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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
There was another race that I thought you were writing about at first. I don't remember all the details but I believe it was with the new 427 race car. The scca would not allow it in the production class because the oil cooler had not been on the homologated car so they took it off and he ran in the production race without it....and won.
Then they put the cooler back on the car and he ran in the prototype class with it on and won that too. That is how I remember it but may have some details wrong. |
I'm not sure which car that might have been. CSX3002 was the only 427 raced by the factory; Miles raced it twice but was a DNF both times. Edit: I've been mulling this over (because I have nothing else to do, LOL) and I think the
oil cooler thing happened at an early SCCA race for the 289 team cars. Maybe Lake Garnett?
Incidentally I think Meadowdale '64 was the only time the team cars (or at least Miles' car) ran American Racing Torq-thrust wheels. I don't recall why they ran them but I've always thought they looked cool with them on.