Thread: Reasons for "spare"
View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 01-17-2003, 01:12 PM
G.R.'s Avatar
G.R. G.R. is offline
Senior Club Cobra Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Evans, CO
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 FIA, 347 stroker with Weber 48's, building a '48 Anglia gasser, driving a '55 Chevy resto-rod
Posts: 3,119
Send a message via Yahoo to G.R.
Not Ranked     
Post Reasons for "spare"
Having been looking in various books etc., and seeing several tv programs of early Lemans and Daytona racing cars, I've noticed some of them especially , coupe styles, like the Triumphs(v-8 powered especially), MG's, a couple of Porches, Corvette, and of course the Shelby Daytona Coupe all have a spare tire mounted in the rear deck.
Was this a racing/class rule, for weight distribution, or What?
Somehow I can't picture a driver changing a tire off the side of a track but rather limping into the pits.

Thanks, curious about this
__________________
"Breathe in... Breathe out... then move on with life. Lifes too short to sweat the small stuff"
Reply With Quote