 997 Cup cars.

In our run group there was everything from the Black Can AM car to GT40s to mid 80s BMW M1s, and several RSRs and 914s. The class we run in is for slick tired cars that meet the IMSA rules from the mid 70s to the late 80s. The RX7 is running a peripheral port 13b. The car is built to 1979 IMSA GTU rules.

I have worked on many of those cars pictured above. Many of the 914s are very nice cars. Some of them are junk. One of those cars pictured above has such bad rust that it requires the cage to hold it together. It is very fast, but not a nice car. Most of the 2.0 cars are making 230+hp and a usual season cost close to 100K. The 2.0 Vintage class is very competetive, but has no payout other than the championship title. Most of the front runners are very well funded, usually from their own pockets. They have to use stock 914-6 brakes, 901 gear box, stock type suspension in the stock location, and a built 2.0 engine. An engine usually cost close to 30K.

The Audi driver was not very good, he was half throttling the car around the track. He was running mid pack all by himself. Several less capable cars were smokin' him. The Blue windshieldless 914 and the yellow/red car were in the lead for the championship. The 151 car is maintained by KMW motorsports as is the car driven by Tim Lewis.

All in all it was a good weekend. I took a bunch of pitures but don't want to reduce their size.

[bernbomb914]

I maintained EFRs superVee in 1975 when he won the Cahmpionship. Ran into him at Sears Point At the Nascar race last summer and he said he was driving a 914 on the east coast. It brings back many good memories.

Bernie

[maf914]

QUOTE (ein 6er @ Nov 14 2005, 04:40 PM)

QUOTE (URY914 @ Nov 14 2005, 05:31 AM) QUOTE (ein 6er @ Nov 13 2005, 07:22 AM) rear inboard brakes on some kind of a V8 formula car. Doug, This pic and the following two are of the single seat Can-Am car that Bobby Rahal use to drive (or maybe it's the Danny Sullivan car?) Great pics of course... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Paul this is the only pic i have of it. they were talking about it on over the PA but i couldn't hear everything, i think they said, that there were originally 3 of them and this is the last one. T.C., post your pics!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif)

Doug, Nice seeing and talking to you on Saturday. I was there Friday afternoon and most of Saturday. Good weather and a fairly good field.

I spent some time checking out the Can-Am car in the paddock. This had Bobby Rahal's name on it. I am not sure what the make was. This car was from the last few years of the Can-Am, after the glory years of McLaren and Porsche, when the cars were usually rebodied F-5000 chassis. There were a few purpose-built cars and I think this might be one of them. Could it be a CAC-1, designed by Tony Cicale? Also, didn't Al Holbert build a Can-Am car? I can't remember. The Can-Am was dying it's second death, interest was low, and racing information was hard to come by in those days.