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1980 SCCA DProd Runoffs

 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:09 am    Post subject: 1980 SCCA DProd Runoffs Reply with quote

Great footage... sadly doesn't go all the way to the checker, poor editing, but very exciting to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eKMI-18vI&feature=youtu.be
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was there at the bridge for that race Watching it again just got my heart rate up to race speed. Doc ruled.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Outstanding!!! Thanks for this.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Super cool video.👍
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:27 pm    Post subject: Re: 1980 SCCA DProd Runoffs Reply with quote

Wowowowawesome!!!

There are plenty of pics & posters of that car but I've never seen it fight!
Great footage, thanks for sharing Vaughan

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome. Looks like Doc's car is running a plastic rear window given the flex I'm seeing on some shots.

Also, here's the second part with the finish:

http://youtu.be/2eY_WiuIMIE
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like the commentary, the 'new' 924, and the 'latest Triumph offering, the TR-7'. Funny though, how many of these cars are at DE's around the country? I never see any down here.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:34 am    Post subject: Re: 1980 SCCA DProd Runoffs Reply with quote

And part three, the ceremony, uncut: What a fine mess
http://youtu.be/cw51aMJwALA

gawd, why was I born so late?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That was great to watch. Very exciting.
Makes me want to get the parts and make a D-Prod replica for the street. Well I will be honest. That is what I have been wanting to do for a while now.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for finding the rest, guys!

Re: the TR7 - there's a very good reason you don't want to track one of those! Well, actually, a lot... I was glad to upgrade from mine to the 924!

Amusingly enough, they are a potential competitor in ITB. But I'd never be too worried about my mirrors while sharing the track with one...
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh, there's a reason why Triumph folded in the US not long after the TR7 was introduced. Though the TR7 did see some success when raced by Group 44, but then they were also called the "TR8" and were running Buick Aluminum V8's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Motor_Company

http://www.thewedgeshop.com/triumph-tr8.html
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for sharing !
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The TR7's were "fragile". I was racing a 911 Targa that year and a buddy was in one of the new TR7's. He went through multiple engines so we were surprised to see Lee Meuller run as fast as he did and finish.
Some years later, I raced a TR8 in the Nelson Ledges 24 hour and the engine was the only thing that didn't break. I've never changed so many parts on one car in such a short timeframe.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my search to find an affordable way to put a fuel cell in my car.

(I have this crazy idea about getting my car up to snuff to run the SVRA event at INDY-one must dream)

I came across this...

http://www.titchati.be/porsche/docs/933/Porsche_924_D-Production.pdf
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

These clips are awesome. Doc's car looks amazingly quick and responsive. Obviously, he was a formidable opponent, but some of those moves were so cool to see! What a time capsule.
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