5 speed 2002

[Ed Funk]

Still running in B at Summit?

[Harvey]

.??????

[Ed Funk]

Last time we ran at Summit, ~2000 12 hour, the fast B cars seemed to be 5 speed BMW 2002s. Just wondered if they are still the car to have even tho the carbureted 2002 never came with a 5 speed.

[callard]

Ed,
I ran every Summit 12 hour and in fact won the IT-B class in 2000 in a white BMW 2002. It was a 4 speed. None of the many 2002s that ran at Summit were 5 speeds. That's a CA thing. I also ran and won the Moroso 24 hour that year in IT-B with the same car and was protested at the 23rd hour for running a 5 speed. At the post race inspection, it was proven that we had the stock 4 speed. The protestees kept pointing the to 5 speed shift pattern imprinted on the knob on the car. Unfortunately for them, shift knobs are free. The BMW 320s of the '70s were 5 speeds but the box is 3 inches longer than the 4 speeds due to gear cluster arrangement. The BMW inspectors under the car knew the difference.
BTW were you part of that Toyota team from New England at Moroso back then?
Chuck Allard

[Ed Funk]

No, car owner and driver of the Opel from New England that protested you!:). We also ran the 12 hr at the Point the previous spring and were hearing a 2002 shifting after start finish....just didn't seem likely with a 4 speed!