On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 08:58:27PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > >> When I was a teenager in the '70's I had a subscription to Road and >> Track and I remember every year some sponsor had a list of all the >> champs from the various SCCA classes. Sure enough, there's Paul >> Newman, champion in some production class or another. I did a double >> take - read the name then looked at the photo to see if it was the >> same Paul Newman, and sure enough it was. I had heard he raced cars, >> but had no idea he was ~that~ good. > > If I recall correctly, he was champion of the SCCA GT1 class, maybe more > than once.
In the mid-80s he had a kick-ass Datsun Maxima. It was a project car for one of the car mags, and they fitted the engine from a 280Z, and added a turbocharger (or supercharger). I know this because at the time we had an '83 Maxima wagon. It was quite capable off the showroom floor - it basically used the engine from a 240Z. I can only imagine what it would be like with a whole lot more power (and better suspenson & brakes). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
