Time to get the Capri back into "C"
Kirk, this is cool stuff!!!
One thing I noticed was that cars had to remain suitable for both normal road use and speed events.... We are a long way away from that now.
Raymond
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Time to get the Capri back into "C"
Kirk, this is cool stuff!!!
One thing I noticed was that cars had to remain suitable for both normal road use and speed events.... We are a long way away from that now.
Raymond
RST Performance Racing
www.rstperformance.com
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Since cars had to be 3 years old, ITS RX-7s didn't race until '89 at the earliest...
The dual purpose aspect remained in place for quite awhile. I remember driving my car(And RX-7) in '93 from CT to New Hampshire and having to0 stop every 5 gallons, cuz the extra weight rubbed the tires too much, (where the "I thought those were crap when I welded them in" Ground Control panhard rod brackets ripped out making the car go all "railroad car" crabby,) and to Lime rock (where I won MONEY!!!!), and to Pocono, where I totalled it in my school, (but still got my lic) and to the Glen where I done blowed up the motor, (and rented a car to get home, then "borrowed" my bosses van the next weekend, and found out why you need trailer brakes on a crappy van when I ran thru the stop at the bottom of the hill leaving the Glen and drove over the funeral homes sidewalk..and I swear I never went over 30 the whole hill.)
Yup....dual purpose race cars. good idea!
Last edited by lateapex911; 04-10-2008 at 12:42 PM.
Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
for sale: 2003 Audi A4 Quattro, clean, serviced, dark green, auto, sunroof, tan leather with 75K miles.
IT-7 #57 RX-7 race car
Porsche 1973 911E street/fun car
BMW 2003 M3 cab, sun car.
GMC Sierra Tow Vehicle
New England Region
lateapex911(at)gmail(dot)com
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Jake, Jake, Jake, lest ye forget! The 12A 1st Gen RX7 was originally an ITS car....
Kirk, back before the Zs got developed to the max, were the Z and the 1st Gen RX7 pretty evenily matched?
NC Region
1980 ITS Triumph TR8
Senior Member
Oh, I remember, good point. I keep thinking 2nd gen when I think ITS. Kirk Weiss, (not so long ago ex-CRB grand poobah) once told me that the unofficial "method" that once existed for classing cars in IT was to "put 'em in ITS and see how they do"...
When I first landed in SCCA roadracing (after wasting too much time and money in autocrossing) the 1st gen was in, and had been, in ITA. That was 92-93.
Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
for sale: 2003 Audi A4 Quattro, clean, serviced, dark green, auto, sunroof, tan leather with 75K miles.
IT-7 #57 RX-7 race car
Porsche 1973 911E street/fun car
BMW 2003 M3 cab, sun car.
GMC Sierra Tow Vehicle
New England Region
lateapex911(at)gmail(dot)com
Senior Member
Cool stuff for sure Kirk!
Anybody know when it went from 3 to 5 years? And when they opened it up from '70 to '68?
I went to my very first track event in '87 at Pocono (EMRA event) and was totally bitten. And spending $5k on a race car was soooooo much money! What's funny is, that same $5k buys you pretty much the same race car, today.
Senior Member
I first started going to SCCA races in 86 at CMS, Rockingham, Rd ATL, RR, and even then a RX7 couldn't keep up with a Z. The RX2/3 was the king in ITA. And I recall the 200SX and the Volvo were the cars to beat in ITB.Originally Posted by JeffYoung
Spec RX7 #11
Scottsdale AZ
Senior Member
When the RX got moved to A (early 90s?), was it an overdog? I would think it would have been, at the time...interesting.
We still have a fast RX3 in ITA in the SEDiv....red one...shows up at Roebling every once in a while. As I understand it though, it's pretty much sidelined due to total inability to get rear brake parts. Crazy.
NC Region
1980 ITS Triumph TR8
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