On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 05:25:14PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Ken Waller wrote: > > > >I test drove a new Mini Cooper 'S' - with a wide grin during most of the > >drive - it was an outrageous street car, but far too small for me on an > >everyday basis. Eventually wound up buying a New 66 Shelby GT 350. > > That's almost as wide a range of vehicles as a student of mine who flew a > C-5 in the National Guard, and his personal plane was a cub.
Even wider, though, was the range of vehicles seen in club racing in the 60s. It was quite common to see a Mini Cooper S on the track at the same time as a Ford Galaxie 500 (not to mention Ford Cortinas). Depending on the track, either could have the edge; the Galaxie would pull away on any straights, but the Mini was far quicker through the twisty bits. You can still see this reenacted most years at the Goodwood Revival. The straights at Goodwood are long enough that the Galaxie is slightly favoured; back when I was watching them race at Brands Hatch the Mini usually won. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
