

Posted 12 December 2012 - 03:12 PM
Steve King
Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:00 PM
Pete Varlan
60 years a slot racer
Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:25 PM
Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:30 PM
Awesome.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:23 PM
Mill Conroy
AKA : TWO LAP CONROY, Anointed Trigger Monkey by Mike Swiss
Deal me life's toughest cards, without chance for hope nor fame, just let me play this one last hand, and I'll win this whole damn game.
Second Most Interesting Man in the World.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:40 PM
When I saw that thing squat down, I knew we were in deep ****.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:42 PM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 12 December 2012 - 08:41 PM
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Posted 12 December 2012 - 09:01 PM
Gregory Wells
Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:03 PM
In this book, you can see that Paul Van Valkenburg used a Cox Chaparral 2D body in a makeshift wind tunnel to develop the wing that will then be fitted to the Chaparral 2E later that year... there is a picture of it!
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 12 December 2012 - 10:16 PM
Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:11 AM
In this book, you can see that Paul Van Valkenburg used a Cox Chaparral 2D body in a makeshift wind tunnel to develop the wing that will then be fitted to the Chaparral 2E later that year... there is a picture of it!
Posted 13 December 2012 - 11:08 AM
Philippe de Lespinay
Posted 13 December 2012 - 10:00 PM
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
Note: Send all USPS packages and mail to: 692 Citadel Drive, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Posted 14 December 2012 - 09:47 AM
it's a tube-frame Chevy small-block powered typical USRRC car, of which the body was inspired by the 1965 version of the Chaparral 2. Very unsuccessful in its day, it has now been completely rebuilt (actually there are two of them and a third being built) and successfully driven. It won last year and finished second this year at Goodwood against its well developed contemporaries, AKA Lola T70s with the usual array of modern components, from carbon bodies to semi-auto Hewland gearboxes... there is no vintage racing anymore in some circles, winning is first for some English types that are throwing piles of money at making themselves looking good through hidden modern technology.
The Chinook was the child of the Fejer brothers in Toronto. they built over 100 cars over a period of 5 or 6 years including; USRRC cars, Can-Am cars, F5000 cars and Indy cars.
The current Chinook are effectively new cars built in England and assuming the serial numbers of the old cars, of which some remains have survived. Effectively, it is a McLaren MK1 inspired chassis, with conventional suspension and running gear. What the Brits are doing better than anyone is to make very effective racing cars from old designs, because they are really good at it...
Hence the success of the reborn Chinook...
Philippe de Lespinay