Mondo Posted May 3, 2014 Posted May 3, 2014 A British Car Club is putting on an event at the local racetrack this weekend.. Dropped by and took some pics of interesting cars. Two from might favorite era:
Mondo Posted May 3, 2014 Author Posted May 3, 2014 Won't let me post more pics for some reason... had some cool open wheel cars; 4 to 12 cylinders and only one Lotus 7;(
MichaelD Posted May 3, 2014 Posted May 3, 2014 Mondo, What track do you go to? They don't have the same cars at Summit Point, WV.
NVP66S Posted May 3, 2014 Posted May 3, 2014 Was that Buttonwillow? I need to get out more, especially as Willow Springs is 20 miles.
TheDingo8MyBaby Posted May 3, 2014 Posted May 3, 2014 Definitely buttonwillow. VARA's british extravaganza is this weekend. Nice shots Mondo. Looking forward to seeing more.
Mondo Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) Here's a few more from Buttonwillow.. open wheels 4 to 12 cylinders Edited May 4, 2014 by Mondo
xcarguy Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 Mondo, Great shots. What engine is in the Griffith and do you know the year model?
Mondo Posted May 4, 2014 Author Posted May 4, 2014 Sorry, don't know any info on the car, didn't see the hood open. And a couple Loti
escondidoron Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) Here's a few more from Buttonwillow.. open wheels 4 to 12 cylinders Mondo, Great shots. What engine is in the Griffith and do you know the year model? If you're referring to the cute little red fastback coupe at the bottom of post #7 I'd guess that the engine is a BMC "A" Series as I'm pretty sure it's not a Griffith, but rather an Austin Healey Sprite (or maybe even an MG Midget?) fitted with a Sebring (replica or real?) fastback roof and nose. Like this one: http://www.sebringsprite.com/images/LewMcAllanFastback001L.jpg Edited May 4, 2014 by escondidoron
11Budlite Posted May 4, 2014 Posted May 4, 2014 Mondo, Great shots. What engine is in the Griffith and do you know the year model? If you're talking about the red #2 car, that's an Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite. They produced a few of these cars with more aerodynamic bodies (as well as standard bodied cars) and raced them at Sebring in the early 1960's. Some pretty impressive drivers raced Sprites at Sebring including Stirling Moss, Pedro Rodriguez, Innes Ireland, Bruce McLaren, Briggs Cunningham, Walt Hansgen, and even Steve McQueen. I'm pretty sure they ran the 948cc motor bored out to a whopping 998cc's. Not quite the powerhouse of the Griiffith!
xcarguy Posted May 5, 2014 Posted May 5, 2014 An Austin-Healy . . . . I learn something new every day.
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