Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Thanks Frank. I remember Can Am. It was a blast. How about that > Chapparal with the huge fan to create downforce? I think they banned it > after one race. > Paul
They did. It was too effective. It basically put the bar too high for everyone else who was NOT using it. keith whaley > frank theriault wrote: > > > > I had to go back and look at Paul's scan of the article, to see that car > > you were talking about was a Dodge Shadow. I thought maybe Mark was > > talking about the old UOP Shadows - anyone remember those? They were a > > racing team in the 70's, running a CanAm and an F1 team. They were both > > beautiful cars, and the CanAm one won the series one year, just after they > > made turbos illegal. Turned out that the CanAm Shadow, with it's big Chevy > > engine (was it 7 litres?) actually ran faster lap times than the fabled > > Porsche Turbos from a couple of years before. > > > > Now ~that~ was a great race series! None of that namby-pamby 3 litre > > Euro-crap! Great honking huge American V8's, and man, did they rumble... > > <vbg> > > > > But, enough reminiscing. Great shots, Paul! Congrats on the article. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > Mark Cassino wrote: > > > > > Hi Paul - > > > > > > Great shots! Next time we meet at Kensington, bring the Shadow! :-) > > > > > > - MCC
